Harakeke

Taonga Pūoro & Choir

Gareth Farr

Facsimile Study Score

Work Details

Harakeke

(2010)

WORK DURATION

5:30

AUTHOR

Apriana Taylor

LANGUAGE

Te Reo Māori

WORK CODE

GF/KE

Instrumentation

Taonga Pūoro + SSAATTBB choir

COMMISSION DETAILS

Choirs Aotearoa and Karen Grylls for Voices NZ Chamber Choir

Premiere

Voices NZ Chamber Choir (cond. Karen Grylls), Festival of Colour, Lake Wanaka Centre, Lake Wanaka, New Zealand, 17 April 2011.

A setting of poems by Māori poet Apriana Taylor, Harakeke includes music for taonga pūoro – the kōauau (small flute) and the pūkāea (wooden trumpet).