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ACD282

Beneath the Trees

Performers:


Jenny Wollerman, soprano; Jian Liu, piano






21 new songs commissioned by soprano Jenny Wollerman from a wide range of New Zealand women composers and writers. The songs traverse politics, race, and poetic themes and make a remarkable addition to the modern solo singer and piano genre. Published (November 2023) along with the scores.

Click here to check out the scores.

1.

Aio

Mere Boynton

1:44

2.

When I First Asked for my Whakapapa

Josie Burdon

3:25

3.

Of Trees and Hope

Rosa Elliott

4:24

4.

Because of the Child

Gillian Whitehead

3:00

5.

My Sister's Country

Claire Cowan

4:05

6.

Ala Mai Moana

Aiono Manu Fa'aea

2:24

7.

Kia Hora Te Marino

Deborah Wai Kapohe

3:10

8.

If I Could Land

Salina Fisher

4:01

9.

The Power of Moss

Celeste Oram

4:25

10.

Na Kui ki a Tama: Te Puroto Kopua

Jenny McLeod

3:16

11.

Talking of Goldfish

Janet Jennings

4:54

12.

Wild Light

Leonie Holmes

4:39

13.

Night Train to Anyang

Gemma Peacocke

3:35

14.

Out in the Garden

Helen Bowater

3:59

15.

O Little One

Helen Fisher

3:58

16.

Massacre

Leila Adu-Gilmore

3:55

17.

Riven

Eve de Castro Robinson

4:08

18.

With You - Without You

Miriama Young

3:25

19.

Inhabiting Every Sounding Sea

Louise Webster

4:51

20.

He Wawata kia Mahorahora

Tabea Squire

3:01

21.

Listening to the Goldberg Variations

Maria Grenfell

5:20