Work
Taku Wana - The Enduring Spirit
for SATB choir, kapa haka, taonga puoro, Irish instruments, soloists and orchestra
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About
Music drama for choir, kapa haka, orchestra, Maori and Irish instruments and soloists. Directed by Rangimoana Taylor, it includes Maori composition by Wi Kuki Kaa and lyrics by Lauris Edmond. It focuses on Nelson's Maori-Pakeha history since 1841, stories that have contemporary resonances in Aotearoa/New Zealand.
Commissioned note
Financed by a project grant from Creative New Zealand
Text note
Maori composition by Wi Kuki Kaa and lyrics by Lauris Edmond
Performance history
13 May 1998: Performed by Mere Boynton (soprano), Linden Loader (mezzo), Roger Wilson (baritone), Richard Nunns (taonga puoro), Bob Bickerton and Evey McAuliffe (Irish instruments), Rangimoana Taylor (storyteller/narrator) Nelson Chamber Orchestra, Polyhymnos Choir, Whakatu Kapa Haka conducted by Rita Paczian and directed by Rangimoana Taylor
16 May 1998: Performed by Mere Boynton (soprano), Linden Loader (mezzo), Roger Wilson (baritone), Richard Nunns (taonga puoro), Bob Bickerton and Evey McAuliffe (Irish instruments), Rangimoana Taylor (storyteller/narrator) Nelson Chamber Orchestra, Polyhymnos Choir, Whakatu Kapa Haka conducted by Rita Paczian and directed by Rangimoana Taylor