In March 2013 Carla Moraga and Michel Bert performed The finding of St Anthony:
Video
On 10 February 2013 at the Edna Hibel Art Museum, Abacoa, Florida, Robert Billington
and Rene Gonzalez performed three pieces of mine (click for videos below):
Kichijiro
Letter to a distant lover
Little Laser Lady
On 3 February 2013: there was a concert by the Iris Clarinet Quartet (video) , which
included the Robin Hood Suite by various members of the Delian Society (including
my comical piece: The Bishop is forced to Dance)
On October 28 2012 there was a performance of my duets based on traditional Jewish
melodies by Yvonne Chavez-Hansbrough (flute) and Micah Scoville (guitar) in Niskayuna,
NY
On October 16th 2012 Robert Billington and René Gonzalez gave another performance
of three of my ABC of the Renaissance duets at the West Regional Library
In October 2012 The Aurora guitar trio (Alessandro Balsimini, Michael Fiorin and
Andrea Torresan) performed and recorded all of my arrangements of 8 Jewish melodies.
Further concerts are planned, but you can hear the original recordings here.
Also in October our Singkreis of the German Lutheran parish of Northern England performed
my arrangement of “Mister Sandman” - video here.
On 16 July 2012 itunes featured a set of 4 musical collaborations by Reinhold Behringer
and me : itunes link
On 29 June 2012 Robert Billington performed my Pensieri su Klizemer at “A Musical
Shabbat” - Temple Sinai , Delray Beach, FL. Video here.
On 8 December 2012 (at 10.30 a.m.!) at the Lichtenstein Palace, Prague, Martinu
Hall, Franck Leblois (bassoon) and Pavel Eret (violin) will perform duos including
my Floreat Rosa Divina.
On 5th May 2012 in the village of Lanestosa, Spain, there was an open air concert
of music by traditional txistu (Basque flute) players, which included a blues of
mine - entitled (by the arranger, Felix Vigor) “Ttunttuneroren Blues”.
The piece was an arrangement of “Something Blue” for 2 txistus and 1 silbote (i.e.
a bass txistu)
Evidently “ttunttuneroren” simply means “without the ttun-ttun” - (this being a psalterium
which usually accompanies the txistu).
The concert is mentioned here. I hope to get a recording some time….
On 19th May 2012 three guitarists from the Veneto (Alessandro Balsimini, Michael
Fiorin and Andrea Torresan) gave the premiere of three of my eight arrangements of
Jewish melodies for guitar trio at the Scuola Media Statale Dante Alighieri, in Venice.
The three pieces were: Ve David yafeh einaim, Hora Ne'urim and Bo Dodi
Plans are afoot to record and publish all 8 of them later this year.
In the Autumn of 2011 the Chatfield Senior High School Choir (“Chantons”) did a great
performance of my comic choral piece The Choir in the Rain - here is the video
In March 2012 Robert Billington performed my Nokh Amol mit Neshome, written specially
for him. Here is the video
In February 2012 Robert Billington (flute) and Rene Gonzalez (guitar) played three
movements of my “Little ABC of the Renaissance”
Video
Also in February 2012 Carla Moraga, with the Cámara Klezmer Trío, performed three
of my Yiddish folk song arrangements:
Oyfn Yam
Ale Vasserlech
Ikh bin e meidel in de joren
In January 2012 The Cámara Klezmer Trío performed my Klezmer del Mar and Variations
on Adon Olam (flute, cello and guitar). Two very fine performances, with great passion
for the Adon Olam and a great sense of humour in the Klezmer del Mar (a mixture of
English sea shanties and Hava Nagila)
Video of Adon Olam
You can hear their performances on the following Musica Neo pages
Variations on Adon Olam
Klezmer del Mar
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Also in February 2012 the Foothill High School Clarinet Quartet played my
Tants Fraylachs - video here
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Robert Billington gave another performance of Pensieri su Klizemer at an arts festival
in Pinecrest on 15 January 2012 - which was well received.
I sang with the Singkreis of the Northern England German congregations in September
2011 in Formby (near Liverpool). Among other pieces, we did a first sing-through
of my choral arrangement of Leaning on a Lamp Post (in honour of George Formby of
course) - great fun. It can be heard (with score) on this unlisted youtube video
The guitarist of the Cámara Klezmer Trío (Michel Bert) also performed with a saxophonist
in earlier days, and I was pleased to be able to include their performance of Christmas
song in my YouTube collection.
Many of my works, including Tants Fraylachs, Dawn in the Room, Prayer before the
close of day and and the mass for men’s voices, are now being played in the Contemporary
music slots on Radio Arts Indonesia.
For full details see the Radio Arts Indonesia site.
"Five Times Table" specially written for the Iris Clarinet Quartet had its debut
in Nagoya, Japan, on May 22 2011, as the finale of their recital.
The Iris Clarinet Quartet holds a recital for their pupils every year to motivate
them. Hear the performance here.
Dodo Titite
- 11 movements for flute and guitar by various composers of the Delian Society
in aid of the
Haiti earthquake appeal, based on the Haitian lullaby Dodo Titite.
The whole suite can be seen and heard on video here
I sang “The quiet way you move me” (among other pieces) at a Sylvan Singers concert
on 24th March 2011, in Flixton, which was well received.
Molly Childers conducted an online interview with Joe Dillon Ford regarding the Delian
Society to which I belong. It makes a good introduction to our little group of
composers and performers and provides some illustrative recordings. Interview here
My Greek Wassail will be included in a Wassail book published by Hutman Productions
(Conrad Bladey) - “Do the Wassail”
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Awaiting further news but I have heard plans of various concerts in Angoulême incorporating
my music for bassoon (Fou de Basson festival)...
Meanwhile March saw several performances of my Floreat Rosa Divina by Franck Leblois
(bassoon) and Pavel Eret (violin) - and their recording is now available - among
other places here on Amazon.
