Pounamu (vocalist, bass, guitar, orchestra) with Warren Maxwell

Commissioned by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra during my tenure as the APO's Composer-in-Residence, with funding from Creative New Zealand in collaboration with Warren Maxwell (vocals/guitar/bass guitar).

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Full Instrumentation:

Soloist: Warren Maxwell (vocals/guitar/bass guitar)

2 Flutes (2nd doubling Piccolo)
2 Oboes
2 Clarinets in Bb
Bassoon

Contrabassoon

4 Horns in F
3 Trumpets in C
3 Trombones
Tuba

Timpani
3 Percussion
(piatti, bass drum, water phone, mark tree, whip, tubular bells, triangle, large tam tam, marimba, vibraphone, glockenspiel, suspended cymbal, 'automobile' sample, 'elderly dialogue' audio)

Harp

Strings

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Setlist

1. Complexities ........................................................................................... 3

2. Child (added 2013)............................................................................... 40

3. Nemesis ..................................................................................................... 60

4. Grandma's Tears ................................................................................... 101

5. Shadows .................................................................................................... 140

6. Treasures ................................................................................................... 149  

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Resources

RESEARCHERS: EXPLORE POUNAMU VOCAL, GUITAR, BASS SOLOIST, AND ORCHESTRA, WITH WARREN MAXWELL AT THE ALEXANDER TURNBULL LIBRARY

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