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Three Windows in the Weather
for reciter, piano and bassoon
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About
Three Windows in the Weather was written after a six-day visit to Dusky and Doubtful Sounds in Fiordland in October 2007. Ten artists (poets, visual artists, a composer and a film-maker) travelled on the Breaksea Girl to create work as a fund-raiser for the Caselberg Trust, who are restoring the Broad Bay house of Anna and John Caselberg for use for artist residencies.
Richard Henry was possibly New Zealand's first conservationist, who rescued kakapo and other endangered birds, creating a sanctuary on Resolution Island, until, several years later, he saw a stoat swimming nearby, and realised the sanctuary was compromised. The second poem, Wet Jacket Arm, makes reference to the threatened biodiversity of the region, and the third refers to a gale experienced one night on the Breaksea Girl.
The official first performance, with Greg O'Brien reading his own poems, was in St Paul's Cathedral in the Otago Festival of the Arts on October 8th, 2008. A 'preview' performance was given on September 26th by Ben Hoadley and Emma Sayers with Bill Manhire reading.
Contents note
1. Richard Henry in Fiordland
2. Wet Jacket Arm
3. A shift in the wind
Text note
three poems by Greg O'Brien
Performance history
08 Oct 2008: Nine Artists in Fiordland
04 Mar 2009: NZ Music for Woodwinds
Performed by Ben Hoadley (bassoon) as part of the "Intrepid Music Projects" concert at Kerr Street Arts Space, in Devonport