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1(=picc).1.ca.1.bcl(=Ebcl)1.cbsn – 2201 – perc(1): mar/high wdbl/hi-hat/sizz.cyms/BD with cyms attached/BD - strings

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Violin Concerto

Radio Hall (Bucharest, Romania)

Britten Sinfonia/Andrew Gourlay/Allan Clayton

Violin Concerto

West Road Concert Hall (Cambridge, United Kingdom)

Sophie Bevan/Clare Finnimore/Thomas Gould/Britten Sinfonia/Duncan Ward

Violin Concerto

Capital premiere of Concerto for Violin

Milton Court, Guildhall School of Music and Drama (London, United Kingdom)

Clare Finnimore/Thomas Gould/Britten Sinfonia/Duncan Ward/Mary Bevan

Violin Concerto

The Glasshouse International Centre for Music (Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom)

Carolin Widmann/Diego Masson/Royal Northern Sinfonia

Violin Concerto

broadcast of first performance at Aldeburgh

BBC Radio 3 (United Kingdom)

Britten Sinfonia/Carolin Widmann/Thomas Zehetmair

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Re-writing the Past: Woolrich at 60

This November sees the London premiere of Woolrich's Violin Concerto together with a study day devoted to his compositional models.

'Concerto for Violin' reviews

‘…luxuriously scored, with sundry solos that even include one for ondes martenot. Davis acknowledges his love of French music, and there are indeed suggestions of Offenbach or Delibes, though Minkus and Glazunov seem even stronger influences. What is especially striking is the quality of the themes for the various characters and situations, among them an especially lovely one for Roxane and a stirring rataplan for Cyrano’s regiment. These themes are developed to considerable dramatic and emo
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