Features David's works Symphony No.9, Variations for Strings and Double Concerto and will be released on 3rd May on Nimbus Alliance.
17 November 2019, 3pm
Fellowship House, 136A Willifield Way, London
New work published by Faber Music.
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27 January 2020
Victoria Simmonds, mezzo-soprano
Nash Ensemble
The Queen’s Hall, Clerk Street, Newington, Edinburgh
2 April 2020, 1pm
Catherine Ennis, organ
St John’s Smith Square, Westerminster, London
20 March 2020, 7.45pm
Emma Purslow, Charlotte Saluste-Bridoux, violins
The Atrium, Kentish Town Health Centre, 2 Bartholomew Road, London
4 April 2020, 8pm
Fiona Slominska (flute), John Slack (clarinet), Hannah Dawson (violin), Cara Berridge (cello), James Bailieu (piano)
Memorial Hall, 73-75 Lairgate, Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire
20 April 2020, 7.30pm
English String Orchestra
Kenneth Woods
Great Malvern Priory, Church Street, Malvern, WR14 2AY
The following performances will take place at Holy Trinity Church, Church Lane, Blythburgh, Halesworth, IP19 9LP:
Lullaby (world premiere) -- Lesley-Jane Rogers (soprano), John Turner (recorder), Richard Simpson (oboe), mixed chamber ensemble
Darkness Draws In -- Sarah-Jane Bradley (viola)
Sonatina for Viola and Piano (world Premiere) -- Sarah-Jane Bradley (viola), Nathan Williamson (piano)
See the festival website for more details and booking (should be updated soon).
27 January 2020
Victoria Simmonds, mezzo-soprano
Nash Ensemble
The Queen’s Hall, Clerk Street, Newington, Edinburgh
2 April 2020, 1pm
Catherine Ennis, organ
St John’s Smith Square, Westerminster, London
David has enjoyed a wonderful fortnight in his residency at Lichfield Festival. Amongst the varied offerings of the Festival, David had a total of ten pieces performed, two of which were world premieres.
Read review extracts on the premiere of Toward Sunrise (City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra conducted by Lahav Shani, 8 July 2015).
Between 26 July and 13 August I was at my house in Deal, working on my orchestral piece for next year's BBC Proms, which is provisionally titled A Vision of the Sea. From before dawn until dusk I was surrounded by the constant calls of Herring Gulls, and they have got into the piece; in fact have been transformed into one of its main motivic ideas. At the same time, almost every day I made watercolour paintings of the sea and the sky, the majority in the early morning, which I felt helped me to compose. The weather during this time was a mixture of sunshine and cloud, and some of the skies were spectacular.
David's Symphony No.9 was recorded for a Nimbus CD, which will include two pieces for strings to be recorded in the autumn, extending David’s association with the English Symphony Orchestra as their John McCabe Fellow.
On 24 July 2018 the Ukrainian Festival Orchestra under Paul Mann will record David's A June Song.
The following recordings took place in the second half of 2017:
Robert Matthew-Walker for Classical Source describes the symphony as "A serious and compelling work of consistent musical art throughout… Here, in a number of ways, is a genuine symphony for our times." (Sep 2019).
Philip Scott for Limelight Magazine dubs Matthews "a genuine symphonist" whose Ninth "squeezes every drop of developmental interest out of his theme." (Aug 2019)...
Full recording details including more review excerpts and audio samples.
27 January 2020
Victoria Simmonds, mezzo-soprano
Nash Ensemble
The Queen’s Hall, Clerk Street, Newington, Edinburgh
2 April 2020, 1pm
Catherine Ennis, organ
St John’s Smith Square, Westerminster, London
20 March 2020, 7.45pm
Emma Purslow, Charlotte Saluste-Bridoux, violins
The Atrium, Kentish Town Health Centre, 2 Bartholomew Road, London
4 April 2020, 8pm
Fiona Slominska (flute), John Slack (clarinet), Hannah Dawson (violin), Cara Berridge (cello), James Bailieu (piano)
Memorial Hall, 73-75 Lairgate, Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire
20 April 2020, 7.30pm
English String Orchestra
Kenneth Woods
Great Malvern Priory, Church Street, Malvern, WR14 2AY