New Appearances and Performances
Dodo Titite (and shortly also Dansons mais sans oublier) for flute and guitar forming part of a suite by various composers of the Delian Society in aid of the Haiti earthquake appeal, based on the Haitian lullaby Dodo titite. Performed by the Serenade Duo
CDBaby has now released my recording of Pachelbel’s Canon (the choral version arranged by Noel Goemanne) and my recording of The Stripper (based on Gilbert and Sullivan’s Princess Ida)
In October 2010 there will be a performance of my Tants Fraylachs by a young clarinet quartet in Japan, details here
In August 2010 my recording of Dido’s Lament will be included amongst the music for
a funeral -
Also in August 2010 I sang with an ad hoc and very professional sounding choir recording a CD in aid of the organ of Christ Church Didsbury. The music comprised Advent and Christmas favourites and also included pieces by former assistant organists of Manchester Cathedral Matthew Owens and Douglas Steele. The event was organised by my good friend and fellow alto Richard Lowe, who is now director of music at Christ Church Didsbury among his many attainments. The choir included all three members of “Sound Company”
Alessandro Balsimini (guitar) and Stefano Gajon (clarinet) performed some of my Jewish dances (inter alia) to a very appreciative examination panel (Chamber Music exam) in Treviso at the end of June this year.
Sunday 20 June 2010 was a triple do for my music:
In the morning our Singkreis at the Martin Luther Kirche in Stretford sang the first public performance of my setting of Psalm 23 (it wasn’t recorded but you can hear my performance here).
In the evening at Prescot Festival, Tubalaté performed my “Prayer before the Close
of Day” -
...and during the day CDBaby released my performance of “The Stripper” as mentioned above.
My Rose Fantasia was performed at New Jersey College in March 2010 by John Ketterer (baritone saxophone) and string players of the college. The performance can be heard here.
Singing bass (!) at the service at the Lutheran Church in Bradford on 25 April (Frederick Delius’s church) including Fauré’s Cantique de Jean Racine. We also had a go at singing my centipede song (Arthropoduet) during rehearsals (but not at the service of course!)
April 10th: The Charity Concert for the Mayor of Trafford at the Waterside Theatre
in Sale by the Sylvan singers and pupils of Tamara Lepp, including the Beatles Medley
(see above), Sweet Kate (duetting with Tamara) and -
(am I really becoming a bass? Well -
Tant que vivray by Sermisy (with me singing, accompanied by the lutenist Bob Glover)
is now being used as the background music for a mini-
I performed my song “Rose” and also “Sonntag” by Brahms at a presentation given by the opera singer Dorothy Townson at the Sale U3A on Friday 5 February 2010.
On 13th February 2010 at 7.15 pm Martin Godden, Richard McHale and I (“Sound Company”) sang at St Martin’s Ashton on Mersey. Works included Sound the trumpet, Pastime with good company, Dawn in the Room, The Goslings, Vilia and many more.
Most of the concert can be heard on YouTube here.
