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Maori Songs
''Maori Songs'' is a traditional album released by New Zealand opera diva, Kiri Te Kanawa in 1999 to celebrate the new millennium. Maori Songs was recorded at Revolver Studios & NO 2 Studio, Abbey Rd. Track listing #" Hine E Hine" #"Tarakihi (The Locust)" #"Moe Mai E Hine" #"Hoea Ra" #"Matangi" #"Huri Huri" #" E Papa (Titi Torea/E Aue)" #"Ara Ka Titiro" #"Hoki Hoki Tonu Mai" #" Po Ata Rau (Now Is The Hour)" #"Piki Mai" #"Haere Ra E Hine" #"E Pari Ra" #"Akoako O Te Rangi" #"Tahi Nei Taru Kino" #" Po Karekare Ana" Lyrics Lyrics and score of Māori music Traditional Māori music, or pūoro Māori, is composed or performed by Māori, the indigenous people of New Zealand, and includes a wide variety of folk music styles, often integrated with poetry and dance. In addition to these traditions and musi ... available here: http://folksong.org.nz/waiata.html Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts References Kiri Te Kanawa albums 1999 classical albums Māori music Māo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Album
An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century as individual Phonograph record#78 rpm disc developments, 78 rpm records collected in a bound book resembling a photograph album; this format evolved after 1948 into single vinyl LP record, long-playing (LP) records played at revolutions per minute, rpm. The album was the dominant form of recorded music expression and consumption from the mid-1960s to the early 21st century, a period known as the album era. Vinyl LPs are still issued, though album sales in the 21st-century have mostly focused on CD and MP3 formats. The 8-track tape was the first tape format widely used alongside vinyl from 1965 until being phased out by 1983 and was gradually supplanted by the cassette tape during the 1970s and early 1980s; the populari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiri Te Kanawa
Dame Kiri Jeanette Claire Te Kanawa , (; born Claire Mary Teresa Rawstron, 6 March 1944) is a retired New Zealand opera singer. She had a full lyric soprano voice, which has been described as "mellow yet vibrant, warm, ample and unforced". Te Kanawa had three top 40 albums in Australia in the mid-1980s. Te Kanawa has received accolades in many countries, singing a wide array of works in many languages dating from the 17th to the 20th centuries. She is particularly associated with the works of Mozart, Strauss, Verdi, Handel and Puccini, and found considerable success in portraying princesses, nobility, and other similar characters on stage. Though she rarely sang opera later in her career, Te Kanawa frequently performed in concert and recital, gave masterclasses, and supported young opera singers in launching their careers. Her final performance was in Ballarat, Australia, in October 2016, but she did not reveal her retirement until September 2017. Personal life Te Kanawa w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Songs And Arias
''French Songs and Arias'' is a 1997 compilation album released by New Zealand opera diva Kiri Te Kanawa. Track listing Personnel Kiri Te Kanawa - Soprano (Vocal) John Frederick Lewis - Cover Art Paris National Opera Orchestra - Orchestra John Pritchard - Conductor Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra - Orchestra Jeffrey Tate Sir Jeffrey Philip Tate (28 April 19432 June 2017) was an English conductor of classical music. Tate was born with spina bifida and had an associated spinal curvature. After studying medicine at the University of Cambridge and beginning a me ... - Conductor References Kiri Te Kanawa albums 1997 classical albums {{Classical-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiri – The Best Of
''Kiri'' is a 2001 greatest hits album released by New Zealand opera diva, Kiri Te Kanawa. This compilation is a comprehensive study of Kiri Te Kanawa's most memorable moments. It features 20 tracks from 4 different labels. Tracks include arias from ''The Marriage of Figaro'', ''Tosca'', ''La traviata'', and her famous "O mio babbino caro". Also included is '' Let the bright Seraphim'' by Handel, which Te Kanawa sang at the Royal Wedding of HRH Prince Charles and Diana, Princess of Wales in 1981. Track listing # " Let the bright Seraphim" – Handel ('' Samson'') # "Dove sono" – Mozart ('' Le nozze di Figaro'') (Solti) # "Laudate Dominum" – Mozart # "Ave Maria" – Bach-Gounod # "Attendo, Attendo... Addio del passato" – Verdi (''La traviata'') # " Vissi d'arte" – Puccini (''Tosca'') (Solti) # "O mio babbino caro" – Puccini (''Gianni Schicchi'') # "Ecco: respiro appena. Io son l'umile ancella" – Cilea (''Adriana Lecouvreur'') # "Chi il bel sogno di Doretta" – P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 List of islands of New Zealand, smaller islands. It is the List of island countries, sixth-largest island country by area, covering . New Zealand is about east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and south of the islands of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga. The country's varied topography and sharp mountain peaks, including the Southern Alps, owe much to tectonic uplift and volcanic eruptions. New Zealand's Capital of New Zealand, capital city is Wellington, and its most populous city is Auckland. The islands of New Zealand were the last large habitable land to be settled by humans. Between about 1280 and 1350, Polynesians began to settle in the islands and then developed a distinctive Māori culture. In 1642, the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman became the first European to sight and record New Zealand. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hine E Hine
