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Celebrating Dame Gillian Whitehead on the occasion of her 80th birthday
23 Apr 2021One of our most distinctive composers, Dame Gillian's work weaves classical music and te o Māori together across many forms, often incorporating taonga pūoro (Māori traditional instruments) Video, Audio
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The Lilburn Lecture 2019: Breath of the Birds by Dame Gillian Whitehead
16 Nov 2019In '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
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Gillian WHITEHEAD: Turanga-nui (première)
15 Sep 2018New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by Hamish McKeich. Video, Audio
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Auckland Philharmonia - Ebb & Flow
10 Jun 2022Dame Gillian Karawe Whitehead's new violin concerto, written for Andrew Beer and the Auckland Philharmonia, is the highlight of this concert. James Feddeck conducts. Audio
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Gillian WHITEHEAD: Ka maranga nga kapua
12 Dec 2021Performed by NZTrio at their concert "Dramatic Skies - Cirrus", Auckland Concert Chamber, 12 December 2021. Audio
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WHITEHEAD: Lullaby for Matthew
22 Jan 2022Performed by pianist Jian Liu at his concert, 'Nocturnes', for Chamber Music New Zealand, Public Trust Building, Wellington, 14 April 2021. Audio
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Gillian WHITEHEAD: Tūmanako - Journey through an Unknown Landscape
29 Nov 2018Performed by pianist Modi Deng at the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra's concert "A Women's Place", Auckland Town Hall, 29 November 2018. Video, Audio
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WHITEHEAD: Song without words, for Helen Young
10 Jun 2022Performed as an encore by violinist Andrew Beer at the Auckland Philharmonia's Premier Series concert, 'Ebb and Flow', Auckland Town Hall, 10 June 2022. Audio
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WHITEHEAD: Tai timu, tai pari
10 Jun 2022The world premiere performed by violinist Andrew Beer and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by James Feddeck at their Premier Series concert, 'Ebb and Flow', Auckland Town Hall, 10 June… Audio
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WHITEHEAD: Because of the child
3 Mar 2022‘Because of the child’
by Gillian Whitehead, words Fiona Farrell.The World Premiere of 21 x 21 by soprano Jenny Wollerman and concert pianist Jian Liu artfully pairs Aotearoa’s female composers and… Audio
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Gillian WHITEHEAD: Hine-pū-te-hue
10 Mar 2022Performed by Bob Bickerton (taonga puoro) with New Zealand String Quartet at the Aotearoa New Zealand Festival of the Arts 2022. Video, Audio
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Gillian WHITEHEAD: the improbable ordered dance
13 Dec 2011The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kenneth Young at 'Made in New Zealand' concert in 2006. Audio
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Gillian Karawe WHITEHEAD: Torua
27 Aug 2022Performed by Andrew Beer and Sarah Watkins at the ISCM World New Music Days concert 'Ngā Kaiwaka', The Loft at Q Theatre, 27 August 2022. Audio
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Gillian WHITEHEAD: Iris Dreaming
8 Mar 2020Soprano Joanne Roughton-Arnold joins NZTrio to perform the NZ premiere of Gillian Whitehead and Fleur Adcock's short opera, 'Iris Dreaming', based on the life of Robin Hyde. Video, Audio
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2022 NZSO Legacy 1 WHITEHEAD retrieving the fragility of peace
Performed by the New Zealand SO conducted by Alexander Shelley at their concert Legacy at the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington on 01 October 2022 Audio
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Gillian WHITEHEAD: Mōtete
16 Jul 2023Performed by the New Zealand Chamber Soloists at their concert, 'Mōtete', Auckland Concert Chamber 16 July 2023. Audio
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Gillian WHITEHEAD: Tūmanako
2 May 2017'Journey through an Unknown Landscape'. Diedre Irons (piano). Recorded by RNZ Concert, 30 May 2010. Video, Audio
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GILLIAN WHITEHEAD: still, echoing
8 May 2017Performed by pianist Kathryn Stott & New Zealand String Quartet Video, Audio
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Gillian WHITEHEAD: Karohirohi
9 Oct 2012Carolyn Mills (harp), New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Alexander Lazarev. Audio
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Gillian WHITEHEAD: Te waka ō te rangi
26 Nov 2019Performed by NZTrio in the Loft at Q Theatre, 14 July 2019. Audio
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Gillian WHITEHEAD: Voices of Tane
17 Nov 2017Diedre Irons (piano). Recorded by RNZ Concert, 11 March 1986. Audio
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Gillian WHITEHEAD: Windstreams
1 Jan 1994Windstreams for solo percussion. Performed by CadeNZa, conducted by Kenneth Young. Audio
