Music Resource Item Type Metadata
Composer
Whitehead, Gillian Karawe (b. 1942).
Gender
Female
Work
Nga Ha O Nehera.
Nga ha o nehera
Puna wera
?
He parakau
Ohinemata
Nga ha o nehera
Puna wera
?
He parakau
Ohinemata
Duration
16 minutes
Description
This piece was commissioned and premiered by Ben Hoadley at the 2004 IDRS Conference in Melbourne, Australia. The title comes from the Maori language, and means “for a breath from the past.” This challenging composition spans the full range up to Eb5 and for the most part features fairly short musical gestures, some lyrical and some quite florid. Many extended techniques are called for, including multiple tonguing, timbral trills, tremolos, pitch bending, multiphonics, glissandi, winging while playing, microtones, with some theatrics at the end.
Date Range of Work
2004