Platform 4 Composers

Four Sheffield-based composers showcasing their work and bringing contemporary music to a wider audience.

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Come and hear our Chris's new piece being performed by @HallamSinfonia this Saturday!

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Next week, we’ll be premiering a new piece by local composer, Chris Noble.

The piece ‘Piece for a Dark Place’ has its origins in 2008, when Chris started to experiment with a style that was not as overtly Jazz as previously.

👉🏼 Read more: https://t.co/8jx4LxTi0l

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***Concert NEWS*** Keep the date free: Friday 7th June 8pm Upper Chapel, Sheffield #relics #retrospective @ClassicalSheff - more details to follow...

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We are proud of our #Sheffield roots, and so snapped up the opportunity to perform an exciting new piece by local composer, Chris Noble.

✨ Hear 'Piece for a Dark Place' for yourself: https://t.co/UMTnDeFEJr

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Thanks for coming to our concert with the Azalea Wind Quintet yesterday. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did! Massive thanks to the quintet for putting time and effort into learning our new pieces & bringing them to life. Great to see familiar and new faces in the audience!

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***It's concert day!!!*** Upper Chapel 8pm: Azalea Wind Quintet perform 4 x new pieces written for them by Platform 4. Tickets available on the door £15 / £12 conc./ £10 students #notglastonbury

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Last chance today to get advance (cheaper) tickets for tomorrow's concert with the wonderful Azalea Wind Quintet. A really wonderful, varied programme with several premieres. Please come and support your local composers. Email: [email protected] to order advance tickets TODAY!

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*Minor programme alteration* The quintet will play Ross Edwards - The Laughing Moon: Five Bagatelles in place of Shoreditch Grind by Elizabeth Younan. It's a fantastic piece and we're certain you won't be disappointed! Email: [email protected] for advance tickets @BBCSheffield

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***4 X FREE tickets available for @tuosmusic students*** (quickest to reply gets the freebies!) Rsvp: [email protected] #windquintet #newmusic #bassflute #contrabassoon #bassclarinet #piccolo #frenchhorn

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Looking forward to welcoming the Azalea Wind Quintet to Sheffield this Saturday! Rehearsals are going well and our new pieces sound very shiny indeed! Buy tickets in advance (by Fri) if you want to capitalise on the cheaper price. Email: [email protected] @ClassicalSheff

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Don't forget to snap up your tickets for this concert in advance to save yourself massive amounts of money! (email: [email protected])... @ClassicalSheff

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Full programme:
Tom James: Scarlatti 27, 69
Tom Owen: Study with Bather
Joly Braga Santos: Adagio e Scherzino
Jenny Jackson: Passages
Chris Noble: Music for a Dark Place
Elizabeth Younan: Shoreditch Grind
Tom James: Scarlatti 141
Duration approx. 90 mins (incl. interval)

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Excited to share the full programme with you! This will be a real treat for wind players & concert-goers looking for something new to listen to. Hope to see you there! #windquintet #newmusic

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The video montage of our Music in the Arts Tower event from March is here at last! It certainly gives you a feel for what happened but, unless you were there, you will never really know! #paternoster #musicintheartstower @LorenzoPrati_ @CoMAManchester @tuosmusic @Juxtavoices

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***CONCERT ALERT!*** Come and hear our shiny new pieces! #AzaleaWindQuintet @rncmlive #windquintet #UpperChapel

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***CONCERT ALERT!*** Come and hear our shiny new pieces! #AzaleaWindQuintet @rncmlive #windquintet #UpperChapel

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***NEWS*** We’re presenting a concert with the Azalea Wind Quintet on Saturday 24th June (evening), Upper Chapel (Sheffield): four new pieces by us, with other repertoire for winds. It’s sure to be a blast! #keepthedate

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Looking forward to hearing it in Sheffield on 24th June! #platform4concert

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Great photos!

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Last Friday we welcomed Platform 4 and Lorenzo Prati to the iconic Arts Tower as part of Classical Sheffield Weekend.

A huge thank you to @Platform4Music @LorenzoPrati_ @ClassicalSheff & all the incredible performers!

Here are some photos from the evening 📷

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@LorenzoPrati_ @ShefUniConcerts Bravo Lorenzo!

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Thanks for coming to our Music in the Arts Tower event last night! It was brilliant to have the opportunity to create new music for the iconic Arts Tower, & wonderful to collaborate with @LorenzoPrati_ Thanks to @ShefUniConcerts Nick Potter but especially the fabulous performers!