In its new album Notes from a Journey ll, Te Haerenga, the New Zealand String Quartet's journey through the music of Aotearoa continues, with subtle shifts in the direction of travel. Their first Notes from a Journey in 2010, with quartets by John Psathas, Ross Harris, Jack Body and Michael Norris, ended with Gareth Farr's Poroporoaki (Farewell), composed with legendary taonga puoro champion Richard Nunns.
The new album begins with another Poroporoaki, this one by Gillian Whitehead, dedicated to Nunns, who died in 2021. The string instruments become, through ingenious imitation, putātara (shell trumpet), high-pitched karanga manu (bird-caller), nguru (flute), percussive tumutumu and other instruments. This imaginative, exploratory tribute work is a beautiful response to taonga puoro.
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