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Forthcoming Performances


 

Windroschen

 

Date & Venue: 05 August 2010, The Banff Centre, Canada
Performers: TBA

Details: TBA


 

Pavane for Donna Susanita

 

Date & Venue: 05 August 2010, The Banff Centre
Performers: TBA

Details: TBA


 

A Voice of One Delight

 

Date & Venue: 08 October 2010, Presteigne Festival
Performers: Clare McCaldin (mezzo soloist)

Details: The premiere of A Voice of One Delight - based on the poems of Shelley and the account of his death by the mysterious Jane Williams who he fell in love with during the last months before his death in Italy. A Presteigne Festival commission.


 

Concerto ODuo

 

Date & Venue: 22 October 2010, Barbican Hall, London
Performers: BBC Symphony Orchestra, The O Duo

Details: The premiere of CONCERTO DUO commissioned by the Borletti Buitoni Trust and BBC Radio 3 for Ollie Cox and Owen Gunnel (The O Duo). Given by the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by David Robertson it will also be broadcast on Radio 3


 

Creation

 

Date & Venue: 30 October 2010, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester
Performers: RNCM Wind Orchestra

Details: Mark Heron conducts the RNCM Wind Orchestra in a performance of CREATION - commissioned by the BASBWE Education Trust


 

Concerto for Clarinet and Wind Orchestra

 

Date & Venue: 06 November 2010, The Pyramid, Warrington
Performers: North Cheshire Wind Orchestra

Details: Catherine Tackley conducts the Clarinet Concerto with Paul Vowles as soloist


 

A Voice of One Delight

 

Date & Venue: 20 December 2010, The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Performers: Clare McCaldin (mezzo soloist)

Details: The London premiere of A Voice of One Delight.


 

LUX

 

Date & Venue: 14 May 2011, Bournemouth
Performers: Kokoro

Details: Kokoro - the ensemble who premiered the work - give a performance of LUX prior to the release of their new CD which will feature the work.


 

Clockwork Overture

 

Date & Venue: 15 May 2011, The Royal Festival Hall, London
Performers: The London Philharmonic Orchestra

Details: The first performance of the Clockwork Overture based on music from the opera Clockwork.


 

News


 

 

NEW PERCUSSION CONCERTO FOR OWEN GUNNELL & OLLIE COX TO BE PREMIERED BY THE BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

A special joint BBC Radio 3 and Borletti Buitoni Trust commission, the Double Percussion Concerto will recive its premiere 22 October 2010 by the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by David Robertson. The concert - at the Barbican in London - also celebrates the 80th anniversary of the BBC SO and the concert will be televised

IMELDA STAUNTON RECORDING OF BEATRIX POTTER SUITE STILL A BEST SELLER ON CHANDOS RECORDS

The BBC Concert Orchestra recording of both Beatrix Potter Suites is available on Chandos CHAN 10352. The BBC Concert Orchestra is conducted by Clark Rundell and more details are available from the Chandos website (with audio samples) at: http://www.chandos-records.com/CD_Notes.asp?CNumber=CHAN%2010352

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NAXOS RELEASE OF ORCHESTRAL WORKS FOR THE BOURNEMOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

After three years as Composer in Residence with the Bouremouth Symphony Orchestra plans are underway to release the major orchestral works on the Naxos label. These will include Heiligenstadt, Weathers, Secret Destinations and the Sinfonia.

 

 

 

A NEW MUSIC OPERA Based on the novel by Giles Foden, THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND is currently under development at the Banff Centre In Canada. Giles Foden is writing the libretto and this is the start of a process which will continue towards a premiere in 2013.

 

 

 

NEW WORK FOR RAMBERT DANCE

Stephen McNeff has been commissioned to write a new dance work for Rambert Dance. To be the major featured work of Rambert's 2011/12 season, the new ballet will be freely based on Ravel's music for L'Enfant et les Sortileges