Work

Programme Note

This work was written in 2002 for Opus at Epsom Girls’ Grammar School. It sets one of New Zealand Poet Hone Tuwhare’s best-known poems. It is a somewhat sensual description of the sounds and smells of rain. The setting is for unaccompanied choir and oboe, with the instrumental part often proceeding at a speed independent of the choir, and the use of rain-sticks and stones.

Text Note:

Text by Hone Tuwhare

Difficulty:

Beginner