A work based on the haunting boom of the kakapo by one of New Zealand's leading composers, John Rimmer, has been selected from 400 world-wide to be performed in the World Music Days in Slovenia at the end of September.
Kakapo Reborn will be heard in one of 30 concerts which make up this major international music festival presented for the past 80 years by the International Society for Contemporary Music.
News updates on the endangered animals visited by Douglas Adams and Mark Carwardine for their book and radio series "Last Chance To See". With updates on the TV series featuring Stephen Fry.
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Tuesday, October 04, 2005
KAKAPO PARROTS - Kakapo Call Heralds NZ Return to World Music Forum
The New Zealand Arts Calendar website has news about a musical work by New Zealand composer John Rimmer.