Storm Warning is an exciting new work for vocalist and chamber ensemble. It explores the boundaries between the genres of classical and jazz to realise the colour and depth of poems by renowned New Zealand poet Riemke Ensing. Alex van den Broek and Ensing have developed a strong artistic rapport based on mutual admiration of each other’s work but also their shared experiences of immigration and dual identity. Much of the imagery in the text will be familiar to New Zealanders: coastal images, bush, rocks, hills and spiritual resting places. Vocalist Naomi Ferguson is a dramatic and expressive singer who forms a centre point for the work, delivering and interpreting the text, around which the ensemble thread a distinct and evocative musical world.

Music – Alex van den Broek        Text – Riemke Ensing
Voice – Naomi Ferguson
Oboe – Jennifer Johnson
Clarinet – Gretchen La Roche
Trombone – Scott Taitoko
Percussion – Mark La Roche