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Scott Stroman ist einer der besten Posaunisten Europas und Direktor der weltweit renommierten Guildhall School of Music.Aufgenommen in Kopenhagen mit dem renommierten dänischen Saxophonisten Cennet Jonsson.Cennet Jonsson - (soprano saxophone), Scott Stroman - (trombone), JacobKarlzon - (piano), Dudley Phillips - (bass), Nic France - (drums), LisbethDiers - (percussion)- Shop: odax
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John Blow & His Pupils
The organ at St Botolph's Aldgate in the City of London is a remarkable survival, one of the most reliable witnesses to the sound of English church music of the late 17th and early 18th centuries. It is the oldest surviving English church organ, and the only surviving organ by Renatus Harris. It was built about 1704, when Harris was paid for the Trumpets and Echos (now the Swell). Standing at the easternmost gate of the ancient City of London, the church had not been burnt in the great fire of London of 1666, but was in any case replaced by a new building in 1744, designed by George Dance, in a style similar to Christopher Wren's City Churches. The organ was put into store and re-assembled in the new church by John Byfield, Renatus Harris's son in law. The organ has been rebuilt and altered since then, but the Victorian additions were removed by NP Mander Ltd in 1966. The organ was in 2006 restored to it's 1744 state by Martin Goetze and Dominic Gwynn, but with a small pedal organ. Timothy Roberts was organist of His Majestys Sackbuts and Cornetts, 1990-2002, and principal keyboard of the Gabrieli Consort and Players, 1988-2007. He has been associated with Goetze & Gwynn in various ways: he made Radio 3 recordings on their restorations at St Lawrence Whitchurch and at Keddlestone Hall, has played their Italian-style large chamber organ on a number of CDs (Hyperion, DGG), and in 2005 recorded on the organ they had restored at the Convent of Santa Clara, Santiago de Compostela, the resulting CD (tramu.com) being praised by John Kitchen as 'a revelation and hugely enjoyable' (Early Music Today, June-July 2006). Born in north London, Tim studied at Cambridge (piano lessons with Peter Feuchtwanger) and at the Guildhall School, London (harpsichord lessons from Christopher Kite and Jill Severs). His musical projects have included both the unfamiliar - such as clavichord recitals, and publications and recordings of newly edited English music of the 17th to 19th centuries - and the unexpected: for example, an acclaimed Bach Album (with HMSC, Hyperion) that consists mainly of transcripions of organ music.- Shop: odax
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What Thing Is Love English Lute Songs
CD REVIEW: What Thing Is Love, Peregrine Records ....'I enjoyed it immensely. Amy's is a lovely natural voice, suitably sexy for the sentiments...fine lute playing.... it is a fascinating program...you can purchase single tracks on the internet but I'd rather get the whole CD: it's too good just to select a few tracks.... highly recommended...' - Clifford Bartlett, Editor, Early Music Review, UK '... One of my absolute favourite recordings that I use for High End speaker demonstrations is "What Thing Is Love". It is an excellent recording using varied acoustics and technical combinations with a superb performance from artists of the highest quality in this genre. I strongly recommend it...." -Percy Davidsson, Canseda AB, Scandinavian rep for Onkyo, Sonance, Canton Amy Elizabeth Wheeler REVIEW: Rural Renaissance Festival '...[Wheeler's] voice was a joy to hear...something in her seems to resonate easily with the period, making the music not only exquisite but somehow authentic...' -The Recorder, Greenfield, MA USA BIOS: Amy Elizabeth Wheeler, Soprano: Raised in New York City, Amy Elizabeth Wheeler graduated from the Fiorello LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and from the Manhattan School of Music. Her career, which began with club dates in New York as a singer/songwriter, followed by the film Fame and a European tour of the Broadway musical Hair, has since led her to the Warsaw Chamber Opera in Poland where her debut as Fauno in Mozart's Ascanio in Alba was greeted with a standing ovation. More Mozart roles followed - even the coveted mezzo-soprano role of Cherubino in 'The marriage of Figaro'. She quickly became a popular guest artist in Poland appearing on television and radio and performing with Polish orchestras at international music festivals such as Madrid Mozart Festival, Le Festival d'Europe Nord in Paris, and the 49th International Chopin Festival. As a developing concert artist and ensemble leader in her own right, she organized the Peregrine Consort with musicians from the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Warsaw Philharmonic, Concerto