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Music on CD
Works for orchestra
Atoll Records ACD 613 — released in 2013
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by Marc Taddei with soloists, Helen Medlyn (mezzo-soprano) and Carolyn Mills (harp)
The CD is available from SOUNZ and all good record stores.
William Dart gave the CD a 5-star review.
Classic CD: Gillian Whitehead, Alice — New Zealand Herald
Robert Johnson reviewed it for RNZ Concert’s programme, The Critic’s Chair.
Music audio
Audio 6:26
RNZ Concert — recorded in 2012
Thomas Hutchinson (oboe) performs Three improvisations in this recording made on 11 April 2012.
Music audio
Audio: 9:49
RNZ Concert — recorded in 2012
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.
Music video
Audio on video: 7:34
Ben Hoadley (bassoon), Emma Sayers (piano) and Greg O’Brien (poet)
This recording is taken from the Atoll Records CD Arapatiki which was released in 2012.
Interviews and talk
Video : 23:01
Hilary Hahn and I chat about Tōrua — March 2012
Hilary Hahn has interviewed all 27 composers in her encores project. She asks me about my creative process and life in music.
Documentaries
Audio: 53:59
RNZ Concert — May 2012
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.
Composer of the week: taonga pūoro — RNZ
Composer Gillian Whitehead describes how she first heard and began composing for taonga pūoro — RNZ