Performances in 201117/01/2011, 7.30pm -- Four Australian Birds
Peter Sheppard Skærved, violin | University College, Falmouth
Work details: Four Australian Birds, Op.84a
04/02/2011 -- Winter Journey
Peter Sheppard Skaerved, violin | Hannover Hochschule, Germany
Work details: Winter Journey (violin), Op.32
24/02/2011, 7.30pm -- World Premiere: String Quartet No.12
Kreutzer Quartet | Wilton's Music Hall, London
Work details: String Quartet No.12, Op.114
05/03/2011, 7.30pm -- Peter and the Wolf (Prokofiev, arr Matthews)
Patricia Routledge, narrator | Nash Ensemble | Wigmore Hall London
Work details: Peter and the Wolf, Op.67 (Prokofiev arr. Matthews)
17/03/2011, 7.30pm -- Actaeon
Counterpoise Ensemble | Eleanor Bron, narrator | Norden Farm Centre for the Arts, Maidenhead
Work details: Actaeon, Op.113
21/03/2011 -- Tango from String Quartet No.12
Kreutzer Quartet | University College, Falmouth
Work details: String Quartet No.12, Op.114
23/03/2011, 7pm -- World Premiere: Horn Quintet
Richard Watkins, horn | Nash Ensemble | Wigmore Hall, London
Work details: Horn Quintet, Op.115
26/03/2011 -- String Quartet No.10
Kreutzer Quartet | Days of Macedonian Music | Skopje
Work details: String Quartet No.10, Op.84
07/04/2011, 1pm -- Band of Angels
Christian Wilson, organ | St John's, Smith Square, London
Work details: Band of Angels, Op.85
01/05/2011, 6pm -- Voyages
Ivan Ludlow, baritone | London Bridge Ensemble | Discovery Centre, Jewry Street, Winchester
Work details: Voyages (4 songs), Op.96
14/05/2011, 7.30pm -- Actaeon
Counterpoise | John Savournin, narrator | Holy Trinity Church, Sutton Road, Cookham
Work details: Actaeon, Op.113
04/06/2011, 6pm -- Actaeon
Counterpoise Ensemble | with Eleonor Bron, narrator | Music at Woodhouse
Work details: Actaeon, Op.113
25/06/2011, 7.30pm -- Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune (Debussy, arr. Matthews) and White Nights (chamber version)
First performances of both works.
Philippe Graffin (violin), Truls Mork (cello), Juliette Hurel (flute), Chen Halevi (clarinet), Stephen Kovacevich (piano), Claire Désert (piano) | Wigmore Hall, London
Work details: Prelude a l’apres-midi d’un faune (Debussy arr. Matthews) | White Nights (violin, chamber ensemble), Op.26a
26/06/2011 -- String Quartet No. 5
Wallinger Quartet | Forfest, Kromeriz, Czech Republic
Work details: String Quartet No.5, Op.36
01/07/2011, 3pm -- Journeying Songs, song No.1
Gemma Rosefield, cello | Bredon Church, Cheltenham Music Festival
Work details: Journeying Songs, Op.95
10/07/2011, 11am -- Actaeon
Counterpoise Ensemble | Parabola Arts Centre, Cheltenham Music Festival
Work details: Actaeon, Op.113
13/08/2011, 4.30pm -- Terrible Beauty
Aspen Contemporary Ensemble | Kristin Scott, soprano | Conducted by Sydney Hodkinson | Aspen Festival, USA
Work details: Terrible Beauty, Op.104
26/08/2011, 7pm -- String Quartet No.10
Navarra Quartet | Presteigne Festival, Wales
Work details: String Quartet No.10, Op.84
21 - 25/09/2011 -- International Festival of Chamber Music, Kempten, Germany
21 Sept, 8pm - Piano Quintet
22 Sept, 8pm - Horn Quintet
23 Sept, 7pm - Two Fugues from Fifteen Fugues, Haydn Fantasy for John McCabe
24 Sept, 8pm - Lebensregeln (8 songs by Goethe)
25 Sept, 5pm - The Flaying of Marsyas
See also: Interview discussing the festival and British music | A busy summer of festivals
06/10/2011, 7.30pm -- Happiness
Lesley-Jane Rogers, Soprano | John Turner, recorder | The William Alwyn Festival, Saint Felix School, Southwold, Suffolk
Work details: Happiness, Op.110
11/10/2011, 8pm -- Actaeon
Counterpoise | Little Missenden Festival
Work details: Actaeon, Op.113
30/10/2011, 2.30pm -- Winter Journey, Three Studies, A Little Pastoral and Four Australian Birds
First performance of violin version. Early booking recommended - call the box office on 0208 458 5042.