Copenhagen and the Drottningholm Court Theater. They performed in the International Wratislavia Cantans Festival, Bach Celebration 2000 (Royal Castle Warsaw) and the prestigious 100th Anniversary season of Poland's National Philharmonic. Highlights from concerts include Baldessare Galuppi's motet 'Confitebor tibi Domine', staged versions of Alessandro Scarlatti's serenata 'A battaglia pensieri', and Handel's 'Amarilli Vezzosa' as well as English renaissance songs and duets for soprano and bass. Amy Elizabeth's voice, while classically trained, is rooted in the folk/jazz tradition making her vocal style intimate and accessible to listeners with different musical tastes. Her style and expression were clearly evident in her performances as Cupid in the WCO's production of John Blow's 'Venus and Adonis' which attracted the attention of Poland's leading renaissance lutenist, Jaroslaw Lipski. They have since recorded a CD of English lute songs titled 'What Thing Is Love' and have performed sold-out concerts at every major early music festival Poland as well as receiving a standing ovation for their performance at Poland's National Philharmonic. Archguitartist Peter Blanchette found Amy Elizabeth's synthesis of styles perfect for two of his CD's: 800 Years (Archguitar Records 2001), which featured versions of Mark Knopfler's 'Ironhand' and Irving Berlin's 'Reaching for the moon', and Una Limosa (Archguitar Records 2001) on which she sang Schubert's 'Der Jungling an der Quell'. Amy and Peter received critical acclaim for their concert presented by The Rural Renaissance Festival where they performed music by John Dowland and Nino Rota together with Peter's ensemble the Virtual Consort. While still in high school, Amy worked with producer John Robie (who wrote the club classic 'Planet Rock'),and recorded vocals on "Yashar" (Cabaret Voltaire, Factory Records, 1982) and "City of Wonder" (Island Records, 1989). In 2007, Wheeler & Robie released a club version of the Christmas carol "God rest ye merry gentlemen" and plan to continue their collaboration on future club versions of PD Christmas carols. Amy Elizabeth collaborates regularly with Swedish contemporary composer Jan Alm, who invited her to perform the Swedish premier of his songs scored for voice, harp, piano and string quartet and set to the poems of Nobel laureate Harry Martinson. Joining her were members of the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, and the concert presented by the Gothenburg Konserthus. A repeat performance of the songs was made in a program arranged by Amy Elizabeth titled 'Scandinaviana' which featured vocal and chamber music by Grieg, Sibelius, Stenhammar and Nielsen, presented by Poland's National Philharmonic to inaugurate their newly renovated chamber hall, Sala Kamerlana. In 2000, Amy Elizabeth was a recipient of The Fund, a Rockefellar/Kennedy Foundation award for her work as a U.S. artist performing in international festivals, and, in 2004 she received a Delmas Foundation Award, supporting her research on the 18th century Venetian composer Baldessare Galuppi. Jaroslaw Lipski, Renaissance Lute and Theorbo: Jarolsaw Lipski graduated from the Academy of Music in Warsaw, Poland, with a degree in classical guitar, and received a diploma from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, where he won the 'Principle's Prize.' He studied classical guitar with Gerald Lee and Robert Brightmore, and the lute with Nigel North at Guildhall and at the Summer Academy for Early Music at Innsbruck, Austria. Mr. Lipski has regularly appeared in concerts as solo guitarist in Poland and Great Britain and frequently participates in early music festivals in Poland as a lutenist. He has collaborated since 1996 with The Warsaw Chamber Opera, performing operas by Monteverdi (Vespro della Beata Vergine), St. Landi (Il St. Alessio), and Purcell (Dido and Aeneas). He has also worked with early music groups such as Ars Nova, Lege Artis, Collegio Antico, and The Peregrine Consort. His repertoire focuses primarily on music of 16th -century Poland, 16th & 17th-century England, however in 2002, he organized Concerto Vago, a group devoted to performing Spanish music from the time of Columbus featuring works by Alonso Mudarra, Diego Ortiz, Juan del Encina, and Juan de Anchieta. Mr. Lipski has regularly conducted master classes at the Zywiez Early Music Festival in Poland, and he is the author of The Classical Guitar (Warsaw, Poland: Polskie Wydawnicwo Muzycznie, 2002). His recordings include: 16th Century European Songs and Dances and Music of the Polish Renaissance ( DUX Records) The Music of King Sigmund (Arche Records) Psalms of M. Gomloka (Polish Radio).- Shop: odax
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Original Music for Solo Guitar
