06/15/2011

Creating new music for dance

The Royal Philharmonic Society has announced that Schott composer Kenneth Hesketh will be collaborating with contemporary music ensemble Psappha, choreographer Sharon Watson and Phoenix Dance Theatre to create a new work funded by the RPS's Drummond Fund.  The new piece, Forms entangled, ...

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04/18/2011

CD release - Hesketh's 'Point Forms'

The NMC record label releases “Prism” today (Monday 18th April), a new CD of contemporary clarinet works performed by Mark Simpson and Ian Buckle which includes "'Point Forms' (after Kandinsky)", a new work by Ken Hesketh for basset clarinet and piano. 'Point Forms' was written ...

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11/04/2010

New and Upcoming Publications from Schott Music

The start of another busy performance season brings with it a rush of new scores into music stores from the offices of Schott New York, London and Mainz. First off, Schott Mainz announces the release of a series of Hebrew choral works , newly discovered and published for the first time, from Viktor ...

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04/09/2010

Carnegie Mellon Contemporary Music Ensemble Performs Music of Kenneth Hesketh and John Casken

On April 30th, the Carnegie Mellon Contemporary Music Ensemble performs Kenneth Hesketh's Threats and Declamations and John Casken's Infanta Marina at the Kresge Recital Hall in Pittsburgh, PA. Written during his residency as the Contemporary Music Fellow at Kettle's Yard at Cambridge, Threats ...

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10/28/2009

British Composer Awards 2009

BASCA, the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors recently announced the shortlist for the British Composer Awards which included nominations for Schott composers, Alexander Goehr, John Casken and Kenneth Hesketh. Goehr's masterful fantasy for string quartet and percussion, Since ...

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09/22/2009

Interview with Ken Hesketh

Ken Hesketh was recently interviewed by The Reader for their Autumn issue.  Initally focusing on the composer's earliest music experiences at Liverpool Anglican Cathedral, he goes on to discuss more recent works and even reveals some ideas for a second opera. Click here to view the whole interview. ...

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04/27/2009

schott aktuell - the journal 3/2009 online

Shakespeare in Music Contents: p. 3: Editorial · Contents pp. 4-7: World Premieres: Christian Jost: Hamlet in Berlin, Kenneth Hesketh: PatterSongs in Liverpool, Rodion Shchedrin: Lithuanian Saga in Vilnius, Jörg Widmann: Dubairische Tänze in Berlin etc. pp. 8-9: First ...

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01/08/2009

Kenneth Hesketh – Honorary Professor at Liverpool University

This month, the University of Liverpool announced renowned Liverpool-born composer, Kenneth Hesketh, as an honorary professor.  Hesketh is currently “Composer in the House” with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, a two-year residency which has included the premiere of eight new works including Graven ...

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11/17/2008

Work of the Week - Kenneth Hesketh: Wunderkammer(konzert)

Following the success of the BBC Proms première of Ken Hesketh’s Graven Image by Vasily Petrenko and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra this summer, his latest work Wunderkammer(konzert) will receive its world premiere on Wednesday 19 November with the RLPO's Ensemble 10/10 conducted ...

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07/28/2008

Work of the Week - Kenneth Hesketh: Graven Image

The culmination of Kenneth Hesketh's tenure as Composer in the House with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic comes on August 1 with the premiere of Graven Image at the BBC Proms. Principal conductor Vasily Petrenko leads the orchestra through this 15 minute work, a joint commission with the BBC, ...

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