Gillian Whitehead
Gillian WHITEHEAD: Moon, Tides and Shoreline
Aroha String Quartet: Haihong Liu, Beiyi Xu (violins), Zhongxian Jin (viola), Robert Ibell (cello). Audio
Gillian WHITEHEAD: The river flows on...
NZTrio, Him Savy (vocal), Him Sophy (narrator, tro), Keo Dorivan (perc, khloy, pey pok, snaeng). Audio
The Lilburn Lecture 2019: Breath of the Birds by Dame Gillian Whitehead
In 'Breath of the Birds' Dame Gillian Whitehead discusses the origin of taonga puoro, their revival, and how she has used traditional Māori musical instruments in her compositions. Audio, Gallery
Gillian WHITEHEAD: Tūmanako - Journey through an Unknown Landscape
Performed by pianist Modi Deng at the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra's concert "A Women's Place", Auckland Town Hall, 29 November 2018. Video, Audio
A Woman's Place: complete concert
A special concert mounted by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra to celebrate 125 years of women's suffrage in Aotearoa New Zealand, Auckland Town Hall, 29 November 2018. Audio
Gillian WHITEHEAD: Turanga-nui (première)
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by Hamish McKeich. Video, Audio
Passio
Richard Davy's "Passio Domini Nostri Jesu Christe" as conceived by Jack Body and elaborated by him and fellow New Zealand composers Gillian Whitehead, Ross Harris, Lissa Meridan, David Farquhar, and… Audio
Taking on the mantle - Dame Gillian Whitehead
Dame Gillian Whitehead says receiving the Arts Foundation Arts Icon medallion on Wednesday was truly remarkable. There are only twenty Icons at any one time, and when one dies their medallion is… Audio
Gillian WHITEHEAD: Voices of Tane
Diedre Irons (piano). Recorded by RNZ Concert, 11 March 1986. Audio
GILLIAN WHITEHEAD: still, echoing
Performed by pianist Kathryn Stott & New Zealand String Quartet Video, Audio
Gillian WHITEHEAD: Tūmanako
'Journey through an Unknown Landscape'. Diedre Irons (piano). Recorded by RNZ Concert, 30 May 2010. Video, Audio
Adam Chamber Music Festival Waitangi Weekend reviews
Elizabeth Kerr is in Nelson to enjoy the Adam Chamber Music Festival. She reviews Journeys (featuring violinist Monique Lapins as a soloist), Dame Gillian Whitehead's new one-woman opera Iris… Audio
In pursuit of 'Passio'
The search is on for information about a production the late composer and ethno-musicologist Jack Body produced back in 2006. He invited a number of composers to interpret an early Renaissance work… Audio, Gallery
Gillian WHITEHEAD: ...the improbable ordered dance...
Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Giordano Bellincampi at a concert in the Auckland Town Hall, 5 May 2016. Audio
Gillian Whitehead
New Zealand composer Gillian Whitehead talks about Britain's preeminent composer Peter Maxwell Davies who has died. Gillian was his student and then friend and talks about helping the composer with… Audio
Gillian WHITEHEAD: These Isles Your Dreams
Gina Sanders (soprano), Henaro Garita (viola), Elizabeth Boulton (piano). Audio
Peter ADAMS: Sonata for clarinet and viola (Introduction)
Introduction by Kenneth Young to Peter Adams' Sonata for clarinet and viola. Audio
MHIVC Commissions: Gillian Whitehead - Bright Silence
Gillian Whitehead was the first composer to be commissioned to write a piece for the The Michael Hill International Violin Competition in 2001. It's called Bright Silence. Here she is, discussing her… Audio
