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A te reo Māori interpretation of 'Requiem' by Sam Hunt, from Victoria Kelly's Requiem - a 35 minute contemporary classical work for Soprano, Tenor, Choir and Orchestra.
Requiem is a secular contemplation of life and mortality with text made up of five New Zealand poems (by Bill Manhire, Sam Hunt, Ian Wedde, Chloe Honum and James K Baxter) intertwined with fragments of the Latin Mass for the Dead.
The poems reflect wonder, loss, longing, and surrender. The Latin fragments evoke our desire to understand and articulate our place in the universe. The themes of the work are nature – air, light, rain, the tide, the stars – transformation, impermanence, and the inherent beauty, imperfection and fragility of people.
lyrics
HE TAURERE / Sam Hunt
Interpreted into te reo Māori by Sir Tīmoti Kāretu
He kōpio tōna whare pūrama
Tō te kaitiaki e mōhio nei ahau
Kei runga noa ake ia i te whenua
Nō tīaho, nō puaheiri waipō
Tērā atu kaitiaki - e kīia nei
Ko tōna ao - tāna mahi matua
He tiaki, i te pō, i te ao
He whakapīata pūrama me te pere
Ko taku hoa ka riro nei,
nō momo kē noa atu.
Tē piki ara tōrino piki tonu ana
Kia hae anō kia whetūrangi.
credits
released November 11, 2022
Composer - Victoria Kelly
Poet - Sam Hunt
Interpreted into te reo Māori by - Sir Tīmoti Kāretu
Performer - Anika Moa
Video - Jonathan King
Image - Anne Noble
Victoria is a composer and performer based in Aotearoa New Zealand. She works across a spectrum of
genres.
Her contemporary work has been commissioned and performed by the NZSO, APO and NZTrio ; her musical collaborators include Neil Finn, Tami Neilson and Finn Andrews; and she’s worked as a film composer with directors such as Sir Peter Jackson and Jonathan King.
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