2010

for orchestra with SATB choir

By:

• Ryan Youens

Duration:

15' 00"

Instrumentation:

3 flutes, 3 clarinets, 2 alto saxophones, 2 tenor saxophones, 3 trumpets, 2 trombones, euphonium, tuba, violoncello (optional), string bass, timpani, percussion I (high conga, low conga, medium tom, low tom), percussion II (high bongo, low bongo, high tom, medium tom), percussion III (tambourine, high woodblock, low woodblock), percussion IV (suspended cymbal, wind chimes, triangle) and percussion V - xylophone (medium sticks), with piano and SATB choir

Samples

Score (1243k)

Page 4 - 8, 14 - 17, 41 - 46, 59 - 63

© Ryan Youens

Availability

• This work has 2 scores

Programme Note

Based on the simple idea: “If Lake Taupo was a piece of music, what would it sound like?”

This mass musical work, commissioned especially for the ERUPT Lake Taupo Festival 2010 through the SOUNZ Community Commission, takes its inspiration from the people and places of Taupo.

Featuring lyrics submitted by local writers, Moana Ataahua is a spectacular mix of symphonic, choral and percussive elements that erupts into an exciting finale.

Text Note:

Lake Taupo, Our Lake - Robyn Fisher-Macrae
Beautiful World - Wayne Collier
Lake Taupo - Jacqueline Susan
Taupo Moana - Steve Paull
Note: the text was created based on, and inspired by, the above poems. All copyright cleared.

Commissioned:

Created for the Taupo community as part of the 2010 ERUPT Lake Taupo Festival, with support from the 2009 SOUNZ Community Commission

Difficulty:

Intermediate

Difficulty Note:

beginner to intermediate

Influences:

• Culture - NZ
• History - NZ
• Landscape - NZ
• Maori - culture

Dedication:

Created for the Taupo community

Performance History

	08 May 2010	Combined community ensemble made up from the Taupo Choral Society, Tauhara College Choir, Great Lake Big Band, Taupo Youth Wind Band, Taupo Concert Band, and Tauhara College Stage Band and conductor Justin Gibbs at the Unison Amphitheatre Riverside Park in Taupo, as part of the ERUPT Lake Taupo Festival 2010