Work

Programme Note

Te Hau o Tawhirimatea is dedicated to Richard Nunns and Bridget Douglas. The music aims to create a space in which the musicians, and the voices of their instruments, may speak together. The musical space is flexible, encouraging spontaneous dialogue between the various instrumental voices. Tawhirimatea, the wind god, child of Earth and Sky, represents powerful elemental forces, but he is also capable of gentle playfulness. Te hau refers also to human breath, the force which animates the wind instruments. From the mingling of breath, sweet voices are brought into being.

Commissioned:

Commissioned by Richard Nunns and Bridget Douglas from Stroma, with funding from Creative New Zealand

• Bridget Douglas
• Richard Nunns
• Stroma

Difficulty:

Advanced

Dedication:

to Richard Nunns and Bridget Douglas

• Bridget Douglas
• Richard Nunns

Funders:

• Creative New Zealand

Performance History

	26 Sep 2004	Performed by Bridget Douglas (flute), Richard Nunns (taonga puoro) at St Andrew’s on The Terrace in Wellington
		Bridget Douglas    Richard Nunns
	15 May 2005	performed by Richard Nunns during New Zealand Day in the New Zealand garden of the Arboretum at the University of California, Santa Cruz, USA
		Richard Nunns
	11 May 2007	Performed by Okta (Richard Nunns, taonga puoro; Ingrid Culliford, flute)
		Ingrid Culliford    Okta    Richard Nunns