Premiere
of Riemke Ensing's poems Storm Warning set to music by Alex van den
Broek at Christchurch WORD (Writers & Readers) Festival on Friday 29 August
at 7.30pm in the Linwood Community Arts Centre.
This
is an exciting new work for vocalist and a chamber ensemble consisting of oboe,
clarinet, trombone and percussion.
'The work explores the boundaries
between the genres of classical and jazz to realise the colour and depth of
poems by New Zealand poet Riemke Ensing.
Van den Broek and Ensing
have a strong artistic rapport and shared experiences of immigration and
dual identity.
Much of the imagery in
the text centres around coastal images, bush, rocks, hills and spiritual
resting places.
Vocalist Naomi Ferguson
is a dramatic and expressive singer who forms a centre point for the work,
delivering and interpreting the text, around which the ensemble thread a
distinct and evocative musical world.'
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