Call of the Huia: NZ Art Song

8.00 Call of the Huia: NZ Art Song  - Volume One, Call of the Huia

Painting by J G Keulemans from W L Buller's A History of the Birds of New Zealand (1888) Photo: Public Domain

Programme:

A new volume of early NZ Art Songs, re-discovered by Michael Vinten

THOMAS, William: The Dying Lover; HODGES, Moses Hamilton: Twilight; BEAUCHAMP, Vera: Love’s Entreaty; BEAUCHAMP, Vera: Night; PHILLPOT, JH: A Song of Flowers; HAYDON, Claude: Rainbow; HAYDON, Claude: To Sleep; TROWELL, Arnold: Donald the Black; TROWELL, Arnold: Nacht liegt auf dem fremden Wegen Op 50/1; TROWELL, Arnold: Mädchen mit dem roten Mündchen Op 50/2; MACKAY, Alice Forrester: The Grey Ship; PAGE, Bernard: Your Grave Grey Eyes; PAGE, Bernard: Cinnamon Curls; KAIHAU, Erima Maewa: Akoako, o te Rangi; KAIHAU, Erima Maewa: E moe te Ra; KAIHAU, Erima Maewa: Me pehea ra; MACKAY, Alice Forrester: Te whenua kura; MACKAY, Alice Forrester: A Bush Song; BRAITHWAITE, Warwick: Dithyramb; SCHRAMM, Paul: Three Jazz Songs; MACKAY, Alice Forrester: My Heart’s Oppressed; MACKAY, Alice Forrester: Hero Song; SCHRAMM, Paul: Four Songs for Baritone; HAYDON, Claude: Lullaby; HAYDON, Claude: Contrast; MACKAY, Alice Forrester: Song of the Cradle; MACKAY, Alice Forrester: The Kingfisher; BRETT, Mary: Horses of the Dawn; PRENTICE, Doris: Three New Zealand Bird Songs; KAIHAU, Erima Maewa: Haere Ra

Sarah Court (mezzo), Oliver Sewell (tenor), Robert Tucker (baritone), David Barnard & Bruce Greenfield (piano)

Recorded in St. Andrew's on The Terrace, Wellington by RNZ Concert

You will find all the individual songs on the Call of the Huia programme page.