Work
Le Temps est a la Pluie
for chamber orchestra
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About
Commissioned by Musicians Against Nuclear Arms, for the 1995 Greenpeace concert held in Wellington, New Zealand, to protest against French testing and raise funds for the Rainbow Warrior II.
A threnody to all life in the Pacific region that has fallen victim to radiation leaks from French nuclear testing on Polynesian atolls over the last four decades. Nuclear contamination of the area occurred in several instances in the form of fallout and contaminated rain upon unsuspecting inhabitants, who are dependent on the rain for their water supply.
Gareth Farr
Commissioned note
Commissioned by Musicians Against Nuclear Arms
Dedication note
"Le Temps est a la Pluie" is a threnody to all life in the Dedicated to the Pacific region that has fallen victim to radiation leaks from French nuclear testing on Polynesian atolls over the last four decades. (Gareth Farr)
Performance history
06 Jun 2020: Dunedin Symphony Orchestra | Reflections – Vaughan Williams’ Oboe Concerto
07 Jun 2020: Dunedin Symphony Orchestra | Reflections – Vaughan Williams’ Oboe Concerto
Performed by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Kenneth Young at Symphony House in Wellington in August 1997