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composer, baritone and convener of the Conservatorium of Music at the University of Waikato
- baritone
- New Zealand
- composer, singer, opera singer
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2024-02-21 08:00:00
Revealing a remarkable talent: Solomon's Knot explore the Sacred Songs and Anthems of 17th century composer George Jeffreys
[…] organ."The first disc features Jeffreys' sequence of five-voice anthems which cycle over the Church year. These are mostly early compositions, with largely anonymous poetical texts (though one uses George Herbert). The second disc features four-voice anthems described by Jeffreys as 'Songs of 4. Parts For the Church', these set largely sacred texts culled from the Bible and the Book of Common Prayer.The music is performed by the eight singers of Solomon's Knot, Zoë Brookshaw and Clare Lloyd-Griffiths, soprano, James Laing and Kate Symonds-Joy, alto, Thomas Herford and Andrew Tortise, tenor Alex Ashworth and Jonathan Sells, bass with theorbo and organ, performing one voice to a part. Throughout they perform with flexibility, freedom and virtuosity, this is rightly given as music for a virtuoso vocal consort rather than solos with large choral ensemble. The result has a compelling vividness that makes the music really sing. That the performers have experience with the more […]
2024-01-05 08:28:00
The Dartington International Summer School Foundation creates new Music Summer School & Festival at Gresham's School in Norfolk
The chapel at Gresham's SchoolWith the collapse of the Summer School at Dartington, the Dartington International Summer School Foundation, a charity which was supported the Summer School since 1976, has created a new incarnation in Norfolk.The Music Summer School and Festival will run at Gresham's School in Norfolk from 27 July to 10 August 2024 with a wide range of participatory courses along with a full programme of concerts, talks and events. Courses include choral singing and vocal music; orchestras and ensembles; individual instrumental and vocal classes and workshops; medieval, renaissance and baroque ensembles; jazz and improvisation; wind band and string ensemble; chamber music; and composition.Conductor Andrew Griffiths will be working on Bach's St John Passion, and conductor Jane Glover works in Mozart's Requiem. There will be courses directed by ensembles Stile Antico and the Brook Street Band, harpsichordists Steven Devine and Skip Sempé, composers Rolf Hind and Stephen Montague, tenor James Gilchrist, pianist Anna Tilbrook, […]
2023-11-03 09:44:00
An evening of wit, delight and magic: Silent Slapsticks at The Ritzy with Brixton Chamber Orchestra
[…] to a compilation of early shorts, Buster Keaton's The Goat, Charlie Chaplin's Behind the Screen, Douglas Fairbanks' The Mark of Zorro and a surprise addition that brought the programme into the present day. Misha Mullov-Abbado, who played double bass in the orchestra, provided the new soundtracks for the compilation of shorts and for the Chaplin, Matthew O'Keeffe provided the new soundtrack for the Buster Keaton, and the Fairbanks' film had an improvised accompaniment. The comedian Darran Griffiths was compere, providing a lively introduction and link passages, as well as giving an improvised mis-commentary for The Mark of Zorro. But his role was rather increased due to technical problems and he rose to the occasion.The orchestra numbered around fifteen, single strings, woodwind and brass, plus keyboard, and percussion, filling the pit and overflowing onto the stage. We began with a lively account of the Dance of the Comedians from Smetana's The Bartered Bride, […]
2023-08-21 15:09:08
Every Living Creature Choral music by Kenneth Leighton Rebecca Lea, Nina Bennet, soprano; Ciara Hendrick, mezzo-soprano; Nick Pritchard, tenor Finchley Children’s Music Group, Grace Rossiter, music director Londinium, Andrew Griffiths, director SOMM Records Kenneth Leighton (1929-88) was a distinguished composer and academic. He taught at various places, including Oxford where he had studied as […]
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