I bought my first guitar when I was 18,and it's taken 50 years to get to this first solo album.In the last few years I have recycled my so far music-life experience into this collection of pieces for guitar. I grew up on Tyneside,north of England,and always had ears for music. Just the sound of Northumbrian pipes melts my heart. A Big Bill Broonzy concert in 1957 changed my life: for about ten years I was addicted to blues guitar.In London I hung out with Alexis Korner and Davey Graham, my musical horizons widened. Then for five years I only played ragas with Indian classical players-Keshav Sathe (tabla) and Clem Alford (sitar) in various bands.(Indo-jazz Fusions,Magic Carpet) This was followed by an experimental period,I built a few invented instruments for myself and played with some crazy avant- garde improvising groups.I became dissatisfied with my basic musical education and I studied as a part time guitar student at the Guildhall school, and various theory and composition classes at adult institutes. Most of the public playing I've done since then has been in the context of advaita / meditation events. And gradually over the last decade+ I have developed and refined the pieces on this album,all of which have their origins in some dimension of my life so far. 'Recovery suite' are pieces that evoke experiences of my life in the sense of 12-step fellowship. 'Pentafram cycle' is my story of the historic journey of people and music from Africa to America and beyond. 'Phye Reevum' is in the form of a 'wave',as danced at 'Five rhythms',my favourite night out. I cannot classify my music simply,there are reverberations of blues,ragas,songs without words,improvisations,jazz, baroque and celtic music. Perhaps you will hear something else!- Shop: odax
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Lo Mejor de Javier Echecopar Mongilardi
Javier Echecopar Mongilardi Inició sus estudios musicales a los 7 años, con profesores privados y en el Conservatorio Nacional de Música del Perú. Al término de los mismos, fue becado por la UNESCO para proseguir su formación en la Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris. Posteriormente obtuvo una beca del Consejo Británico para realizar estudios especializados en el Guildhall School of Music de Londres. Ha ejercido la docencia en conservatorios del Perú, Latinoamérica y Europa. Desde sus inicios, ha obtenido el reconocimiento del público y de la crítica en el Perú y en el extranjero, por sus dotes interpretativas como concertista y también como compositor. Ha efectuado durante años un valioso y profundo trabajo de investigación sobre la música peruana, centrado en dos grandes vertientes: el periodo barroco colonial y la tradición popular. Esta tarea lo ha llevado a recorrer el Perú para investigar y preservar el repertorio y la técnica de la música tradicional. Igualmente, ha realizado numerosas investigaciones en catedrales, conventos, museos y archivos tanto nacionales como extranjeros. Asimismo, ha grabado 14 discos, cinco DVD y producido varios libros de partituras de música barroca, de música tradicional y de sus propias composiciones, parte importante de ellas publicadas en Europa. Ha recibido diferentes distinciones nacionales e internacionales, merced a su actividad como intérprete, compositor e investigador. Su obra ha sido declarada de interés cultural para la nación por el Ministerio de Educación del Perú. Anualmente realiza giras internacionales de conciertos y es invitado como jurado en diferentes conservatorios europeos. Ha dirigido orquestas de cámara en Lima y París y sus presentaciones lo han llevado a los más importantes auditorios e instituciones del mundo. Fundó y dirigió la Escuela de Música de la Universidad Católica del Perú y fue nombrado corresponsal ante la UNESCO-París para el Programa Artistas Transfronteras, asimismo tuvo a su cargo la agregaduría cultural del Perú en Madrid, España. Es miembro activo de varias entidades nacionales e internacionales dedicadas a la educación y la cultura, así como a la investigación y difusión del repertorio musical peruano y latinoamericano. COMENTARIOS "Artista extremadamente dotado y sin duda alguna destinado a realizar una brillante carrera". Pierre-Petit, Primer Grand-Prix de Roma. Director de L'Ecole Normale de Musique de París. París, 1978. 'La inteligencia artística de Javier Echecopar, la sobria elocuencia de su talento convencen plenamente'. Bruno Montanaro, revista "Les Cahiers de la Guitare". París, 1987. "Gracias a su profundo conocimiento de nuestra música tradicional, Javier Echecopar, brillante guitarrista, encarna el nuevo espíritu de la música peruana". Edgar Valcárcel, Compositor peruano, Ex Director del Conservatorio Nacional del Perú. Lima, 1992. "Sus interpretaciones tienen algo de sublime y de profundo, ¿debemos decir metafísico?". Revista Le Monde de la Musique, París, 1995. 