Gillian Whitehead
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
WHITEHEAD: Venetian Mornings
Performed by the Donizetti Trio at a concert of New Zealand woodwind music, University of Auckland Music Theatre, 15 May 2015. Audio
A biography of Jack Body
Co-editors of Jack!: Celebrating Jack Body composer discuss the book which will launch this evening in Wellington. Audio
Carol Brown and Gillian Whitehead: Pah
Choreographer and composer talk about their collaboration on PAH. Audio
Gillian WHITEHEAD: Arapatiki
From Landscape Preludes. Stephen De Pledge, piano. Video, Audio
The Critics Chair for 25 May 2014
Robert Johnson reviews recent releases by New Zealand and Eastern European composers this week. The New Zealand Chamber Soloists have a new recording of John Psathas, and the compelling monodrama Alic… Audio