8 May 2019

Man, sitting in a garden

From Upbeat, 1:00 pm on 8 May 2019

The Auckland Writers Festival opens next Monday.

Writer and poet Witi Ihimaera

Writer and poet Witi Ihimaera Photo: Andi Crown

One of the musical highlights is a new collaborative New Zealand work with a libretto by Witi Ihimaera and a score by Kenneth Young, inspired in part by the garden paintings of Karl Maughan. 

Kenneth Young

Kenneth Young Photo: Deborah Rawson

Man, sitting in a garden examines the nature of love and overwhelming grief.

Witi and Kenneth join Cynthia in the studio to discuss the creation of it, the music and how they’ve had to replace Simon O’Neill at the last minute.