March 17, 2013

Photo by Marius Skaerved

A fabulous week of collaboration – huge privilege to work with the fantastic New London Chamber Choir, conductors Clement Power and Aidan Oliver, and of course my friends from the Kreutzer Quartet, Peter Sheppard Skaerved, Neil Heyde and Morgan Goff.  This inspiring project was made possible by Minjas Zugik, whose generosity and vision are rare.  Here are a few more photos that capture the atmosphere from the day of the concert (10th March at Wilton’s Music Hall, London) and the recording session of my piece Chetiri, written for this event, that followed (16th March at All Saints Church Tooting, London):

Photo courtesy of Minjas Zugik

Photo courtesy of Minjas Zugik

Photo by Marius Skaerved

And here is a recording of the concert (engineer Jonathan Haskell):

February 7, 2013

The pioneering New London Chamber Choir (NLCC) joins Wilton’s Music Hall’s resident Kreutzer Quartet for a concert of new music from Macedonia.  Both groups have strong links with the country’s contemporary music scene, having recently performed at the Days of Macedonian Music festival and premiered a number of works dedicated to them; NLCC and Peter Sheppard Skaerved are both recipients of the Georgi Bozikov Award for outstanding performances of Macedonian music.  This programme highlights different strands and colours through the works of several prominent younger generation composers and includes four world premieres.

10th March 2013

Wilton’s Music Hall, London, UK

Pre-concert talk 6pm, concert 6:30 – 9pm (includes 20 minute interval)

Programme:

Mihailo Trandafilovski: Star Factory for string quartet (2010)

Pande Shahov: Meier Settings for 16 solo voices (2010), world premiere

Evdokija Danajloska: Three Songs for the Wounded Human Being for mixed choir (2009/2011), UK premiere of the first two movements, world premiere of the last movement

Soni Petrovski: Bric-a-Brac for solo violin (2001)

Tomislav Zografski: String Quartet (1968)

Darija Andovska: Illuminations (1st movement) for string quartet (2001), UK premiere

Miroslav Spasov: Echos for mixed choir (2010), UK premiere

Valentina Velkovska – Trajanovska: Orpheus of Infinity for mixed choir (2012), world premiere

Mihailo Trandafilovski: Chetiri (Four) for mixed choir and string quartet (2012), world premiere

Kreutzer Quartet: Peter Sheppard Skaerved, Mihailo Trandafilovski, Morgan Goff, Neil Heyde

New London Chamber Choir

Conductor: Clement Power

To book tickets please click here: Macedonia Now at Wilton’s