Victoria Kelly: Requiem

Описание: Victoria Kelly: Requiem - 2023 SOUNZ Contemporary Award Te Tohu Auaha finalist

A second finalist work in the 2023 SOUNZ Contemporary Award Te Tohu Auaha is Victoria Kelly’s ‘Requiem’.

Set on the poetry of Bill Manhire, Sam Hunt, Ian Wedde, Chloe Honum and James K Baxter, this breathtakingly powerful work is one that the composer has been contemplating for 30 years. Victoria writes,

“I think it exists because I’ve never been able to find words for the events that inspired it — the death of my parents; the loss of friends; the experiencing, witnessing and sharing of grief; the advent of love; the birth of children; the beauty and hostility of the world; the wonder of the universe… The music of ‘Requiem’ ebbs and flows around the poetry. Tides are generated by simple melodic shapes that rise and fall. As the melodies reach for each other they create harmony. The tenor, far beyond his natural register, represents our vulnerability, our hope and fear. The soprano, with her austere purity, is something immutable and beyond us.”

A packed Auckland Town Hall rises to its feet at the conclusion of this SOUNZ Film shot at the premiere performance, which was staged as part of the Auckland Arts Festival and brought to life by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Vincent Hardaker, with Simon O'Neill (tenor), Jayne Tankersley (soprano), Luminata Voices Women's Chamber Choir and Lux Singers (David Squire - choirmaster)

Audio recorded by RNZ Concert.

Film funded by NZ On Air.

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