Hokorua: NZ Youth Choir 40th Anniversary Concert
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NZ Youth Choir - first bracket
8:01 PM.Works by Parry, Lassus, Mendelssohn, Recio, and Brahms performed by the NZ Youth Choir conducted by David Squire at their 40th Anniversary Concert, Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland, 6 December 2019. Read more Audio
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Voices NZ - Music for Christmas
8:01 PM.Works for the Christmas season by Igelese Ete, Anthony Ritchie, Eve de Castro-Robinson, David Hamilton, and Robert Wiremu performed by the Voices New Zealand conducted by Karen Grylls at the NZ Youth… Read more Audio
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NZ Youth Choir - Music from the Pacific
8:03 PM.Works from the Pacific nations performed by the NZ Youth Choir conducted by David Squire at their 40th Anniversary Concert, Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland, 6 December 2019. Read more Audio
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Combined Choirs: NZ Youth Choir, Voices NZ & Alumni
8:04 PM.A bracket of items performed by the NZ Youth Choir, Voices NZ and alumni of the Youth Choir, conducted by David Squire and Karen Grylls at their 40th Anniversary Concert, Holy Trinity Cathedral… Read more Audio
8.00 Hokorua: NZ Youth Choir 40th Anniversary Concert
2019 was a significant year for the New Zealand Youth Choir – their 40th birthday.
They celebrated with their first ever tour of the Pacific – taking music back to communities that had provided so much in the development of the choir over the years, both in terms of music and singers to sing it.
Before jumping on the boat (the easiest and cheapest way to do a tour of several islands is via a cruise ship), the choir gave a concert in Auckland’s Holy Trinity Cathedral. And the concert was a birthday celebration in itself. Voices New Zealand joined in. Also, the invitation went out to any alumni of the choir who could make it. At the end of the concert the massed voices provided a bracket of items.
They called the concert Hokorua ... an alternative word in Te Reo Māori for "forty".
Members of New Zealand Youth Choir Photo: Latitude Creative
Programme:
NZ Youth Choir/David Squire
Ben PARRY: Flame
LASSUS: Aurora lucis rutilat
MENDELSSOHN: Kyrie & Heilig
Matthew RECIO: How to Survive Vesuvius
BRAHMS: O schöne Nacht, from Four Quartets Op 92
Voices NZ/Karen Grylls
Igelese ETE: Nova, Nova
Anthony RITCHIE: Es ist ein Ros
Eve de CASTRO-ROBINSON: Star of Wonder
David HAMILTON: Quittez pasteurs
Robert WIREMU: Hodie Christus natus est
NZ Youth Choir/David Squire
TRAD Samoan arr Sammy Seau: Ua lolongo
TRAD Niuean arr Denzel Panama: Tau Fanau Vave Mai Kia Keriso
Tuirina WEHI arr Wiremu: Waerenga-a-Hika
TRAD Fijian arr Siliva Gaugatao: Isa Isa Vulagi Lasa Dina
WEHI whanau: Kua rongo
NZ Youth Choir, Voices NZ & Alumni/David Squire, Karen Grylls
LASSUS: Jubilate Deo
PEARSALL: Great God of love
TRAD arr James Erb: Shenandoah
Richard PUANAKI: Ka Waiata
WOODS arr Jansen: God defend New Zealand
Recorded on 6 December 2019 in Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland by RNZ Concert
Producer: Tim Dodd; Engineer: Adrian Hollay