MAY 2008
May 9th
Pictured below. is soprano Kate Walker with the composer, at the first performance of "Three Browne Songs" Opus 111, which opened the first event of the prestigous Dartmoor Literary Festival in Tavistock Town Hall. For these songs Andrew returned to the poetry of the Jacobean pastoral poet William Browne c.1590-c.1645 who was born in Tavistock. He also provided the text for "The Faery Feast" Opus 12 (1998) and it is highly appropriate that settings of his poetry should be chosen to open the festival. The three poignant miniatures are: "The Rose", "Sing Soft" and "Adoration" and they were warmly received by the large, distinguished audience. To hear a recording of Kate and Andrew performing these songs, click here.
May 25th
The Missa Brevis Opus 112 is performed by the South West Chamber Choir at Eucharist in Brecon Cathedral.
May 31st
The first performance of the song cycle "Clare's Calendar" Opus 120, specially commissioned for the concert at Denston Parish Church, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. The four poems, by the English peasant-poet John Clare (1793-1864),trace the progress of the rural year through each of the seasons. The performers are soprano Margaret Cooper, Simon Hewett Jones (violin), David Worswick (violin), and Andrew on the organ.
Pictured below, left to right are John Clare, Margaret Cooper, Simon Hewett Jones and (below) David Worswick.
September 2008
September 24th
First performance of a "Suite of Sweets" Opus 115 by the Canteloube Ensemble, Kelly College, Tavistock. The members of the Canteloube Ensemble are pictured below: Jennie-Lee Keetley, (oboe) Peter Cigleris (clarinet) and Fiona Troon (bassoon).
October 2008
First performance of the "Romance" for flute and harp opus 77 by Judith Hall (flute). Kelly College Concert Society, 7.45pm
