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9:00 Matariki

The Pleiades

The Pleiades Photo: Creative Commons

Celebrating Matariki this coming weekend with a historic moment in NZ’s musical history – the final album of taonga pūoro master, Richard Nunns, recorded just weeks before he was forced to put aside the instruments to which he’s devoted his life.

Plus: the great percussion work by Iannis Xenakis, Pléïades. Look to the north-east horizon before dawn, just north of Orion’s belt, for the constellation of seven stars that is known variously as the Pleiades, the Seven Sisters, or the constellation that heralds the Maori New Year here in Aotearoa – Matariki.

David Long - Utterance

David Long - Utterance Photo: album cover art

LONG/NUNNS/MANN: Selection from the album ‘Utterance’ (released June 2017)
David Long (banjo, theremin, bowed guitar, & assorted paraphernalia)
Richard Nunns (taonga pūoro), Natalia Mann (harp, prepared harp, zither, gongs, voice)
RATTLE RAT-D068

XENAKIS: Pléïades (extracts)
Les Percussions de Strasbourg cond. François Dhalmann
Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 5185

10:00 Icelandic Elegance

JAKOBINA SIGURDARDOTTIR/JÓRUNN VIÐAR: Vokuro
Björk (vocals), Icelandic Choir, London Choir
ONELITTLEINDIAN 986759

HALLGRIMSSON: Herma Op 17
Torleif Thedéen (cello), Reykjavik CO/Bernharour Wilkinson
Smekkleysa SMK 38

 

AMIINA: Skakka, Fjarskanistan
Amiina
The Workers Institute TW1

Amiina

Amiina Photo: Creative Commons

11:00 New Music Dreams

Mono no aware - PAN compilation album

Mono no aware - PAN compilation album Photo: album cover art

The loose meaning of Mono no aware is "the pathos of things" or "an empathy towards things".  This compilation from Berlin experimental label PAN explores and stretches the concept of "ambient" music and posits it as a commentary of modern technology .

VARIOUS: Mono no Aware
Various Artists
PAN