3 Sep 2017

Stephen MONTAGUE: Tigida Pipa

From Music Alive, 8:00 pm on 3 September 2017

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Ensemble for Tigida Pipa

Ensemble for Tigida Pipa Photo: RNZ/Tim Dodd

Performed by an ensemble of vocalists and percussionists conducted by Karen Grylls at the Karlheinz Company's concert in the Music Theatre, University of Auckland, 3 September 2017.

Tigida Pipa is a breakneck vocal toccata by the US-born and UK-based Stephen Montague. The four singers riff on invented syllables and they are joined by clicking and popping percussion and an electronic soundtrack.

The singers are Morag Atchison, Catrin Johnsson, Lachlan Craig, and Gregory Camp.

The percussionists: Riley Cahill, Josiah Carr, Rebecca Celebuski, and Ting-ting Foster.