Waka

Kaikaranga & Orchestra

Gareth Farr

Facsimile Study Score

Work Details

Waka

(2002)

WORK DURATION

8:45

LANGUAGE

Maori

WORK CODE

GF/WA

Instrumentation

4 Hn in F, 2 Tpt in C, Tbn., B. Tbn., Tba, Log Drum (small, medium and large), Tgl., Sus. Cym. (small and medium), Tub. Bells, Floor Tom, Low Bongo

COMMISSION DETAILS

Wellington Sinfonia (with funding support from Bell Gully)

Premiere

Aroha Priest (kaikaranga), Wellington Sinfonia, Wellington, NZ, 27 August 2002

Commissioned for performance at the reception following New Zealand's State Opening of Parliament, 2002, and dedicated to the Prime Minister Helen Clark, Waka (Maori for "canoe" or "sailing craft") is named for the vessels that brought the first people to New Zealand.