"" is a lullaby in Māori written by Fanny Howie (also known by her stage name Princess Te Rangi Pai) in around 1907. History An instrumental version of "" was used from 1981 to 1994 as the New Zealand TV Channel 2's "closing-down song", which accompanied a cartoon featuring the Goodnight Kiwi. It was the opening song on Kiri Te Kanawa's 1999 album '' Maori Songs''. Hayley Westenra sang the song on her 2003 album '' Pure''. The song features on the José Carreras album ''The José Carreras Collection''. The Phoenix Foundation performed the song in the 2010 film ''Boy''. Lyrics Melody \header \layout global = sopranoVoice = \relative c'' verse = \lyricmode verseR = \lyricmode right = \relative c'' left = \relative c' sopranoVoicePart = \new Staff \with \addlyrics \addlyrics pianoPart = \new PianoStaff \score \score After: References External links *, St Joseph's Māori Girls' College *, Hayley Westenra, Teddy Tahu Rhodes Teddy Tahu Rhodes (b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
E Papa
"" (English: "Oh, Uncle Waiari"), also known as "" is a traditional Māori song, often used in tītī tōrea, a type of whakaraka (skill and dexterity game) played by passing tītī (40-60cm long sticks) while seated, in time to a rhythmic song. The song became a staple for Māori musicians to record, including St Joseph's Māori Girls' College Choir Turakina Maori Girls' College Choir in the 1960s. In 1985, the Pātea Māori Club released the song as a reggae pop single, and the New Zealand band Herbs recorded the song as the opening track to their album ''Sensitive to a Smile'' in (1987), also in a reggae style. Background The origins of the song are not definitively known, however they may come from a late 19th Century/early 20th Century Whanganui River tradition, where marae along the river would create their own lyrics to the song for competitions. The song and tītī tōrea became popular to be used was used by the Girl Scouts of the USA. The first mention in print o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Po Ata Rau (Now Is The Hour)
"Now Is the Hour" is a popular song from the early 20th century. Often erroneously described as a traditional Māori song,"Music: Now Is the Hour" '''', January 19, 1948 its creation is usually credited to several people, including Clement Scott (music), and and Dorothy Stewart (arrangement and lyrics). History The tune of the song first became known in 1913 when it was published by W.H. Paling and Co as a piano-variations piece in Australia, called "Swiss Cradle Song" and credited to "Clement Scott". Some sources say ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Māori Music
Traditional Māori music, or pūoro Māori, is composed or performed by Māori, the indigenous people of New Zealand, and includes a wide variety of folk music styles, often integrated with poetry and dance. In addition to these traditions and musical heritage, since the 19th-century European colonisation of New Zealand Māori musicians and performers have adopted and interpreted many of the imported Western musical styles. Contemporary rock and roll, soul, reggae, and hip hop all feature a variety of notable Māori performers. Traditional forms Waiata Songs (''waiata'') are sung solo, in unison, or at the octave. Types of songs include lullabies (''oriori''), love songs (''waiata aroha''), and laments (''waiata tangi''). Traditionally all formal speeches are followed by a waiata sung by the speaker and their group of supporters. Some of the smaller wind instruments are also sung into, and the sound of the ''poi'' ( raupo ball swung on the end of a flax cord) provides a rhythmic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiri Te Kanawa Albums
Kiri may refer to: People * Kiri (given name), a given name (and list of people with the name) * Kiri Te Kanawa (born 1944), New Zealand soprano * Riku Kiri (born 1963), Finnish weight lifter * Solomon Kiri (fl. 1990s), New Zealand rugby player Places * Kiri, Democratic Republic of the Congo, a community in Bandundu Province * Kiri Territory, Bandundu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo Other uses * , several ships * ''Kiri'' (TV series), British television drama series * Kiri Airport * Breuvages Kiri, an independent bottler of soft drinks * ''Paulownia tomentosa'', a tree * Kiri (cheese brand), a brand of cheese by Bel Group * "Kiri", a song by Monoral See also * * ''Kiri Noh'', a category of ''Noh'' * Government Seal of Japan The Government Seal of Japan, one of the country's national seals, is the emblem ''( mon)'' of paulownia used by the Prime Minister, the Cabinet and the Government of Japan on official documents. It is generally known as the , which has be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 Classical Albums
File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shootings in the United States; the Year 2000 problem ("Y2K"), perceived as a major concern in the lead-up to the year 2000; the Millennium Dome opens in London; online music downloading platform Napster is launched, soon a source of online piracy; NASA loses both the Mars Climate Orbiter and the Mars Polar Lander; a destroyed T-55 tank near Prizren during the Kosovo War., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 Death and state funeral of King Hussein rect 200 0 400 200 1999 İzmit earthquake rect 400 0 600 200 Columbine High School massacre rect 0 200 300 400 Kosovo War rect 300 200 600 400 Year 2000 problem rect 0 400 200 600 Mars Climate Orbiter rect 200 400 400 600 Napster rect 400 400 600 600 Millennium Dome 1999 was designat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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