By:

• Gillian Whitehead

Duration:

06' 00"

Samples

	Score (74k)	Pages 3-7© Gillian Whitehead
	Recording (467k)	Excerpt from 'Arapatiki' performed by Stephen De Pledge© RNZ Concert
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	Recording (959k)	0:00-1:00© Radio New Zealand / SOUNZ
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	Recording (1398k)	0:00-1:00© Gillian Whitehead / Stephen de pledge
	Recording (2474k)	Excerpt from Arapatiki© Gillian Whitehead

Availability

• This work has 2 scores and 6 recordings

Programme Note

Arapatiki was commissioned by Stephen De Pledge as one of a series of Landscape preludes, and received its first performance in the Wigmore Hall, London, in January, 2004. Arapatiki translates (from the Maori language) as ‘the way of the flounder’, and is the ancient name of the sand flats in front of my house at Harwood, near Dunedin. The piece has something to do with the advance and retreat of the tide across the flats, where many species of sea and water birds spend much of the day – an ever-varying water-scape. The opening idea is based on the song of the korimako or bellbird.

Commissioned:

Commissioned by Stephen de Pledge

• Stephen De Pledge

Difficulty:

Intermediate

Influences

• Sea and water - NZ
• Birds - NZ

Funders:

• Creative New Zealand

Performance History

	23 Jan 2003	Premiered by Stephen de Pledge (piano) at Wigmore Hall, London
		Stephen De Pledge
	30 Mar 2004	Performed by Stephen de Pledge (piano) at Helen Young Studio, Auckland for Radio New Zealand Concert
		Stephen De Pledge
	19 Jun 2007	Performed by Emma Sayers (piano) on 19 June 2007 at Auckland Town Hall Concert Chamber. This concert was a collaboration between The Edge and Chamber Music New Zealand in celebration of Matariki.
		Tuhonohono
	21 Jun 2007	Performed by Emma Sayers (piano) on 21 June 2007 at Soundings Theatre, Te Papa, Wellington. This concert was a collaboration between The Edge and Chamber Music New Zealand in celebration of Matariki.
		Tuhonohono
	27 Feb 2008	Performed by Stephen De Pledge at the Ilott Theatre, Town Hall, Wellington, as part of the 2008 New Zealand International Arts Festival. See the performance on Youtube
		Stephen De Pledge
	30 Mar 2008	Performed by Ross Carey (piano) at St Mark’s Church, Lower Hutt, Wellington