Programme
In Turanga-nui Gillian Whitehead considers the landfall of Cook in 1769, and of Māori centuries earlier, the feeling of finally standing on dry land after a long journey, and the danger of the inevitable collision of the two cultures. Ben Hoadley’s Turakirae was inspired by the rugged, open landscape of the Turakirae promontory, where the Rimutaka ranges begin. We finish the programme with Chris Adams’s Otira Gorge, an elemental depiction of the eponymous gorge in Arthur’s Pass, as pained by Petrus Van Der Velden.
Gillian Whitehead: Turanga-nui
Performed by the NZSO, conducted by Hamish McKeich
Ben Hoadley: Turakirae
Performed by the ACO, Peter Scholes (clarinet and direction)
Chris Adams: Otira Gorge
Performed by the NZSO, conducted by Marc Taddei
Approximate running time: 42 minutes
