December 5, 2007 Bristol University, Victoria Rooms Ave Maris Stella A Better Time than Ours Bristol University Singers Conducted by Glyn Jenkins
Author: John
September 16, 2007, Wildfire, Birmingham
September 16, 2007 Symphony Hall, Birmingham Wildfire National Youth Band of Great Britain conducted by Bramwell Tovey
August 11, 2007, Wildfire, Snape
August 11, 2007 Maltings, Snape Wildfire National Youth Band of Great Britain conducted by Bramwell Tovey
August 10, 2007, Wildfire, St Edmundsbury
August 10, 2007 St Edmundsbury Cathedral Wildfire National Youth Band of Great Britain conducted by Bramwell Tovey
Major new choral work completed
John has completed a large-scale choral piece commissioned by Huddersfield Choral Society. Agamemnon’s Tomb sets part of a poem by Sacheverell Sitwell. It was composed between 2005 and 2007 and its first performance will take place on 9 May 2008 in Huddersfield Town Hall, conducted by Martyn Brabbins. Read a programme note for Agamemnon’s Tomb
Black Castles now available on CD
Black Castles has been issued by BIS records (BIS CD1354) as part of an all-British disc by the virtuoso German brass ensemble brass partout, conducted by Hermann Bäumer. The disc also includes music by Elgar, Arthur Butterworth, Derek Bourgeois, John Tavener and Mark-Anthony Turnage. Buy it here Hear a clip here
April 15, 2007, String Quartet No. 4 (U.S Première), Spokane
April 15, 2007 Met Theatre Spokane String Quartet No. 4 (U.S Première) Spokane String Quartet
January 25, 2007, The Flight of Icarus, The Spindle of Necessity, Norrköping
January 25, 2007 Geerhallen Norrköping Sweden The Flight of Icarus The Spindle of Necessity (Trombone Concerto) Christian Lindberg (trombone) Norrköping Symphony Orchestra conducted by Martyn Brabbins
August 5, 2006, Men of Stone, Hanley
August 5, 2006 Victoria Hall, Hanley Men of Stone National Youth Band of Great Britain Conducted by Robert Childs
August 4, 2006, Men of Stone, Bromsgrove
August 4, 2006 Artrix, Bromsgrove Men of Stone National Youth Band of Great Britain Conducted by Robert Childs