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Inspired
by the mysteries of the environment, 2005 will see two new works
influenced by the forces of nature. On 12th March The Fifth
Continent (A
Gift from the Sea) will get its
World Première at London's Southwark Cathedral, performed by the Chapel Choir
of Selwyn College / Onyx Brass conducted by Stephen Layton:
Tsunami
for solo organ was premiered by Thomas Hewitt Jones in
Canterbury Cathedral on 12th February
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The English Sinfonia
with soloist Janice Graham gave
three performances of the Violin
Concerto in
February
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The Bournemouth
Symphony orchestra will perform "Orchestra on Parade at
the Lighthouse in Poole on April 9th
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A new organ work entitled "Improvisation
Games" will be
recorded by David Titterington n the spring of 2005.
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Following the success
of The Three Little Pigs
in Switzerland with the Basle Symphony Orchestra, the London
Philharmonic Orchestra will introduce the work to the UK at the
Royal Festival Hall on 15th May |
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The Galliard Ensemble continues to champion the Comedy
for Five Winds & the Westerly
Winds with numerous performances nation
wide
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The
Academy of Saint Martins in the Field Ensemble toured the
string octet Deviations in the USA in February performing
it in Houston &
Connecticut.
The
Philharmonia Orchestra with conductor Vassilis
Christopoulos will open their concert at the Athens Festival
with "Bells Up" from the Jubilee
Dances in July
French
harmonica virtuoso Yves Laborie with pianist Genevieve Ibanez
recently recorded "Propositions"
in a new version for harmonic and piano on a CD that includes works
for harmonica by Vaughan Williams & Gordon Jacob.
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Ralph
Hughes conducted the Sacramento Master Singers in four
performances of the Magnificat
Sacramento, California, USA in December
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The
Belgrade Strings performed the Violin Concerto
and Sinfonia for Strings
in the Belgrade City Hall on 19th May
Spiders
was set as one of the set pieces at the 53rd ARD International
Music Competition to be held in Munich, Germany in September
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The Three
Little Pigs on a text of Roald Dahl, was
given its
World Première on 19th March 2004 by the Basle Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Howard Griffiths.
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In the run up to Christmas the London
Philharmonic Orchestra's recording of
Little
Red Riding Hood was played across the USA to shoppers
in America's leading shopping malls!
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As artistic director Paul lead the
PLG's annual Composers Symposium held at the South Bank Centre
London on January 10th-11th 2004.
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Harpist
Catrin Finch performed Bugs
for solo harp for The
New Orleans Chapter of the American Harp Society, in the Freda Lupin Memorial
Hall in November:
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2003
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2003 saw
many performances of Paul's solo harp music including the world
premiere of "Bugs"
by Caterin Finch at the Royal Academy of Music Harp Showcase in
November. Numerous performances of Spiders
were given in many different countries including Austria,
Belgium, Holland & North America,
In the U.K. several leading harpist have featured
it in their recitals including Alison Nicholls, Sally Pryce, and it
was also featured by the Royal
Opera House Soloist in their concert at the Floral Hall, Covent
Garden.
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The Millennium
Mass was
given its
Japanese Premiere in Yokohama,
26th
November
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2002
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Little
Red Riding Hood
continued to do the rounds as it entered the second decade of its life: in its original orchestral
version, the Ulster Orchestra gave the work its Irish unveiling on
November 10th in Belfast' Waterfront Hall, while on the other side
of the planet, the Manila Youth Orchestra has brought the work back
to Filipino spectators at Manila's Shangri-La Plaza Mall on December
2nd. Paul Pellay's wind band transcription of the work has also been
making headway, with performances in Maidstone (Nov. 10th) and
Sheffield (Nov. 21st).
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2001
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Paul
attended the USA premiere of the "Millennium
Mass" in Rhode Island on May 21 with the Chorus of Westerly
and the Boston Festival Orchestra. It also opened the 2001 Three Choirs
Festival in Hereford Cathedral in August, sung by the combined choirs
of Gloucester, Worcester & Hereford Cathedrals. The combined choirs
of Winchester, Chichester & Salisbury Cathedrals also performed it
at the Southern Cathedrals Festival on 21 July in Salisbury
Cathedral.
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The String
Quartet was taken up by the Schidlof Quartet and the
Bochmann Quartet. They have given several performances and both
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Yugoslavian violist Dejan Mladjenovic brought
The
Tides of Mananan to the Wigmore Hall for his recital
in
December. |
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Chromascope
was performed in Lieska, Finland as
part of Lieska Brass Week. The Töölö Brass was conducted by Tom Bildo.
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Within
the space of a week, the Magnificat
was heard in three different countries: on November 10th in
Maidstone, with the Maidstone Choral Union; in Davis, California,
U.S.A., with the Davis Chorale on November 11th; and in Linkopping,
Sweden, with the Linkopping University Choir under Hans Lundgren on
November 17th (the work's Swedish premiere). More recently, a
further performance took place nearer home courtesy of the Lewisham
Choral Society on December 15th.
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The
Toulouse Chamber Orchestra performed the "Piccola
Sinfonia" in October 2001
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