Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Vincent Hardaker
Maria Grenfell Photo: Anthony McKee
Stealing Tutunui was commissioned by Symphony Australia in 2000 for the New Voices composer development program in Perth, and premiered by the West Australian Symphony Orchestra.
It’s a programmatic depiction of the Maori legend about a chief, Tinirau and his pet whale, the eponymous Tutunui, who is stolen and killed by a duplicitous priest.
The upshot is that Tinirau and his wife track the priest down and exact their revenge.
Recorded by RNZ Concert in Auckland Town Hall, 25 March 2021
Producer: Tim Dodd
Engineer: Adrian Hollay
