The October 2012 edition of the highly respected ‘International Record Review’ includes an outstanding review of the new Toccata Classics disc of six of John Pickard’s chamber works. Describing the disc as ‘an absorbing portrayal of an idiom in constant and unpredictable evolution’, it concludes that ‘his music has a substance and durability which make… Continue reading Outstanding review for Toccata Classics chamber music CD
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January, 27, 2013, Eden, Royal Northern College of Music Festival of Brass
27 January 2013, Eden, Royal Northern College of Music Festival of Brass Cory Band, conducted by Philip Harper further details to follow
January, 8, 2013 Tenebrae, Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff
8 January 2013 Tenebrae (UK Premiere) BBC National Orchestra of Wales conductor Martyn Brabbins Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff http://www.bbc.co.uk/orchestras/events/1110
October, 10, 2012, Chaconne for Viola, Bristol
10 October, 2012, Chaconne for Viola, Bristol University concert series Rupert Luck (viola) http://www.bristol.ac.uk/music/events/2012/concert20121010
August 12, 2012, Wildfire, BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall, London
August 12, 2012 BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall, London Wildfire
August 10, 2012, Wildfire, Snape Maltings, Suffolk
10 August, 2012 Wildfire Snape Maltings, Suffolk
August 9, 2012, Wildfire, St Michaels Church, New Market, Suffolk
Wildfire St Michaels Church, New Market, Beccles, Suffolk http://www.concert-diary.com/concert/389840899/The-National-Youth-Brass-Band-of-Great-Britain
New Pickard Chamber Disc
A new disc of six of John Pickard’s chamber works is out now and available to buy on the Toccata Classics label. Performed by Rupert Marshall-Luck (violin/viola), Sophie Harris (cello), Ian Mitchell (bass-clarinet) and Matthew Rickard (piano), the album spans some twenty years of composing, from 1990 to 2010. Read John’s own notes on the… Continue reading New Pickard Chamber Disc
June 2, 2012, Insomnia, English Music Festival, Dorchester Abbey
June 2, 2012 English Music Festival, Dorchester Abbey Insomnia for violin and piano
May 2012, Flight of Icarus, St Paul’s Church, Wokingham
May 27, 2012 St Paul’s Church, Wokingham Flight of Icarus