Gillian Whitehead, NZSO cond. Marc Taddei, Carolyn Mills
First performed in 2002, Alice is the moving story of a woman's fight for a new life in colonial NZ. Fleur Adcock's text with music by Gillian Whitehead is already recognised as a NZ masterpiece. Also on this CD is the exquisite short concerto for harp and orchestra Karohirohi performed by NZSO Principal Harp Carolyn Mills, and one of Whitehead's most impressive symphonic scores The Improbable Ordered Dance.
