SOUNZ Centre for NZ Music's video: LOUISE WEBSTER: The shape of your words

LOUISE WEBSTER: The shape of your words Long-time current and founding first violinists of the New Zealand String Quartet - Helene Pohl and Wilma Smith - team up in this performance of Louise Webster’s ‘The shape of your words’ at the 2019 Adam Chamber Music Festival. The work is, “a dialogue between two parties in which words spoken take on a form and substance. The ideas underlying this piece arose in the context of recent events, in which courageous individuals have spoken out about injustice of many kinds. I found myself reflecting on the power of the spoken word and the human voice. Stringed instruments are, after all, an extension of our voices, our words, and the shapes created when silence is broken.” Audio recorded by RNZ Concert. 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/