April 2016
21 April 2016 Río Bravo (première)New Juilliard EnsembleConductor: Joel SachsAlice Tully HallLincoln CenterNew York
Agustín Fernández
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December 2015
Friday 4 December 2015Interval in the evening concertRadio broadcastBBC Radio 3 Interview by Sarah Mohr-Pietsch with Agustín Fernández and Sean O’Brien, including extracts from Notes from Underground recorded by Royal Northern Sinfonia, Voices of Hope and Benjamin Appl, conducted by Clark Rundell.
Notes on Notes from Underground
This project is attracting some public attention. Several weeks before the date I heard the première was nearly sold out. The local press has given it some coverage, a number of Twitter accounts have mentioned it, and last Saturday’s The Guardian (10 October 2015) printed an excellent article by Sean […]
Notes from Underground
My latest project is Notes from Underground, a song cycle for baritone, chamber choir and large chamber ensemble. The words are by Sean O’Brien, an award-winning poet also based in the Northeast of England, and also a professor at Newcastle University. The work is a commission from Durham Book Festival […]
November 2015
Saturday 7 November 2015 at 1910Sean O’Brien and Agustín Fernández discuss Notes from UndergroundNorthern Rock Foundation HallSage Gateshead BBC Radio 3 Freethinking Festivalin association with Durham Book Festival http://www.sagegateshead.com/event/sean-obrien/
October 2015
15 October 2015 at 1900Gala Theatre, Durham Notes from Underground (première)(words by Sean O’Brien)Commissioned by Durham Book FestivalRoyal Northern SinfoniaConductor: Clark RundellVoices of Hope, directed by Simon FidlerBaritone: Benjamin Appl Programme also includes:Britten, Hymn to St CeciliaMahler, three movements from Das Lied von der Erde (Schoenberg’s version)
June 2015
9 June 2015ICMuS Summer FestivalKing’s Hall, Newcastle University El anilloAna Fernández, voiceVenera Vojkova, piano Botanic JourneyCatherine Dalzell, voiceVenera Vojkova, piano http://www.icmusmusicfestival.co.uk
Collier’s Rant
In 2013 the Festival of the Northeast commissioned me to write a choral arrangement of a song of the Northeast of England. The specific project was Create, a multi-choral concept instigated by Folkworks at Sage Gateshead. I chose the song The Collier’s Rant. The material is of the greatest simplicity: […]
April 2015
19 April 2015The Guildhall, Berwick-upon-Tweed Collier’s Rant for string orchestra (première)also Arreglos bolivianos for string orchestra National Youth Orchestra of ScotlandChris George, conductor
December 2014
18 de diciembre de 2014Sala Gabriel RodóSede de la Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran CanariaLas Palmas de Gran Canaria Cantata de Navidad y EpifaníaCoro Infantil de la OFGCLuis García, barítonoMarcela Garrón, directora