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IX.

KaliLoaKoeTakiMaamá

ThomasGoedecke 3minutes SATB

ProgramNotes

KaliLoaKoeTakiMaaama ofsixteenpoemsdescribeherloveforherchildrenandtheuniquechallengesshefacesasamotherwhoraisedher childrenawayfromtheirhomeland,andthehopesthattheyreturntofullyembracetheirTonganidentity.The ninthpoemdescribesasceneatdusk,underthegrandnessofthestarsanduniverse,sittingonawith herfamily,anddreamingofhome.Herhomecriesoutfromthevastnessoftheuniversethenamesofplacesin Tongaintheeveningsky.

Themusicisinspiredbyamultitudeofnon-westernchoraltraditionsjuxtoposedwithetherealharmonies suspendingthemselfabovethelistenerlikearchesinacathedral.Thesoundsofnaturebookendthisdichotomy, andthenewdayatdawn.

áDay,nightwetakeourmatoutsideandsittogether Famili,kuifefinemotangatá Family,menandwomen

Lookinguptotheheavens,moon,universetogether

Notawordbutquietlyyearninginabsolutewonder Ofsuchabeautifulandeverlastinglight

Illuminatingmylife,callingmetoremember

(placesofmyhomelandthatcontinuetolightmyway)

PerformanceNotes

Inthefirsteightmeasures,eachpartisdivisitocreatethedesiredeffects.Thebirdsoundsshouldbevaried,but followthedescriptionsgiven.Theyshouldbeoutofsyncwithoneanother,andendbeforemeasure8.

Tempomarkingsaretobetakenwithagrainofsalt.Rubatoisencouragedandexpected.

Measure42is20secondslong.Theeffectsshouldstartsoftandendalmostinaudibly.Donotworryaboutthe entireaudiencehearingyouinmeasure43 thosewordseither.

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KaliLoaKoeTakiMaamá

IX.ʻAho,poʻulitoʻoefakakituʻaTangutumofakatahá writtenforJaceKaholokulaSaplanandNāWaiChamberChoir wordsbyʻAmeliaMataellePasi

Soprano Alto

Tenor Bass

Piano (rehearsal only)

                       

   hush     hush   nnn    hush    hush              hush hush     hush       hush   nnn     hush hush           hush        hush hush    nnn        hush hush     hush     - - -- -- - -- --            S A T B Pno. 4     hush hush     hush       hush   nnn     hush hush 4    high pitched, quick, decending bird sounds low, slow, ascending bird sounds    hush        hush hush    nnn        hush hush      hush          hush hush     hush       hush   nnn     hush hush    - - - -- - - -- - -- - - -

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                                    S A T B Pno. 7    hush     hush          hush hush     hush 7       hush    hush    hush    hush           3 Aho,po'uli    3 Aho,po'uli     3 Aho,po'uli    3 Aho,po'uli           3            3             3 to'o efalaki         3 to'o efalaki        3 to'o efalaki          3 to'o efalaki            3                3    ------                        S A T B Pno. 11      tu'a     tu'a      tu'a     tu'a 11                            Tangutumofa       

     

       Tangutumofa                                        kata       kata       kata       kata                        hahush     hahush     hahush     hahush          ------ - -    2 KaliLoaKoeTakiMaamá Day, night - we take the mat outside and sit together This score is not licensed for performance. Please visit MusicSpoke.com to purchase performance copies.

Tangutumofa

Looking up to the heavens, moon, universe together

'ifefinemotangata

                                    S A T B Pno. 15      Fa mi   Fa mi   Fa mi   Fa mi 15                      li ku      li ku     li ku     li ku                             3 'ifefinemotangata         3 'ifefinemotangata         3

        3

                3                        hush     hush     hush     hush           ---- - --- -                                        S A T B Pno. 19    Siofie      Siofie     Siofie     Siofie 19                         langi fetu     langi fetu     langi fetu      langi fetu                                 'u mahi   'u mahi    'u mahi    'u mahi                   nakani    nakani   nakani    nakani                   vahush     vahush     vahush     vahush                 ---      3 KaliLoaKoeTakiMaamá Family, men and women

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                        S A T B Pno. 24     'Ikai    'Ikai   'Ikai   'Ikai 24                     leakau    leakau    leakau    leakau                      faka'anau      faka'anau      faka'anau      faka'anau                         a  a  a  a               Kihamaa       Kihamaa       Kihamaa     Kihamaa                               mafaka     mafaka    mafaka    mafaka                      ---------                                    S A T B Pno. 30      'o fo'o     'o fo'o    'o fo'o     'o foo 30                     fa  fa  fa  fa                   fakaanga      fakaanga      fakaanga      fakaanga                               lo ngata    lo ngata    lo ngata    lo ngata                  -------      4 KaliLoaKoeTakiMaamá Not a word but quietly yearning in absolute wonder of such a beautiful and everlasting light This score is not licensed for performance. Please visit MusicSpoke.com to purchase performance copies.

whispered, out of sync, almost silent

Halatoamui,ʻAnafotu,MatakiʻAtamoeVaikoTufuengá

whispered, out of sync, almost silent whispered, out of sync, almost silent

Halatoamui,ʻAnafotu,MatakiʻAtamoeVaikoTufuengá

whispered, out of sync, almost silent

Halatoamui,ʻAnafotu,MatakiʻAtamoeVaikoTufuengá

Halatoamui,ʻAnafotu,MatakiʻAtamoeVaikoTufuengá 28Malaki2018

                                    S A T B Pno. 34    'angata    'angata    'angata    'angata 34               rit.   'a!  'a   'a  'a                 Hu    Ah   Ah      subito    solo       lungaiasi   Ah             Sop. and Alto    'eku                mouipe     Ah              aumanatu  Ah   Ah           a           --                        S A T B Pno. 42 42   high pitched, quick, decending bird sounds low, slow, ascending bird sounds hushes hushes 20" 20" 20" 20"     Soprano Alto  

5 KaliLoaKoeTakiMaamá

Illuminating my life, calling

remember

are places of my homeland that continue to light my way ʻAmeliaMataelePasi This score is not licensed for performance. Please visit MusicSpoke.com to purchase performance copies.

Honolulu,Hawaiʻi

me to

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