An Eventful Morning in East London: 21st-Century Violin Concertos
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Label: Nimbus - Alliance
Cat No: NI6295
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Orchestral
Release Date: 2nd June 2017
Contents
Works
Falling StillAn Eventful Morning Near East London: Violin Concerto
Romanza for solo violin and string orchestra
Allusions for two solo violins and strings
Wall of Water
Artists
Harriet Mackenzie (violin)Philippa Mo (violin)
Restorica
English String Orchestra
English Symphony Orchestra
Conductor
Kenneth WoodsWorks
Falling StillAn Eventful Morning Near East London: Violin Concerto
Romanza for solo violin and string orchestra
Allusions for two solo violins and strings
Wall of Water
Artists
Harriet Mackenzie (violin)Philippa Mo (violin)
Restorica
English String Orchestra
English Symphony Orchestra
Conductor
Kenneth WoodsAbout
‘The five composers represented here are all now based in Britain, but there is a colourful tapestry of different ethnicities, cultures, interests and influences between them. I feel so lucky and privileged to have worked with each one of these composers with their unique and powerful voices. My hope is that this disk will bring more attention to their work. Each one of these works is a premiere recording, and I am thrilled that the composers were all present for the sessions. The new-ness of these pieces is a wonderful addition to the long-standing reputation and tradition of the ESO, an orchestra which has done so much to champion new and unknown British music for nearly forty years, including their associations with Tippett, McCabe, Maw and Joubert. Now, under the leadership of Kenneth Woods, I am proud that these works are part of that tradition.’
Reviews
The recording’s title is a tease. An Eventful Morning in East London is the name (almost) of Robert Fokkens’s violin concerto, one of five 21st-century concertos played by the indefatigably adventurous violinist Harriet Mackenzie on this superb release. However, although Mackenzie is a Londoner, Fokkens is South African. So his East London,in the Eastern Cape, is 6,000 miles south of Shoreditch. ... Mackenzie’s playing is rivetingly incisive throughout, and the conductor Kenneth Woods obtains exemplary accompaniments from the English String Orchestra and English Symphony Orchestra. Richard MorrisonError on this page? Let us know here
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