Work
This Land of Water
for soprano and piano
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About
A song cycle for soprano and piano.
Commissioned note
Commissioned by Professor Gilbert de Greeve, State Academy of Music, Antwerp, for a tour of New Zealand with Belgian soprano Martine de Craene in 1989
Dedication note
Dedicated to the composer's parents
Contents note
- In fold of rock
- Rain
- The Rock Spring
- Wild Iron
- The trees are still
Text note
Texts by 1. Charles Bisley; 2. Hone Tuwhare; 3. Alistair Campbell; 4. Allen Curnow; 5. Bisley
Performance history
Performed by Gina Sanders and Kay Shacklock
Performed by Gina Sanders (soprano) and Elizabeth Boulton (piano) in August of 1992