Work
He Poroporoaki (Saying Goodbye)
for string quartet and taonga puoro
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About
This work was intended to feature something of New Zealand's spirit and is a 'deconstructed' version of Now is the Hour.
Commissioned note
The third work in the Spirit of Place commission (2005-2015) - a five minute work for performance before the 2008 Dawn Service Commemoration at Gallipoli. The ten works created over these years will be reworked into a major musical event for the 100th Commemoration in 2015.
Contents note
one movement
Performance history
24 Apr 2008: He Poroporoake: Saying Goodbye
06 Feb 2009: Waitangi Day Concert: Taonga Puoro
29 Mar 2011: Performed by the New Zealand String Quartet with Richard Nunns at Wesley Uniting Church, in Tasmania, Australia
30 Mar 2011: Performed by the New Zealand String Quartet with Richard Nunns at St John's Anglican Church, in Tasmania, Australia
13 Jul 2011: New Zealand String Quartet & Richard Nunns
17 Apr 2012: New Zealand in L.A.
19 Jun 2014: Te Ao Mārama
03 Aug 2015: Gallipoli Symphony
06 Mar 2018: Performed by Rob Thorne (taonga pūoro) and the New Zealand String Quartet at St Mary of the Angels
24 Oct 2018: NZSQ at Huria Marae
Featuring: Gareth Farr | John Psathas
Performed by the New Zealand String Quartet at Adam Concert Room, Victoria University, Wellington, in November, 2009