Work
The Clio Legacy
for female narrator, mezzo-soprano, SSA chorus, Maori women's chorus and orchestra
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About
Subtitle: Five Antipodean Women
Commissioned note
Commissioned by Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council (now Creative New Zealand) with assistance from 1993 Suffrage Centennial Year Trust
Dedication note
To all who strive for peace
Contents note
Five movements:
- Sarah Jane Wilcox (1818–1861)
- Te Turitumanareti (1848–5 January 1869)
- Edythe Mabel Robertson (1861–1923)
- Margaret Joy Tilsley (1917–1978)
- Raewyn Janice WIlliams (1960– )
Text note
Text: Witi Ihimaera
Performance history
07 Aug 1993: Performed by the Wellington Regional Orchestra (now Vector Wellington Orchestra) conducted by Sue Robinson with Kapa haka wahine directed by Keri Kaa, Maiden Tawa, Margaret Medlyn (mezzo), Ed Allen (horn) Charlotte Murray and Tungia Baker (narrators) at the Composing Women's Festival in Wellington Town Hall