Janet Jennings
A musical tribute to Katherine Mansfield
Released earlier this year, Janet Jennings' album The Earth Child includes settings of specially chosen poems to mark the centenary of Katherine Mansfield's death. Audio
Janet JENNINGS: In a Spin, from Fit 4 Piano Etudes
Performed by Justin Bird at the 'Piano Extravaganza: Concert in Celebration of Rae de Lisle', School of Music Theatre, University of Auckland, 30 April 2023. Audio
The music of forests and birds
Composer Janet Jennings scores to the movements of kauri, toetoe and more. Audio
Janet JENNINGS: Persephone in the Underworld
Performed by the New Zealand Chamber Soloists at their concert, 'Serious Delights', Auckland Concert Chamber, 10 July 2022. Audio
Voices of Women celebrates the successful struggle to gain female suffrage
"Voices of Women" is a new CD from Waikato composer Janet Jennings, setting to music words spoken and written by a range of women poets including Ursula Bethell, and Christina Rossetti, and iconic… Video, Audio
Janet JENNINGS: A Bird, a Fruit, and a Beast
Performed by mezzo Catrin Johnson and ensemble at the Karlheinz Company Suffrage 125 Celebration Concert, University of Auckland Music Theatre, 23 September 2018. Audio
Janet JENNINGS: In Memoriam
A song cycle for tenor and string quartet performed by Jared Holt & New Zealand String Quartet. Audio
Song cycle has Jared Holt change register
“In Memoriam” is a new song-cycle for string quartet and tenor voice by NZ composer Janet Jennings, and forms part of the programme for a three-centre tour by the New Zealand String Quartet. Upbeat… Audio
Upbeat for Thursday 26 April
The latest bombshell from the Echo Music Awards, Tony Chen Lin’s debut album, Janet Jennings on her new song cycle for Jared Holt, and Jack Grey about taking steps in a fresh direction.
Flowing Water - Witi Ihimaera and composer Janet Jennings.
Flowing Water tells the epic story of the Waikato River and all the peoples nurtured by the river - Maori, Pakeha and later migrants in a landmark production written and produced specially for the… Audio
New music for ANZAC Day
This weekend a new choral work by Auckland composer Janet Jennings will be given its NZ premiere at Holy Trinity Cathedral. ANZACs - A Generation Lost in Legend was created in response to the first… Audio