A huge thank you to Annabelle Lawson and to @NICMcharity for this wonderful and important release of solo piano music of Gordon Crosse. The solo works on the disc are published by @ComposersEd
Composers Edition is delighted to share the news that Prima Facie have released an album of Gordon Crosse’s piano music!
Dan Goren caught up with pianist Annabelle Lawson to find out more. Check out the interview here: @AnnabellePiano@NICMcharity https://t.co/XDKcQfIWZe
New on @ComposersEd ‘Spring Awakening’ for 5 solo male voices and speaker, text by Shakespeare from 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' commissioned by @OpusAnglicanum https://t.co/mCyiVyPjYF
This is a brilliant resource celebrating the music of Gordon Crosse with many previously unavailable recordings. Great for scholar, explorer and pleasure listener alike!
Alfred Schnittke d 25 years ago today! A major composer of both Soviet and post-Soviet eras. I met him briefly (through @dimasitko); a charming man, often laughing - somewhat unlike much of his music!
"My style was never focused on the past, nor, for that matter, on the future."
This #InternationalBeerDay, @Boosey has you covered with some Classical bops, best served alongside an ice-cold pint!🍻
Any obvious brews we've missed?🤔😉
Gordon Crosse: Sea Psalms (1989-90)
1. From Psalm 77
2. Wordless (after "Shells" K. Raine)
3. A History of the Flood (J. Heath Stubbs)
4. From Psalms 107, 98.
Scottish National Orchestra, chorus and junior chorus, Bryden Thomson.
1st Performance. https://t.co/38igxALZUa
https://t.co/LytCW3XFBE GORDON CROSSE "MEMORIES OF MORNING: NIGHT" 1st Performance, December 1971, Royal Festival Hall. Meriel Dickinson, mezzo soprano BBC Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis
Had a wonderful time @PianoWeekFest at #RugbySchool. Enjoyed my recital so much - beautiful pianos, beautiful music, beautiful venues and beautiful people! Felt lucky to be there, doing what I love.
Annabelle Lawson will be performing Gordon's L'isle Heureuse - Papa Westray, Orkney - as part of a solo recital at Piano Week International Festival and Summer School, Rugby this coming Thursday 27th July, at 12.00pm. @AnnabellePiano
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Wondering what strange sounds have been coming out of my @sheffmusicacad room in my teaching breaks! This is what I have been up to! Annabelle Lawson records Gordon Crosse, via @Kickstarter https://t.co/lsr6RSHX6X Please share, to help me drum up support and raise awareness!