Three improvisations
Music audio
Audio 6:26
RNZ Concert — recorded in 2012
About the recording
Thomas Hutchinson (oboe) performs Three improvisations in this recording made on 11 April 2012.
2012 Recording Collections
No stars, not even clouds
Music audio
Audio: 9:49
RNZ Concert — recorded in 2012
About the recording
No stars not even clouds was recorded on 25 October 2012 at a Chamber Music New Zealand concert in Wellington by the New York-based Enso Quartet.
About the work
About the recording
Three windows on the weather
Music video
Audio on video: 7:34
Ben Hoadley (bassoon), Emma Sayers (piano) and Greg O’Brien (poet)
About the recording
This recording is taken from the Atoll Records CD Arapatiki which was released in 2012.
About the work
Gillian Whitehead and Hilary Hahn, for In 27 Pieces: the Hilary Hahn Encores
Interviews and talk
Video : 23:01
Hilary Hahn and I chat about Tōrua — March 2012
About the interview
Hilary Hahn has interviewed all 27 composers in her encores project. She asks me about my creative process and life in music.
About the work
Composer of the week: taonga pūoro – traditional Māori instruments
Documentaries
Audio: 53:59
RNZ Concert — May 2012
About the documentary
Amelia Nurse talks to a range of composers and practitioners about taonga pūoro, and raises interesting issues about their use in a ‘western’ context.
The full interviews couldn’t be included in the programme, but are now available to listen to online, including a conversation with me about composing for taonga pūoro.
Listen to the talks
Composer of the week: taonga pūoro — RNZ
Composer Gillian Whitehead describes how she first heard and began composing for taonga pūoro — RNZ
Hineraukatauri
Music video
Video: 13:19
Luca Manghi (flutes) and Horomona Horo (taonga pūoro)
About the recording
Recorded as part of SOUNZ’s Resound Project at St Andrews on the Terrace Wellington on 28 March 2012 in a concert of New Zealand music for woodwind instruments.