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Where Will They Bury My Bones
for baritone voice, piano and string quartet
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About
Written by New Zealanders living in different countries – composer Gareth Farr (NZ), librettist Paul Horan (NZ/AUS), and baritone Julien Van Mellaerts (NZ/UK) – during the COVID pandemic, Where Will They Bury My Bones contemplates our sense of dislocation in our corner of the world, transforming the classical form of the requiem into a piece that speaks directly to New Zealanders and the way we experienced loneliness, distance, and uncertainty under lockdown and border restrictions.
Commissioned note
Written with funding made available by Creative New Zealand Toi Aotearoa
Contents note
I. His Back
Interlude One
II. Lament For Him
Interlude Two
III. Lament For Me
Interlude Three
IV. Hiraeth
Text note
Libretto by Paul Horan