Place of Echo - Nelson, NZ
Artist / Group
NZTrio with Rob Thorne
Location
Nelson Centre of Musical Arts
Works being performed
Place of Echo
October 23, 2023
Performance of Place of Echo at Nelson Arts Festival, image by Andi Crown
'Composers of Aotearoa New Zealand have long found inspiration in our natural world and unique birdsong. To mark its 100th birthday, Forest and Bird invited a group of composers to create music highlighting conservation concerns. The enterprising project produced a live concert of nine new chamber pieces in the recent Auckland Arts Festival and this recently released album, Force of Nature.... Miriama Young’s Place of Echo also uses taonga puoro, blown, spun and tapped, alongside the Trio in a poignant conjuring of an imaginary forest where huia, kōkako and kākāpō sing to their mates.' -Elizabeth Kerr, NZ Listener
Force of Nature Te Aumangea o te Ao Tūroa NZ Trio celebrate 100 years of Forest and Bird (purchase from Atoll)
