Resource
21×21 beneath the trees — CD
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About
Jenny Wollerman soprano
Jian Liu piano
This project - to commission 21 female composers from Aotearoa New Zealand to write a song, then perform, record, and publish the resulting works - was developed as a way to profile the work of female composers and poets from this country and go some way towards strengthening and diversifying the contemporary art song repertoire for performers, teachers of singing and their students. Just as I had hoped, the unique experience of here and now comes through in this diverse set of songs and I look forward with much anticipation to hearing many more performances of them in the future.
Mā te whakaatu i ēnei pūkenga wāhine, ka nui noa atu te mana o te wahine i roto i tēnei ao, te ao toi, otirā he mea tōtō mai i ngā whakaaturanga hou e hāngai ana ki ēnei wā. Te wheako ahurei o inamata nei, he mea kanorau, koinā tāku i wawata ai.
The inspiration for the title of the published score collection and the recording, 'Beneath the Trees' came from the painting on which the cover design is based, a watercolour by Raewyn Harris. This image and the title seemed to resonate with many of the song texts, and with my own sense of place here in Aotearoa.
— Jenny Wollerman, November 2023
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2023 Atoll Records
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Atoll Records
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ACD282