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I’ve hit a dead end at bar 135 of ‘Music and Land’, the second movement of the string quartet. I’ve been trying one solution after another since K went on tour three days ago, but nothing I come up with seems to provide a suitable continuation from this point, which […]
August is the month when Bolivia celebrates its anniversary on the 6th and when my patron saint is remembered on the 28th. This year, Newcastle University is making me a professor, and the appointment is effective from 1 August. In a separate development, Northern Sinfonia scheduled for this date its […]
Llojeta by Fernando Montes (photograph by Vince Harris, reproduced by permission) This project is a collaboration with the Momenta String Quartet of New York, who will be performing the new piece at the Rock Hall Auditorium, Temple University, Philadelphia, on 28 November. The title is a homage to the Bolivian […]
Report completion of a revised version of Mystical Dances, leaving just enough time for new material to be prepared for the performance at the Sage on 1 August. I thought I had written the last note last Friday, but I was still feeling dissatisfied with the ending till, in my […]
String Quartet No. 1, MontesWorld premièreMomenta String QuartetWednesday 28 November 2007 at 1930Rock Hall AuditoriumTemple UniversityPhiladelphiaUSA MunirandoDuo DictoJueves 22 de noviembre de 2007Festival Visiones Sonoras, México MunirandoDuo DictoViernes 16 de noviembre de 2007Facultad de Humanidades y EducaciónUniversidad Central de VenezuelaCaracas, Venezuela ¡Oh Guitarra!World premièreChristoph Jäggin, guitarSunday 11 November 2007 at […]
Una música escondidaOrquesta del Conservatorio Nacional de MúsicaRamiro Soriano, directorViernes 5 de octubreAuditorio del Banco CentralLa PazBolivia
Mystical DancesNorthern Sinfoniaconducted by Alexander ShelleyWednesday 1 August 2007 at 1930The Sage GatesheadHall One
FuegoOrquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y LeónAlejandro Posada, conductor 9 and 10 May at 2030Auditorio de ValladolidValladolid More details 12 May at 2030Centro de Artes Escénicas y de la MúsicaSalamanca
Botanic SpiderFantasia on a Theme by Kathryn Tickell (world première)Mr McFall’s Chamber 20 February 2007 at 2000Queen’s HallEdinburgh 21 February 2007 at 2000The Old TolboothStirling
TríoNorthern Sinfonia players (Peter Campbell-Kelly, Rosie Biss and Kate Thompson)14 March 2007 at 2100The Sage Gateshead Hall Two