Barbara Paterson Soprano (barbarapatersonmusic.com) Gabriela Glapska Piano (gabrielaglapska.com) Direction and Videography by Tabitha Arthur (tabithaarthur.com) Audio recording by Phil Brownlee (philbrownlee.co.nz) Recorded at the Academy Galleries in Te Whanganui A Tara, Aotearoa / Wellington in February 2020

Soprano Barbara Paterson and pianist Gabriela Glapska perform Gillian Whitehead’s Almost an Island. This work sets poetry by the composer and poets resident on Otago Peninsula (Eleanor Koch, Kay Sinclair, Fran Bolgar and Joyce Whitehead); the song was a wedding present to Gillian’s neighbours. Filmed by Chris Watson. Audio recorded by Phil Brownlee. Film funded by @NZ On Air. -- Further information about the composer biographies associated with these films can be discovered at sounz.org.nz Facebook: @SOUNZnz Instagram: @sounz_nz TikTok: @sounz_nz #nzmusic #classicalmusic

Barbara Paterson (soprano) and Gabriela Glapska (piano) perform the Rosa Elliott song Of Trees and Hope in this SOUNZ Film from St Andrew’s On The Terrace. The song sets words by poet Dinah Hawken, searchingly telling of the lessons to be learned in the rings of ancient trees. Filmed by Chris Watson for SOUNZ Audio recorded by Phil Brownlee Film funded by @nzonair3071 -- Further information about the composer biographies associated with these films can be discovered at sounz.org.nz Facebook: @SOUNZnz Instagram: @sounz_nz TikTok: @sounz_nz #nzmusic #classicalmusic