Title: Pacifica Tales from the South Seas.
Authors: Meier, Marilyn.
Publisher: Films for the Humanities and Science,
Year: 1995
Subjects: Choruses.; Tongans Music.; Panpipes Solomon Islands.; Piano music; Music Tonga.; Music Solomon Islands.
Abstract: Video features three contrasting aspects of musical life in the South Seas. First, the Maopa Choir of Tonga sings Handel's Messiah in Tongan, for the King's birthday. Second, the tradition of bamboo panpipe playing in the Solomon Islands is illustrated. And thirdly, Marilyn Meier, an Australian concert pianist, comes home to her native Tonga on concert tour (Shostakovish and Chopin), and to visit her grandfather, Vusika.
Contents: A tale from Tonga/Music from the South Seas/The king shall rejoice -- A tale from the Solomon Islands/Hymn of nature -- A tale from Tonga/Concerto for Vusika.