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Call of the Huia
100 early New Zealand Art Songs uncovered by music historian Michael Vinten, newly performed and recorded for posterity.
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William THOMAS: The Dying Lover
12 Feb 2021"Music should in sounds convey what dying lovers dare not say". Read more Video, Audio
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Moses Hamilton HODGES: Twilight
12 Feb 2021"Now as twilight shades are falling, Lay thee down to sleep my child". Read more Video, Audio
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Vera BEAUCHAMP: Two Songs
12 Feb 2021"O night, how I love and adore thee, Why dost thou so short a time stay; My sorrows come crowding back o'er me, When the shades of the night pass away". Read more Video, Audio
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J H PHILLPOT: A Song of Flowers
12 Feb 2021"Once the days were sad and lonely, 'Twas before we met; Now I keep some flow'rs before me, Lest I should forget". Read more Video, Audio
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Claude Meurisse HAYDON: Two Songs
12 Feb 2021"Rainbow, stay, Gleam up on gloom, Bright, bright as my dream, rainbow stay!" Read more Video, Audio
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Arnold TROWELL: Three Songs
12 Feb 2021"Night lies on the silent highways, Sick my heart, my limbs are weary; Then like gentle balm descendeth, Moon, thou soft light on me dreary." Read more Video, Audio
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Alice Forrester MACKAY: Four Songs
12 Feb 2021"My heart's oppress'd, My peace is o'er, I have no rest, no, never more." Read more Video, Audio
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Bernard PAGE: Two Songs
12 Feb 2021"Your grave grey eyes are filled with tears; Your hands are trembling in my own". Read more Video, Audio
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Alice Forrester MACKAY: Three Songs, from Maoriland
12 Feb 2021"I did but wear my wedding ring, A bare week and day, When a grey ship, a grim ship, It took my love a way". Read more Video, Audio
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Erima Maewa KAIHAU: Three Māori Songs
12 Feb 2021"Beneath a tree stricken with love I crept, Weary and lost alone I slept". Read more Video, Audio
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Paul SCHRAMM: Three Jazz Songs
12 Feb 2021"The angry wind blows, I shiver like a child. The woman’s not coming home again, I swig all the cognac, And fear for her". Read more Video, Audio
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Claude Meurisse HAYDON: Two Songs
12 Feb 2021"Oh! hush thee, my baby, the night is be hind us, O'er hilltop and meadow the moon gently beams". Read more Video, Audio
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