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reviewer Em Marshall has accepted Chairmanship of the Ralph Vaughan
Williams Society
Dear Mr Barnett,
I was trying to find out whether Ivan Phillips is still alive and, if
so, whether he is contactable.
Whe searching the web I saw in A 266th GARLAND OF BRITISH LIGHT MUSIC
COMPOSERS that you made reference to him.
My interest is as a former pupil of his at Dean Close School, Cheltenham.
I was there from 1959 to 1965: hence my questioning whether he is still
alive - it was a long time ago!
He taught me clarinet and saxophone, but seemed to recognise the limits
of my ability as we spent a lot of lessons chatting rather than playing.
I have returned to playing saxophone about 10 years ago, and more recently
to playing saxophone, and am currently a member of the North Wales Saxophone
Choir and the North Wales Clarinet Choir - both run by Barry Hodgson.
If Ivan would lke to hear from me, I would be delighted if he were to
contact me on john@jbevans.force9.co.uk
or by phone - 01492 592677, or I would be happy to supply my address
in Conwy, North Wales.
Any help you can give me would be greatly appreciated,
Yours sincerely,
John B Evans
A Fourth Malcolm Arnold Festival
A Fourth Malcom Arnold Fesitval will take place in Northampton October
24-25th 2009 £40 for complete weekend . Holiday Inn £60
Book by Sept 13th. Please e-mail
keith-masoc@tiscali.co.uk for
full details.
Piano Competition
There is a major new piano competition taking place in Worthing in
April 2010.
Big prizes and engagements and unrestricted repertoire.
Strong incentive to choose at least one piece by a British Composer
and an exciting concerto list for the grand final with Worthing Symphony
Orchestra
conducted by John Gibbonson Sunday 11th April.
Do have a look at www.sussexipc.co.uk
There is also a facebook site for the competition
The Australian pianist Michael Kieran Harvey will be playing the Humphrey
Searle Sonata August 15.
The whole programme is:
Bartok Sonata
Ligeti Etudes
Peter Mennin Sonata
Humphrey Searle Sonata
Ligeti Three Pieces for Two Pianos
Andrew Ford Folly
Timothy Young, associate artist
Details at:
http://www.anam.com.au/cms-whats-on/series/piano-.phps
All best wishes,
Gordon Rumson
Mark Bebbington gives three British music piano recitals at West Dean
College, near Chichester, with a theme of John Ireland...
Sunday, November 29th at 3 pm.
Programme includes Ivor Gurney, Ferguson Piano Sonata, Bridge Piano
Sonata and Ireland London Pieces
Sunday, March 7th, 2010 at 3 pm
Programme includes Frank Bridge The Hour Glass, Ireland Sarnia Suite
and the Piano Sonata by Benjamin Dale
Sunday, July 4th, 2010 at 3 pm
Coull String Quartet and Mark Bebbington: Programme includes Ireland
String Quartet No. 1 in D minor, Elgar Piano Quintet, Ian Venables Piano
Quintet
Please contact Jan Cosgrove for ticket enquiries (0845) 4786365 email
fairplay@arunet.co.uk
Robin Milford (1903-1959)
50 Years Commemoration
The Robin Milford Trust is pleased to announce the following details,
designed to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the death
of Robin Milford this year:
the re-formation of the 'Robin Milford Trust' with Mr. Stephen
Varcoe as Patron
the formation of the 'Robin Milford Website' on www.robinmilfordtrust.org.uk
with links to current articles on Milford; new extended biographical
and musical information on the composer; information on recordings
and compositions; and available grants towards the promotion and performance
of Milford's music
the publication of 'Evening Cantata' by St. James Music Press,
USA
the publication of Peter Hunter's book entitled 'Robin Milford
- A Composer Illuminated By His Songs' by Animus Publications
the publication of the unpublished songs by Animus Publications
the republication of a number of the earlier published songs by Animus
Publications
initial plans for:
a new CD involving Milford's music
the formation of the 'The Robin Milford Society'
performance promotion of Milford's music in our cathedrals,
collegiate chapels, concert halls, schools, and festivals
the encouragement of financial gifts and bequests to the Robin Milford
Trust in order to assist with educational projects and performances
of music by Milford
further relations with the Bodleian Library
the availability of free downloads of Milford compositions
Members of the Milford Trust will be delighted to hear from anyone who
is interested in becoming involved with any of the details above, is currently
or soon performing any Milford music or who is presently making a study
of the composer.
Fourth CHOMBEC Conference
Worlds to Conquer
the travelling virtuoso in the long 19th century
Victoria Rooms, Bristol, UK, 5–7 July 2010
CALL FOR PAPERS
An Italian troupe arrives in Macao from Chile in 1833 and mounts seven
Rossini operas over the summer before moving on to Calcutta; a renowned
French harpist, bigamist and forger, dies in Sydney in 1856 after a
reunion with a musical fellow-criminal from his London days; a Canadian
diva sings ‘Home, sweet home’ to British sailors in the middle
of The Barber of Seville at her debut in Malta, while nearly a hundred
years earlier another young singer loses her life, her daughter and
her fabulous Indian fortune on the voyage home. Many other musicians,
remembered or forgotten, move around the world, often unconcerned with
national spheres of influence, amassing debts or fortunes and acquiring
or abandoning spouses as careers and reputations are made, lost or reinvented.
Stories of such musical adventurers abound, especially from the 19th
century in the era of steamships and gold rushes, and for every colourful
rogue or genius such as Richard Wagner and Franz Liszt who conquered
Europe there was another who travelled the world. The glamour and the
tedium, journeys and repertoires, tribulations and triumphs, stamina
and stardom pertaining to such characters can be savoured for their
own sake or framed within the contexts of travel literature. Yet they
can also be invoked to challenge the musical histories in which they
have all too seldom appeared.
Why did they go? How did they or their agents manage their tours? Was
their repertoire tailored to national communities; was it old or new?
Were touring networks and remittances a crucial part of the international
musical economy? How do we assess the standard of performance in peripheral
contexts (and when were they peripheral)? What were the patronage networks
and the national distinctions and tensions? What was the significance
of the virtuoso group, the virtuoso family? How and why were institutional
careers overseas sought, sustained, endured? Was the visiting examiner
a new type of virtuoso?
The posing or?even better?the answering of these and related research
questions in 30-minute slots is invited and encouraged. Emphasis is
on the world beyond Europe, on translocality and transnationality, on
musical provision and consumption, on case studies involving individuals,
groups, genres, places, institutions and repertoires, and on the interrelationships
between music and politics, geography, economics, technology and material
culture in the ‘long’ 19th century, a portion of whose global
musical history we may thereby begin writing. It is hoped that an edited
book will be based on selected conference proceedings.
Proposals Programme Committee - for a paper or a panel with an abstract
of not more than 200 words should be sent to Stephen Banfield s.d.banfield@bristol.ac.uk
by 15 October 2009
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