'Javier Echecopar destaca por sus grandes dotes interpretativas, ya que es un guitarrista de experiencia y gran poder de comunicación. Efectuó unas filigranas con su instrumento que resultaron sorprendentes". Diario "El Mercurio', Santiago de Chile, 1993 "Lo que hace Javier es música vital, el placer de escucharlo no es solo intelectual, es sobre todo para los sentidos". Revista "Guitare & Laute", Colonia, 1994. "Javier Echecopar es uno de los guitarristas peruanos más grandes de todos los tiempos. Dotado de una delicada sensibilidad, balanceada admirablemente por una disciplinada sobriedad y un desusado rigor como ejecutante. Cada interpretación es una joya, donde el virtuosismo técnico está al servicio de una ejecución que cuida hasta los más pequeños matices". "Para calificar el arte de Javier Echecopar se me ocurre un adjetivo habitualmente poco usado: honestidad". Nelson Manrique, Historiador. Diario "El Peruano" Lima, 1996. "El investigador, compositor y guitarrista peruano Javier Echecopar nos ofrece todo un panorama del repertorio barroco para guitarra de su país. Con la alquimia de su maravillosa interpretación nos transporta al corazón de la vida colonial de la Lima del siglo XVIII. Es un excelente trabajo que podría ser comparado a las novelas de Alejo Carpentier... nos hacen voyager dans le temps". Francisco González, revista "Les Cahiers de la Guitare" París, 1996. "Echecopar fue el más aplaudido en el Quinto Festival de Quito (Ecuador). Cualquier comentario sobre la calidad interpretativa de un músico de estas condiciones estaría demás. Javier Echecopar, sin duda alguna marcó el punto más alto del Festival". Diario "El Comercio", Quito, 1998. "Una tradición verdadera es una fuerza viviente que anima e informa el presente, escribe Igor Stravinsky: Javier Echecopar es uno de los músicos de nuestro país más conscientes de esta verdad". Ha cimentado de manera clara y eficaz su lenguaje musical, contribuyendo con verdad a una formación todavía no muy clara de nuestra identidad nacional". 'Las interpretaciones de Javier Echecopar alcanzan una calidad musical extraordinaria'. 'Las transcripciones realizadas por Javier Echecopar constituyen el más valioso y sustantivo aporte de los últimos cien años, incluso en el contexto de los países de Latinoamérica". Celso Garrido Lecca, Compositor peruano y Ex Director del Conservatorio Nacional del Perú. Lima, 1999. "La calidad musical y artística de Javier Echecopar le han permitido recorrer las salas más importantes de las capitales del mundo. Su competencia profesional abarca tanto la musicología como la interpretación y la composición. Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, Ex Embajador del Perú en Francia, Ex-Secretario General de la ONU. París, 2002. "Los dedos de Javier Echecopar se deslizan veloces y virtuosos sobre las cuerdas que parecen ser más de las que son, así como los sonidos que son irrepetibles, lentos o fugaces, alegres o desgarrados, cayendo como gotas de cristal o sonando como tambores". Maki Miró Quesada, Diario "El Comercio", Lima, 2002. "El concierto Entre lo Barroco y lo Andino fue extraordinario y es absolutamente necesario que se conozca en muchos lugares del país". Raúl Vargas, "Radio Programas del Perú", Lima, 2007. "Un concierto precioso, un compendio de música, historia y color. Hermosas sus composiciones e interpretaciones con el Cuarteto de cuerdas latinoamericano y espectaculares las canciones en las que actuó con Mariela Kohn y Magali Revollar. Ha sido un privilegio tenerle entre nosotros en Madrid". Cecilia Rodrigo, fundadora de las Ediciones Joaquín Rodrigo, hija del compositor español. Madrid, 2011.- Shop: odax
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I Was There When the Spirit Came
15 tracks of LD Frazier live, singing and playing the piano in church. 'LD was on great form that day - a fantastic recording' Scott Stroman LD Frazier was born in Cleveland and grew up in Buffalo and Los Angeles. He moved to Detroit where he sang with the harmomy group Richard Green's Acapells. LD then moved to New York to study piano and singing. After working as a funk jazz singer for a while, in 1974 LD decided to devote his life to full-time gospel singing. From his base in New York, LD takes his gospel show throughout the world. LD has sung in Brazil, Singapore, Thailand, Turkey, Egypt and Europe as well as regular visits to the United Kingdom. For over 30 years LD has toured the world with his witness in song, and has inspired whole generations of singers through workshops and concerts. 