SOUNZ Centre for NZ Music's video: PIETA HEXTALL: Hydrosphere

PIETA HEXTALL: Hydrosphere He puna wai, he puna tāngata. The pool of water sustains the pool of people. Pieta Hextall’s ‘Hydrosphere’ addresses the critical importance of water in relation to the composer’s observations, on returning to Canterbury after many years away, of the depletion of that region’s water resources. The work is a “meditation on our paradoxical relationship with our life source.” It is performed in this Resound film by its commissioners, Hannah Darroch (flute) and Andrew Crooks (piano), who received funding from Creative New Zealand’s COVID-19 response Arts Continuity Grants. Audio engineered and produced by Graham Kennedy. Film funded by NZ On Air. Further information about the composer biographies associated with these films can be discovered at https://www.sounz.org.nz/ Explore our extensive catalogue of scores, CDs, books and resource library at https://www.sounz.org.nz/info-for/sounz-collection-library Connect with on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SOUNZnz/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/SOUNZnz Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sounz_nz/