Work

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
		Stephen De Pledge
	30 Mar 2008	Performed by Ross Carey (piano) at St Mark’s Church, Lower Hutt, Wellington
	25 Aug 2010	Performed by Stephen De Pledge (piano) as part of the Dartington International Summer School at the Great Hall, in Dartington, England
		Stephen De Pledge
	06 Apr 2011	Performed by Stephen De Pledge (piano) at the Auckland Town Hall Concert Chamber in Auckland, as part of the New Zealand International Piano Festival
		Stephen De Pledge
	04 Jul 2011	Performed by Stephen de Pledge (piano) at St Margaret’s Church Lothbury as part of the City of London Festival
		Stephen De Pledge
	22 Mar 2012	Performed by Stephen de Pledge at the University of Glasgow Concert Hall (22 March 2012) and at the University of Edinburgh Reid Concert Hall (23 March 2012), Scotland.
		Stephen De Pledge