'This recording captures the belief & faith generated by LD Frazier in a live performance in church.' John Levett, the executive producer LD Frazier (vocals / grand piano) is joined on some tracks by... Scott Stroman (vocals / choir direction) Malcolm Creese (bass) Patrick Levett (drums) Eclectic Voices (choir) Scott Stroman's conducts and composes for choirs and orchestras in all styles of classical, folk, contemporary, jazz and gospel music. From Kendallville, Indiana, USA, he came to London in 1982, and is a professor of jazz at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Scott also directs the OPUS 20 string ensemble, the London Jazz Orchestra, and the Western Sinfonia, North by North West with Billy Cobham. He works with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the London Sinfonietta, the Northern Sinfonia, and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Scott is much in demand across Britain and Europe as a conductor and educator. Based in Highbury, North London, Eclectic Voices is a choir that challenges preconceived musical boundaries. Under it's founding director Scott Stroman it regularly performs a wide range of musical repertoire: classical, contemporary, ethnic and world music, gospel, spirituals and jazz - hence the name.- Shop: odax
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Millennium: The New Zealand Works
THE WORKS Flourish for an Occasion: John Ritchie This ceremonial fanfare was commissioned for the opening of the Christchurch Town Hall in 1972. Rhapsody in Brass: Dean Goffin Dean Goffin's "Rhapsody in Brass" is the most popular work for brass band by a New Zealand composer. It was written in the Syrian Desert in 1942 and first performed in Cairo later that year. It has the distinction of having been selected as a "test piece" for the 1949 British Open and for the 1952 National Contest in New Zealand. Colne: arranged by Thomas Rive Like Dean Goffin, Thomas Rive has been an influential figure in the musical life of the Salvation Army. "Colne", a hymn tune, was originally written for the Santa Ana Corps in California. The Enchanted Dance Hall: Kenneth Young This work, commissioned by the Evening Post Onslow Band, evokes images of times past and the faded glories of a dance hall through a charming series of dances, some slow and melancholic, others boisterous and irreverent. Threnody: John Ritchie "Threnody" is a lament written in memory of Mervyn Waters, a revered past Music Director of Woolston Brass. This piece features the cornet playing of Kevin Hickman. Lambton Quay: Larry Pruden Lambton Quay is one of the main streets in Wellington, New Zealand's capital city. This concert march was originally written for brass band in 1957 but was never performed. Two years later, composer Larry Pruden expanded the work for symphony orchestra. It won the APRA/NZBC competition in 1975. Down the Brunner Mine: Anthony Ritchie This set of ten variations is based on a folk song recalling one of New Zealand's worst mining disasters. In 1848 Sixty-seven men were killed by exploding gas in the Brunner Mine which is situated near Greymouth, on the West Coast of South Island. Haast Highway: Larry Pruden"Haast Highway" celebrates the forging of a road through the Southern Alps traversing some of New Zealand's most rugged terrain. In 1975 this work won first prize in a composition competition organised by the Brass Bands Association of New Zealand (BANZ). Millennia: John Rimmer Composed for the Fredonia State University Brass Ensemble in 1990, this work was inspired by popular scientific literature. A statement from "A Brief History of Time" by the brilliant theoretical physicist and mathematician, Stephen Hawking, made an impact on John Rimmer - "...in less than half a century man's view of the universe, formed over millennia has been transformed". This brass band arrangement of "Millennia" closely follows the original. It is a typical contemporary work for the modern brass band. Invercargill March: Alex Lithgow Dedicated to New Zealand's southernmost city, this sprightly march is instantly recognised world-wide and is possibly the most internationally performed New Zealand composition ever! It's popularity is widespread throughout the world's banding fraternity and it has become the unofficial anthem of a city which remains a stronghold of New Zealand banding. THE COMPOSERS Alexander Lithgow (1870-1929) Born in Glasgow, Lithgow was brought to Invercargill as a boy by his migrant family. He was taught to play the cornet there by W.V. Siddall, who like Lithgow, would become a conductor of the Woolston Band. Lithgow himself conducted Woolston in 1901. The present conductor, David Gallaher, continues the link with Invercargill having spent 14 years in that city as a player with "The Invercargill Band". Lithgow wrote "Invercargill March" in 1908, and dedicated it to the citizens of Invercargill as a memento of the many pleasant years he spent there as a boy. Sir Dean Goffin (1916-1984) Sir Dean Goffin was born in Wellington and educated at both Christchurch Technical College and Napier Boys High School. From a Salvation Army family, Sir Dean became bandmaster of the Wellington South