Finnish composer. Visited New Zealand in 1998 and worked with Richard Nunns.
Bergman, Erik Valdemar, 1911-2006
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Taonga puoro (Maori musical instruments), performers and events
Date: [1990-2004]
From: Nunns, Richard, 1945-2021: Collection
By: Page, Stuart, 1957-
Reference: PAColl-9112-3
Description: Photographs - many involving Richard Nunns - of a variety of taonga puoro, being made, or being played in a range of events in New Zealand and Greece, mostly from the early 1990s. Also includes photographs of a range of events: Mauri Tirikatene playing a putorino and demonstrating the correct stance and movements for players; Hirini Melbourne and Richard Nunns demonstrating on a range of instruments; instruments being made in the workshop of Clem Mellish; the visit of Finnish composer Erik Bergman in 1998; a taonga puoro wananga for children on Ohako Marae, Gisborne; performances by Moana Maniapoto and The Tribe in the Theatre of Herodus Atticus in Athens; Richard Nunns and Deborah Wai Kapohe in Oamaru; performances by Hirini Melbourne and Richard Nunns on the marae of Te Papa. Quantity: 108 colour original photographic print(s). 4 b&w original photographic print(s). 7 envelopes and letters relating to photographs.
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Maori and other musical instruments, performers and events
Date: [ca1975-ca2004]
From: Nunns, Richard, 1945-2021: Collection
By: Alford, Rachel, active 2005; James, Brian, active 1983
Reference: PAColl-9112-5
Description: Photographs - mostly from the mid 1980s - of a range of instruments (old and new, Maori, Japanese, Chinese, from Pacific Islands and Celtic) being played at events in different parts of New Zealand, by New Zealand and visiting performers. Includes shakuhachi, guqin, a Rarotongan nose flute, a Celtic horn, taonga puoro including a koauau made from koiwi tangata (human bone) and a kete woven by Geneva Gray. Also includes images of performances curated by Allan Thomas in the auditorium of the National Library; copy of the cover for an album `Traditional music of the Maori' with Mrs Wineera of Porirua; the opening of visitor facilities in the Ruakuri Cave at Waitomo; an event in the crater of Mount Tarawera; a workshop at an Auckland teachers training college; expeditions in search of pounamu in the Arahura River valley; a tour by Urban Taniwha. Quantity: 100 colour original photographic print(s). 23 b&w original photographic print(s). 4 papers (letters and envelopes).
Audio
16. Sibelius
Date: 1965
From: Nicholls, Malcolm Robert, 1929?-2011: Recordings
By: Bergman, Erik Valdemar, 1911-2006; Andersen, Harald, 1919-2001; Hannikainen, Tauno, 1896-1968; Sibelius, Jean, 1865-1957
Reference: MST5-2841
Description: Reel number 16 under the heading of Five inch reels in Nicholls' recording index MSX-9462. Sibelius songs broadcast 1965. Chamber Chorus of Finnish Radio and Chamber Chorus Cantemus of the Sibelius Academy, and Sinfonia of London. Conducted by Tauno Hannikainen, and Harald Andersen and Erik Bergman. Quantity: 1 5" reel(s). Finding Aids: Index to recordings at MSX-9462. Transfers: Note that accompanied this recording has been removed to MS-Papers-12062-01.. Processing information: Description created from donor's index and item label/housing. Item has not been previewed as part of processing.