Upcoming Performances & Anniversaries
John Casken
born: 07/15/1949
nationality: United Kingdom
Upcoming:
Blue Medusa
01/09/2009 | Queen Elizabeth Hall - London - United Kingdom
Piano Trio
01/19/2009 | Penrith Music Club - Penrith - United Kingdom
News
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 ...
12/17/2007
schott aktuell - the journal 1/2008 online
Download complete issue (PDF, 1.4 MB) 21 st Century Violin & Viola Concertos Contents: p. 2-5: World Premieres: John Casken: Blue Medusa in Manchester - Peter Eötvös: Levitation ...
04/27/2007
Download complete issue (PDF, 3 MB) Contents: pp. 2-3: World Premières, e.g. Peter Maxwell Davies: Das Rauschende der Farbe - Enjott Schneider: Hiob - Huw Watkins: In my craft ...
11/10/2006
John Casken's award winning opera Golem received it's French premiere on 6 November in a co-production between Opera Rennes and Angers Nantes Opera. It is the 7th production of the opera since its premiere in 1989. The first of ten performances began in Rennes, with further ...
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