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Australian composer (1929-2014)
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2022-05-23 09:42:00
Review of Northern Chamber Orchestra with leader Nicholas Ward and soloist Craig Ogden
Nicholas Ward (left) and Craig Ogden The highspot of the weekend Manchester Guitar Festival at Chetham’s School of Music was a concert on Sunday afternoon by the Northern Chamber Orchestra in the Stoller Hall, featuring Craig Ogden as soloist in both Malcolm Arnold’s Guitar Concerto and Peter Sculthorpe’s Nourlangie. But the concert – a repeat of one given in Macclesfield Heritage Centre the night before – was important for another reason: it was the final performance by the NCO with Nicholas Ward as leader and artistic director. Nick has been in the leader’s chair since 1984, and I’ve followed the fortunes of this remarkable ensemble, player-led both organizationally and musically, throughout that time. His departure is a wrench. Nick’s whimsical and sometimes far-ranging spoken introductions to the music played in their concerts have long been a welcome part of their special atmosphere: you know that this is […]
2022-04-07 13:01:07
The Manchester Guitar Festival at Stoller Hall, 20-22 May 2022 is a celebration of all things guitar from classical and jazz, acoustic, electric and flamenco. Opening the festival will be guitarist Sean Shibe, who will be pairing music for classical guitar by Bach and Mompou with two works for electric guitar, Steve Reich's Electric Counterpoint and Julia Wolfe’s LAD, originally composed for nine bagpipes and arranged by Shibe for the electric guitar. Other performers over the weekend include the Daniel Martinez Flamenco Company, and the Spanish theme continues throughout the festival with Spanish food and drink available. The Northern Chamber Orchestra is joined by Australian guitarist, Craig Ogden, as well as students from Chetham's School of Music for Malcolm Arnold's Guitar Concerto and music by RVW, Grainger, Sculthorpe and Elgar. There will also be performances from two guitarists who are former Chetham’s School of Music students Whitford Rees and Alexandra Whittingham. […]
2022-03-04 00:00:00
[…] No. 1 in D minor, op.49 [28'27]3.05 - 3.08 Fanny Mendelssohn - Piano Trio in D major, op.11 [23'59]4.01 - 4.04 Johannes Brahms - Piano Trio No. 1 in B major, op.8 [30'28]4.05 - 4.10 Antonin Dvorak - Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor, op.90 B.166 'Dumky' [29'31]5.01 - 5.04 Maurice Ravel - Piano Trio in A minor [25'07]5.05 - 5.08 Maxim Shostakovich - Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, op.67 [26'14]5.09 Peter Sculthorpe - From Irkanda III [6'03]Seraphim Trio [Anna Goldsworthy- piano, Helen Ayres- violin, Timothy Nankervis- cello]ABC Classics 4818800 [recorded 2015 to 2019; CDs issued 2015 to 2019][digital downloads; flacs, cover and (poor) inlay scans - no booklet]The Australian Seraphim Trio offer a wide-ranging collection, including the infrequently recorded Fanny Mendelssohn Trio. There is only one other, and less atmospheric, commercial recording of Peter Sculthorpe's From Irkanda III, written for the Czech Trio.DISCOGRAPHIC INFO: Mozart:Recorded […]
2022-02-23 14:13:09
Australian composer Nigel Butterley, who alongside Peter Sculthorpe and Richard Meale, was at the forefront of Sydney's new music scene in the second half of the twentieth century. Born in Sydney in 1935, Butterley received his big break as a composer after spending a period of time studying with the South African composer Priaulx […] The post appeared first on The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009..
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