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"An enjoyable showcase for impressive talents"
Kingfisher Chorale and Julian Hellaby
Fraser Noble Hall, Leicester, October 11th, 2003
For Programme details and to hear the opening pages of all the vocal scores click the links at the right side of this page below.
| Tarot Conway |
"Ave Maria" |
Fraser Noble Hall,
University of Leicester
in association with the University of Leicester
part of a British Academy of Composers and Songwriters' Conference hosted by CCA
Kingfisher Chorale:
conducted by David Fisher and Gles Turner
piano and organ: Julian Hellaby
Click the programme above to view it.
Click here to access Sound Samples from each of the 17 choral tracks |
| Peter Crump |
Hymn to God the Father
for SATB |
Berceuse
for piano solo |
| Andrew Downes |
The Lord is my Shepherd
for SATB |
The Souls of the Righteous
for SATB |
| Rosemary Duxbury |
Angel Whisper |
In the Master's Love
for piano solo |
| Terry Dwyer |
Pleasure it is |
| David Fisher |
Wedding Motets |
| Sonja Grossner |
Syrens |
| Raymond Head |
Salve Regina |
| Clement Jewitt |
Invocations to Archangels |
| Kerry Milan |
Compline Prayer Settings:
1. "Look Down, O Lord" and "Be present, O Merciful God"
2."O Lord, support us"
SATB unacc. |
| Anthony Pither |
Deus Meus
for SATB and organ |
| Robert Ramskill |
Nocturne
for piano solo |
| Sarah Rodgers |
Letter from China
for piano solo |
This enjoyable concert provided a showcase for the impressive talents of both the members of the Central Composers’ Alliance and the Kingfisher Chorale. Choral and keyboard works by 13 composers – six of whom have Leicester connections – included four world premières.
The success of the evening was enhanced the Kingfisher’s superb presentation of music, that was for the most part new and technically demanding.
The premières included characteristically sincere and appealing settings of Two Compline Prayers by Kerry Milan, Sonja Grossner’s mercurial Syrens, Rosemary Duxbury’s evocative and challenging Angel Whisper and Terry Dwyer’s captivating Pleasure It Is.
Anthony Pither contributed a haunting setting of Deus Meus and Tarot Conway delightfully flowing Ave Maria.
The direct appeal of Andrew Downes’ 23rd Psalm and David Fisher’s delectable Wedding Motets contrasted well with Raymond Head’s austerely beautiful Salve Regina, Peter Crump’s heartfelt Hymn to God the Father and Clement Jewitt’s Invocations to Archangels.
Julian Hellaby’s exemplary keyboard skills were well illustrated in Crump’s disconcertingly restless Berceuse, Robert Ramskills’s darkly atmospheric Nocturne, Duxbury’s enchanting In the Master’s Love and Letter from China by Sarah Rogers.
Space denies the opportunity to detailed descriptions of the pieces, suffice to say there wasn’t a flop among them and the large audience responded warmly.
Reviewed by Neil Crutchley, Leicester Mercury, 14th October 2003
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