Band in 1936. After enlisting in the New Zealand Army at the outbreak of World War II, Sir Dean was appointed bandmaster of the 4th Brigade Band. The band was sent to Crete in 1941 and fought there as an infantry platoon under Lt. Goffin during that ill-fated campaign. Lt. Goffin was later complimented by Sir Howard Kippenberger, one of New Zealand's greatest soldiers, for his performance as a platoon commander. After returning to civilian life and completing a music degree at Otago University, Sir Dean began a career of full-time service in the Salvation Army. For 10 years he was responsible for the Salvation Army's music in Great Britain. He returned to New Zealand in 1971 and held a variety of posts before being elevated to that of "Commissioner for New Zealand and Fiji". He received a Knighthood in 1983. Sir Dean's brother Norman, a distinguished musician in his own right, was a life member of the Woolston Band. Larry Pruden (1925-1982) Like many New Zealand musicians and composers the "Cambridge Summer Schools of Music" had a major influence on Larry Pruden. Further study at the Guildhall School of Music in London with Alfred Neiman and later Benjamin Frankel brought him into contact with Edwin Carr, David Farquhar and Robert Burch. On his return to New Zealand, Pruden worked in the programme section of Radio New Zealand and then for "The Listener" Magazine. In 1975 he was awarded the Mozart Fellowship at Otago University. John Rimmer (1939-) Grandson of the famed British March King William Rimmer, it was natural enough that John Rimmer begin his musical education in a brass band at school. Rimmer is another for whom the Cambridge Summer Music Schools were of significance in composition along with Ronald Tremaine at Auckland University and Peter Maxwell Davies. He won a composition prize in 1984 from the International Horn Society. Rimmer studied horn himself in Toronto with Eugene Rittich. He is now based at Auckland University. Kenneth Young Kenneth Young was born in Invercargill but grew up in Christchurch. He began his music career as a cornettist in the Woolston Junior Band under the tutorship of Mervyn Waters, though initial encouragement in composition came from Frank Dennis, a music teacher at Christchurch's Cashmere High School. After studying at Auckland University he took up his current position as tuba player with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Further study followed in the United States and Europe. During this time he developed a reputation as a composer and he has maintained a steady output of works since, culminating in a first symphony in 1988. Kenneth Young has been a member of the music faculty at Victoria University since 1988. He was appointed Conductor-in-Residence of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra early in 1993. John Ritchie (1921-) John Ritchie began his music career as a clarinettist at the King Edward Technical College in Dunedin, playing under Vernon Griffiths. He was later to succeed Griffiths as Professor of Music at Canterbury University. After Post-graduate study at Harvard University under Walter Piston he went on to gain extensive musical experience with orchestras, brass bands and choirs while overseas. He formed a string orchestra in 1958 which was the nucleus of the now semi-professional Christchurch Symphony Orchestra. John Ritchie has alway been closely involved in music education as well as composing. He composed the ceremonial fanfares for the 1974 Christchurch Commonwealth Games. In 1976 he was elected Secretary General of the International Society of Music Education. A patron of many of the city's musical organisations, he has become an integral part of Christchurch's musical life. John Ritchie is fondly regarded as the current Patron of Woolston Brass. Anthony Ritchie (1960-) The son of composer John Ritchie, Anthony was educated at St. Bede's College, Christchurch and later at Canterbury University. Early encouragement was provided by his father and Dorothy Buchanan. Post-graduate study in Hungary was followed by a year as a composer in schools in Christchurch and then a year as resident Mozart Fellow at Otago University. Anthony Ritchie i- Shop: odax
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Peter Grimes
Stephen Richardson (Bass) - Henry Waddington (Bass) - Alan Oke (Tenor) - Catherine Wyn-Rogers (Mezzosopran) - Robert Murray (Tenor) - David Kempster (Bariton) - Giselle Allen (Sopran) - The Chorus of Opera North with the Chorus of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama - u.a. // Steuart Bedford leads a vast and accomplished ensemble on this new live recording, created shortly before the group's unique staging of the work on the beach at Aldeburgh as part of the town's world-renowned festival.- Shop: odax
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