Work
Rain
for SSAA choir, oboe, rainsticks and stones
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About
This work sets one of New Zealand Poet Hone Tuwhare's best-known poems. It is a somewhat sensual description of the sounds and smells of rain. The setting is for unaccompanied choir and oboe, with the instrumental part often proceeding at a speed independent of the choir, and the use of rain-sticks and stones.
Dedication note
Written in 2002 for Opus at Epsom Girls' Grammar School
Text note
Text by Hone Tuwhare
Performance history
Performed by Epsom Girls Grammar School, Auckland cond. David Hamilton
Performed by Opus (Epsom Girls Grammar School, Auckland), conducted by David Hamilton