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Land

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In Turanga-nui Gillian Whitehead considers the landfall of Cook in 1769, and of Māori centuries earlier, the feeling of finally standing on dry land after a ...

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Enactment

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My selection stretches the notion of performance. Each work enacts a sonic or narrative concept, with a sense of heightened ritual, an economy of means, a co...

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Flame

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This programme opens with John Rimmer’s short and fiery ‘Vulcan’ inspired by Auckland’s volcanic landscape. Commissioned by the Christchurch Symphony Orchest...

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Symphonic

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Jenny McLeod’s vibrant and youthful Little Symphony, written while the composer was still a student, is a response to Stravinsky’s Symphony in C. It is paire...

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Creatures

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Lyell Cresswell’s absurdist Das Lied von dem Fisch is a setting of short poems about fishy topics, including one about a constipated goldfish! Janet Jennings...

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Remembering

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Waerenga-ā-Hika names the East Coast pā that government troops besieged in 1865. The defenders were adherents of the new Pai Mārire religion, which opposed B...

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Sound Centre

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A playlist of New Zealand works that expand the realm of possibility for sonic shape and colour.Guest curator: Chris Gendall

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Wood

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Gareth Farr's exciting and virtuosic 'Marimba concerto' opens this programme, followed by Josiah Carr's slowly unfolding 'redwood', which is inspired by the ...

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Kōrero

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I always enjoy watching a performance where the musicians are engaging on multiple levels- both with the other musicians in their ensembles, and with the mus...

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Words

These three pieces use found sounds and the spoken word. Jack Bewley splices together parliamentary proceedings in a rhythmic ‘trio’ with oboe and marimba. G...