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To the Horizon: Images of New Zealand
for SATB choir
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About
To The Horizon: Images Of New Zealand was composed in 1990 to celebrate New Zealand's Sesquicentennial. It was commissioned by Dr Karen Grylls and the Auckland Dorian Choir who first performed it in June 1990. Composition took place in Western Samoa and New Zealand, with the final revision in New York in 1997.
The cycle consists of texts by eight New Zealand poets, each one suggesting a different aspect of 'horizon': the physical horizon, where sea or plains or mountains meet the sky; or a range of metaphorical horizons, a glimpse into the past, into the future, or to the limits of our experience or comprehension.
To The Horizon has been performed on many occasions, either as single songs or as a cycle, and frequently broadcast.
Commissioned note
Commissioned and first performed by the Auckland Dorian Choir in 1990 to celebrate New Zealand's Sesquicentennial year. 'Home Thoughts', 'On the Swag', and 'Horizon II' were commissioned by the Ashburton Chorale and subsequently incorporated.
Contents note
- Horizon I (Sea and Sky)
- Walking on My Feet
- Home Thoughts
- Not by Wind Ravaged
- Wild Honey
- The Magpies
- To a Friend
- Song at Summer's End
- Elegy in a City Railyard
- On the Swag
- To L.H.B.
- Horizon II (Sea and Sky II)
Text note
- Ian Wedde
- ARD Fairburn
- Denis Glover
- Hone Tuwhare
- Alistair Campbell
- Denis Glover
- ARD Fairburn
- ARD Fairburn
- MK Joseph
- RAK Mason
- Katherine Mansfield
- Ian Wedde
Performance history
26 Apr 2008: Performed by Schola Sacra conducted by Roy Tankersley, at Christ Church, Wanganui
19 Nov 2011: Voices of Aotearoa - Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir (Wellington)
20 Nov 2011: Voices of Aotearoa - Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir (Napier)
21 Nov 2011: Voices of Aotearoa - Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir (Auckland)
23 Nov 2011: Voices of Aotearoa - Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir (Chch)
24 Nov 2011: Voices of Aotearoa - Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir (Dunedin)
Performed by the Graduate Choir conducted by Terence Maskell, September 2007
Performed by the Graduate Choir conducted by Terence Maskell, September 2007
Performed by Viva Voce in 2007
Performed by Voices New Zealand