Upcoming Performances & Anniversaries
John Casken
born: 07/15/1949
nationality: United Kingdom
Upcoming:
Sacrificium
07/09/2009 | St Albans Cathedral - St Albans - United Kingdom
Sacrificium
07/09/2009 | St Albans Cathedral - St Albans - United Kingdom
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News
06/22/2009
schott aktuell - the journal 4/2009 online
Remember Schumann... 2010 Contents: p. 3: Editorial · Contents pp. 4-5: World Premières (selection): Joe Duddell: Orchestrations of Elbow Songs in Manchester, Enjott Schneider: Orgelsinfonie Nr. 9 "Pathétique" in Munich, Jörg Widmann: ...
06/03/2009
Work of the Week - John Casken: Deadly Pleasures
On 7 June 2009 John Casken's new composition Deadly Pleasures will be premiered at Ulverston Festival 2009 by Austrian actress Johanna Lonsky as the narrator and a mixed ensemble of saxophone, trumpet, piano and violin. The work has been commissioned by Counterpoise with funds from the PRS ...
04/20/2009
Sounds New Contemporary Music Festival - Canterbury
Sounds New is now firmly established as a central part of the UK’s contemporary music calendar. It all began in 1997, when a group of Kentish friends met and decided it was time to seriously promote the music of our own time in a place where cultural heritage was key to its ...
03/30/2009
The record label NMC celebrates its 20th anniversary this year and to mark the occasion 100, new songs from British composers have been commissioned. The result of the ambitious project is the NMC songbook which proudly aims to highlight the artistic diversity within the UK’s ...
02/13/2009
New Recording. Casken, String Quartet No.2
The acclaimed Kreutzer Quartet’s latest CD release, Northern Lights , on the Metier label has received rave reviews across the press for their interpretation of three British string quartets. Opening the disk is John Casken’s String Quartet No.2 . Written in 1994 and first ...
10/06/2008
On Wednesday 8 October, The Hilliard Ensemble will join Ensemble 10/10 conducted by Clark Rundell for the first performance of John Casken’s The Dream of the Rood , a setting of one of the earliest Christian poems in Anglo-Saxon literature. The new work, which was commissioned by the Hilliard ...
03/25/2008
Work of the Week - John Casken: Concerto for Orchestra
On 31st March, John Casken's latest orchestral work, Concerto for Orchestra , will be premiéred by the Mannheim Nationaltheater-Orchester conducted by Friedemann Layer at the Rosengarten in Mannheim, Germany. A second performance will take place at the same venue the following day. ...
03/18/2008
On 31st March, John Casken's latest orchestral work, Concerto for Orchestra, will be premiéred by the Mannheim Nationaltheater-Orchester conducted by Friedemann Layer at the Rosengarten in Mannheim, Germany. A second performance will take place at the same venue the following day. ...
02/21/2008
Hesketh, Casken and Gilbert in Liverpool
On Saturday 23rd February, Ensemble 10/10, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic's new music ensemble, will be performing a showcase of British music at Liverpool's The Cornerstone. Curated by Kenneth Hesketh, the RLPO's Composer in the House, the event, titled "Beasts and Wild Bells", has ...
01/24/2008
On Friday 25th January, John Casken's music will be celebrated with a full day of concerts in Manchester. The day, which has been given the name, "ExtraVAGANZA for John Casken" will pay tribute to the distinguished professor who has taught at the university as head of department ...
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