Judith
Bailey: News
Performances
of the Double Bass Concerto
The first performance was given by David Heyes and the
London Chamber Soloists on Saturday 22 November 2008 in Rook
Lane Chapel, Frome, Somerset. It was highly commended in a
competition organised by the British and International Bass
Forum. The second performance was given by the Cornwall Chamber
Orchestra on Saturday 31 January 2009 in St. Elwyn's Church,
Hayle as part of a concert given in aid of the 10th anniversary
of St. Julia's Hospice.
Chamber music
recorded in Bath
The Davey Chamber
Ensemble - Juliet Davey, Prunella Sedgwick (violins); Lucy
White (viola); Catherine Wilmers ('cello); Jane Plessner (clarinet);
Nicola Grunberg (piano) - have recorded the following works:
String Quartet
Op. 31
Clarinet Quintet Op. 47
The Towers of San Gimignano Op. 51
Egloshayle Trio Op. 59
Aquamarine Waltz Op. 65
Microminiature No. 1 Op. 68
Microminiature No. 2 Op. 70
Visions of Hildegard Op. 72
Light Op. 76
The sessions took
place at the Michael Tippett Centre, Bath Spa University on
19-21 December 2007 (see photos below). Jim Pattison of Dunelm
records was the engineer.
The disc has now
been released on Divine Art's Metier label (msvcd92101) at
mid-price - see Divine Art's website
for details. It has also been reviewed on MusicWeb by Rob
Barnett, Dominy
Clements and Jonathan
Woolf.
Other recordings
A commercial recording of Judith's song Jeäne
is available on a disc entitled Songs of Dorset on the
Dunelm Records label which was reviewed
on MusicWeb in 2002.
If anyone would like to hear the first (amateur)
performance of Judith's Concerto for Orchestra given
by the Southampton Concert Orchestra in 1996 - please send an
e-mail via
this link.
