FLÂNEUR
Flâneur - To walk through a city in order to experience it.
Drawing from my own thoughts and impressions gained on numerous soundwalks through Auckland City, this highly narrative work follows the steps of an observer, a traveler who watches the cascade of life unfolding around him while never truly feeling a part of anything.
Cultures, languages, movements and music - half-heard or half-seen - all washing over and passing by as the protagonist walks ever onward.
- New Zealand premiere, University of Auckland, October, 21, 2012
- 2nd place at the Douglas Lilburn Composition Prize, 2012
- Swiss premiere at the Forum Wallis Festival for New Contemporary Music, Leuk Castle, Schloss, July 16, 2017
- United States premiere at the Mise-en Festival in New York City, June 10, 2017
- Performed at The Machine in the Garden: Soundscape Music from Aotearoa, Christchurch, New Zealand, March 2, 2020
- German premiere at Armadillo Gallery, Leipzig, June 10, 2020