Peter Sheppard Skærved, violin | Fellowship House, 136A Willifield Way, NW11 6YD
Work details: Four Australian Birds, Op.84a | Three Studies, Op.39 | Winter Journey (violin), Op.32
09/11/2011, 8pm -- String Quartet No.10
Carducci String Quartet | Prince Michael Hall, Cheltenham | Cheltenham Music Society
Work details: String Quartet No.10, Op.84
12 - 20/11/2011 -- Eight Duos for two violins
November 12th: Dalian Development Area Grand Theatre
November 13th: Beijing National Center for the Performing Arts (NCPA)
November 14th-17th: University Masterclasses
November 18th: Guangzhou Tianhe Cultural Center
November 19th: Concert at Dongguan Donghu Theatre
November 20th: Shanghai Oriental Art Center (SHOAC)
Retorica: Harriet Mackenzie and Philippa Mo
Work details: Eight Duos, Op.79
13/11/2011, 3pm -- String Quartet No.12
Kreutzer Quartet | Palladium, Malmö, Sweden (Swedish website)
Work details: String Quartet No.12, Op.114
27/11/2011, 6pm -- String Quartet No.12
Kreutzer Quartet | Wilton's Music Hall
Work details: String Quartet No.12, Op.114
Other News from 201112/04/2011 -- Recording of Symphonies Nos. 2 and 6 wins BBC Music Magazine Award
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The CD won the Premiere Recording award.
Work details: Symphony No.2, Op.17 | Symphony No.6, Op.100
23/04/2011 -- Horn Quintet broadcast, in Hear & Now, BBC radio 3
Programme starting at 10.30pm (David's piece will be about 11.15pm).
Work details: Horn Quintet, Op.115
01/07/2011, 6pm -- Talk: Birdsong and Music
Many composers have been influenced by birdsong. Mozart treasured the songs of his pet starling, even giving the bird a ceremonial funeral. David has always been interested in the incorporation of the natural world into his music, even including birdsong in some recent compositions. This lecture will reflect on the relationships between music and the natural world and how a composer can be brought closer to one through the other and vice versa.
Gresham College, Barnard's Inn Hall (off Holborn, London) | Watch talk and read full notes
19/07/2011 -- Photographs from the recording of Symphony No. 7
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The recording took place at the Lighthouse, Poole, on 19 July 2011.
Work details: Symphony No.7, Op.109
12/09/2011 -- Winter Passions CD shortlisted for a Gramophone Magazine award
David's Winter Passions recording (NMC, 2010) is among the top three shortlisted in the contemporary discs category of this year's Gramophone Classical Music Awards. The winners will be unveiled on October 6 at London's Dorchester Hotel – you can follow all the announcements as they are made on the Gramophone website.
Recording details | Gramophone rewiew
21/09/2011 -- Interview for the International Festival of Chamber Music in Kempten
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As composer-in-residence, David was interviewed by Christine Tröger for the Kreisbote KE.
08/10/2011 -- Looking back on a busy summer at festivals
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David's thoughts on a busy summer in which several of his works were performed at different festivals, in particular at the International Festival of Chamber Music in Kempten, Germany.
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