News
2009
October:
The
'Alternative Anniversary'
The Handel, Haydn, Purcell and Mendelssohn anniversaries
have inevitably (and it must be said rightly) dominated the musical headlines
during 2009. However, this year marks a centenary of enormous musical-historical
significance that has been almost entirely overlooked in concert programmes: 1909
was the year in which Arnold Schoenberg finally 'emancipated the dissonance' in
his first freely atonal works.
John
took part in a (chamber orchestra version) performance of Schoenberg's Erwartung
- perhaps his most important work of 1909 - back in May, at the newly-opened Britten
Studio in Aldeburgh. This month, he performs two further Schoenberg works from
the same period.
At
the Purcell Room on 21st October, the Webern arrangement for 5 players of the
Chamber Symphony No. 1 can be heard alongside Berg's Op.1 Piano Sonata. Three
days later, as part of the Oxford Lieder Festival, John (together with mezzo-soprano
Diana Moore) gives a rare performance of The Book of the Hanging Gardens
(1908-9), a setting of 15 poems by Stefan George, and one of the most compelling
song cycles in the Lieder repertoire.
For
further details, see concerts page.
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September:
John reached the finals of the Wigmore Hall International Song Competition with
the American baritone Sidney Outlaw. Plush Music Live covered the whole event,
interviewing all the contestants and streaming the finals live.
Further
details can be found at:
http://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/songcompetition/2009
http://www.plushmusic.tv/channels/D8Y/wigmore-hall-international-song-competitions-channel.html?domain=plushmusic.tv
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March:
Together with tenor
Nicholas Mulroy, John premieres Errollyn Wallen's new work 'Another America' at
Abbotsholme School in Derbyshire for the Abbotsholme Arts Society. See www.errollynwallen.com
for further details.
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January:
York Bowen recording (Music for One and Two Pianos) is released. See reviews
pages.
John is
invited to the Langvad Chamber Music 'Jamboree' in Denmark for Summer 2009. See
www.langvadchambermusic.com
for further details. This two-week residency will form part of a busy festival
schedule for summer 2009; John will also be performing at the Lichfield and Southern
Cathedrals Festivals, the Malta Arts Festival and at the BBC Proms with the Aurora
Orchestra (the Young Composers' Competition). See concert pages for further details.
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News
2008
7th-9th
August: John makes
first recordings of music for two pianos by York Bowen, with Michael Dussek, at
the Royal Academy (where Bowen was a professor for many years). There has been
a significant renewal of interest in Bowen's music over recent years, and this
release follows on from Dutton Epoch's award winning recordings of the concertos
for violin and piano. For further information, and for news of a release date
(provisionally by the end of 2008), see www.duttonvocalion.co.uk
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26th-28th
June: John is official pianist at the Stuart Burrows Singing Competition,
held at Trinity College, Carmarthen. www.trinity-cm.ac.uk
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25th
May: First performance of Tim Benjamin's staged song cycle, The Rosenhan
Experiment, with Robert Ogden (countertenor), in the Purcell Room, London.
There is a further performance on June 22nd at the Corsham Festival, Wiltshire.
See www.radius-music.org and
www.corshamfestival.org.uk
for more details.
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12th
May: Landor Records issues piano music by Clifford
Benson. In March 2007 John joined Michael Dussek at Potton Hall, Suffolk, to record
'Mozart Goes to Town' for piano duet. See www.landorrecords.co.uk
for further information
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March:
John is elected Associate of the Royal Academy of Music. This is an honorary
position, offered to past Academy students who have made a significant contribution
to their particular field within the music profession.
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News
2007
1st-6th
September: John takes part in the Wigmore Hall International Song Competition.
www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/songcompetition
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29th
July-8th August: John takes over, at short notice, as pianist for the William
Bennett International Flute Summer School, at Frensham Heights in Surrey. The
ten-day course includes recitals by William Bennett, Denis Bouriakov and Lorna
McGhee. www.williambennettflute.com
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4th
June: John is invited by the Musicians Benevolent Fund to take part in their
showcase concert at Wigmore Hall, performing with violinist Jennifer Pike. See
www.mbf.org.uk/Uploads/medialibrary/330.pdf
for further information
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26th
March: John takes part in a recording of music by Rhian Samuel. See www.deux-elles.co.uk/DXL_1128.html
for further information
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8th
- 10th January: Recording in Glasgow of music for horn and piano, with Etienne
Cutajar (horn) and Clara Mouriz (mezzo-soprano). CD includes the premiere recording
of Charles Camilleri's Sonata for Horn and Piano. Issued August 2007 on Divine
Art: www.divine-art.com/CD/25050info.htm
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