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2013 is the 90th anniversary of composer John Barton Armstrong’s birth, and a couple of commemorative concerts are being held, featuring his Cello Sonata and Peter Thompson’s The Renaissance Spirit (in memoriam J.B.A.), along with the music of other British composers.
The second concert takes place on 17th June at the Recital Hall, Birmingham City University. The performers are:
Please visit the concert page for further information.
2013 is the 90th anniversary of composer John Barton Armstrong’s birth, and a couple of commemorative concerts are being held, featuring his Cello Sonata and Peter Thompson’s The Renaissance Spirit (in memoriam J.B.A.), along with the music of other British composers.
The first concert takes place on 28th March at the Vestry Hall, University of West London. The performers are:
Please visit the concert page for further information.
Note: although initially advertised with a £7 ticket price, the decision has since been taken to make this concert FREE!
Peter Thompson’s String Quartet no 2, ‘Integration’ has just been republished in the new Fand style, now with an excitingly abstract front cover picture. The music itself takes its inspiration from Jungian psychology, with the four voices of the string quartet representing four personality aspects that integrate with each other to form a whole. The four-colour interwoven patterning of the new cover reflects this idea.
On an unrelated note, visitors to the Fand site may like to know that sample music pages have also recently been added to a lot more items in the catalogue. Although there are still many pieces without sample pages, more than half the items in the catalogue do now have them.
Fand is delighted to be able to supply an excellent new CD featuring the music of Sir Arnold Bax, entitled BAX: Works for Cello and Piano. Bax’s Legend-Sonata, the major work featured on this disc, was written for Florence Hooton and was first performed by her in 1943. This CD was released to mark Florence Hooton’s centenary in 2012 and features her pupil, the acclaimed cellist Lionel Handy, accompanied by Nigel Clayton in a highly authoritative set of performances. Lionel is a long-serving professor at the Royal Academy of Music, teaches at the Birmingham Conservatoire and in summer schools throughout Europe, and has been guest principal with most leading UK orchestras.
John Barton Armstrong’s Pinecroft Suite for piano solo was found amongst the composer’s papers after his death in 2010. It is an affectionate tribute to a family he used to visit regularly at a house called Pinecroft in East Horsley, and dates from around 1964. Each of its six short movements is a miniature musical sketch: one for each family member. The pieces vary in difficulty (number 4, Barnes’ Invention, being significantly more difficult than the others), but overall should suit a pianist of around Grade 6 standard.
Previous announcements may be found in the Fand News Archive.
