Work
The Horizon from Owhiro Bay
for piano
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About
This prelude is a musical representation of the view I see at twilight from my studio on the South Coast of Wellington - the moody dark green depths of Cook Strait, the inky blue sky, and the endless unbroken horizon dividing the two. Fishing boats sit on the horizon all lit up, looking like little gleaming gemstones in the darkness. The occasional gust of wind stirs up wild eddies on the surface of the water, and the odd rogue wave hurls itself onto the rocks and up into the air in a spectacular explosion of sea spray.
Commissioned note
Commissioned by the Wallace Foundation for Stephen De Pledge as part of the landscape prelude series
Performance history
27 Feb 2008: Landscapes
25 Aug 2010: NZ Landscapes in UK
05 Apr 2011: Stephen De Pledge at The New Zealand International Piano Festival
04 Jul 2011: Stephen de Pledge: Landscape Preludes
20 Sep 2011: Gareth Farr: The Horizon from Owhiro Bay; Henry Wong Doe; 201011
22 Mar 2012: Stephen de Pledge presents the "Landscape Preludes" to Scotland
Performed by Henry Wong Doe.