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The Galeazzi Ensemble was formed in 1995 in order to explore Classical and Early Romantic chamber music using instruments of the period. The members of the ensemble knew each other from having studied early music performance at music colleges in London. As well as performing works from the standard repertoire, the group aims to introduce many neglected works to today's audiences. The Galeazzi Ensemble's first CD for London Independent was LIR001: The Age of Elegance and this will be followed by a further release in September 2003, details to be confirmed.
Lorna Anderson and the Apollo Chamber Players Lorna Anderson has appeared in opera, concert and recital throughout Europe, and has recorded
several CDs of music by Schubert, Handel, Purcell and others. She performs
regularly in Britain and abroad, and is particularly known for her
interpretations of Handel, Bach and Mozart.
The Apollo Chamber Players are all principal players with the Apollo Chamber Orchestra, and have a busy programme of concerts and schools workshops featuring chamber music for strings, wind, piano and voice. The Apollo Chamber Players and Lorna Anderson recorded a CD of Portuguese Love songs for London Independent, LIR002: Sempre Amor
The New Music Players is one of the UK’s most accomplished new music ensembles, and its musicians are some of the finest working in England today. Founded by composer Edward Dudley Hughes as Cambridge New Music Players in 1990, early commissions included works from Michael Finnissy and Howard Skempton which were recorded for broadcast by BBC Radio 3. In 1992 the ensemble mounted the first UK performance of John Cage’s Europera 5. The ensemble has appeared to critical acclaim on many occasions in major London venues such as ICA, South Bank, and Warehouse. It has played at the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, the Bath and Brighton Festivals and at Dartington International Summer School. As well as playing at major UK Festivals and venues, the group has toured to many universities including Kings College London, Royal Holloway, Southampton, Oxford, Cambridge, Durham, Belfast, Anglia Polytechnic and Cardiff. New Music Players has made many studio and concert recordings for BBC Radio 3. From 1997-1999 the group worked extensively in the East of England in touring and education projects with schools funded by the Eastern Arts Board. In October 1997, the New Music Players toured Italy with the support of the British Council. The tour included a concert in Rome which was recorded live for Italian Radio. The group has appeared in the Rainbow Over Bath season, Oxford Contemporary Music Festival, and other prestigious concert series. In October 2000 the New Music Players was appointed Ensemble in Residence at the University of York, a major residency which ran for three years. Other recent projects include Southampton University/RMA Music and Film Conference, and a live concert broadcast from York for the BBC Radio 3 ‘Hear and Now’ programme’s contribution to BBC Music Live 2001. Recently the group has commissioned significant new works from British composers James Wood, Rowland Sutherland, Rolf Hind, Gordon McPherson, Michael Finnissy and Edward Dudley Hughes. Further
information about the group, its plans, recordings and education work, may be
found at:www.newmusicplayers.org.uk
Colm Carey
studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London with Nicholas Danby and David
Titterington, where he read for a University of London BMus. He also gained the
Dip.RAM, the Academy’s highest performance award, and later became Meaker Fellow. As winner of the prestigious Julius Isserlis Scholarship, he went on to study at the Conservatoire de Musique de Genève with Lionel
Rogg, where he won the ‘Premier Prix de Virtuosité avec Distinction’ on completion of his course. He subsequently came third and won the Audience Prize at the St. Albans International Competition.
David Pollock studied piano, organ and composition at the Royal College of Music, and later specialized in the harpsichord under the guidance of John Toll at the Royal Academy of Music, where he won the Croft Early Music First Prize.
Nancy Long's full and varied solo career has taken the mezzo-soprano
to the major concert platforms and festivals in Europe and America. She began her career in the 1970s singing with groups such as the New York Pro
Musica, the New York Ensemble for Early Music, Musica Reservata (London), and the Huelgas Ensemble (Belgium). She has sung as a soloist with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the London Sinfonietta (Simon Rattle conducting), and the Bournemouth
Sinfonietta. She sang the Sorceress in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, with Dame Janet Baker as Dido, with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, directed by Phillip Ledger. She has also performed with the Raglan Baroque Players, and the Ensemble Modern, Frankfurt (Paul Daniel conducting). Nancy made the first recording of a work by Alejandro Viñao with three other soloists from
Singcircle. It was performed in Norway, Finland, Poland, Sweden, and in a Promenade Concert in London. This group also made a recording of Stockhausen’s
Stimmung.
Chameleon Brass are a vibrant, entertaining ensemble who have been together for several years. They have performed at such venues as the Millennium Dome, Croydon’s Fairfield Halls, and London’s St John’s, Smith Square. All the members of the group have worked on Yehudi Menuhin’s Live Music Now! scheme and are committed to music in education.
Mardi Brass was founded in 1992. It has performed throughout Britain, thrilling audiences with its unique blend of music and
humour. Mardi Brass has appeared on national television and radio and has performed at the Purcell Room on London’s South Bank and at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, to critical acclaim. In addition to innovative recital
programmes, Mardi Brass commissions new works for brass and publishes arrangements
by group members. The group is also active in the field of education, notably with its children’s show, Jurassic to Jazz.
The Bridge Duo has performed worldwide to high acclaim. Recent recital venues in the UK include the Purcell Room, St. John's Smith Square, St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Blackheath Halls and the Wales Millennium Centre. They are devoted to raising the awareness of the depth and quality of the repertoire for viola and piano, presenting attractive and accessible programmes. They aim to explore this overlooked music (much of it British) and to perform it in a dynamic way, changing people's perception of the viola as a solo instrument. Matthew Jones won the prize for the most promising British entrant in the 2003 Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition, and is in great demand as a soloist and chamber musician. In addition to Bridge Duo recitals he has recently performed with the London Debussy Trio, the PM Music Ensemble and Ensemble Modern. Also a teacher of the Alexander Technique and Kundalini Yoga, Matthew has taught at the Royal College of Music, Trinity College of Music and Berklee School of Music in Boston. Michael Hampton has established himself as one of the leading young artists in his field. A first class graduate. major prize-winner and Junior Fellow of the Royal College of Music, he has had regular coachings with both John Blakely and Roger Vignoles. He broadcasts regularly on the BBC and appears at many festivals, clubs and societies throughout the UK. He has also performed at major venues throughout Europe with the Rising Stars programme, and has toured Asia and Australasia. For further details please visit www.TheBridgeDuo.com
Elizabeth
de la Porte
has long been recognised as a harpsichordist of unusual talent and personality. At the time of her original London appearances The Daily Telegraph described her as ‘a mind that contemplates and acts imaginatively on intimate stylistic knowledge’ - and her playing achieves a happy synthesis of authenticity and imagination. Then, as now, meticulous scholarship is not for her the goal, but rather the starting point from which to encompass the expressive scope of the music - its drama, brilliance or poetry.
Ian
Jones'
career as a Steinway Artist has taken him to all five continents. Appearances with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the National Symphony Orchestra at London’s Royal Festival Hall and Barbican Hall include critically acclaimed performances of Rachmaninov’s Second and Third Piano Concertos and Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini as well as concertos by Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Grieg and Schumann. He has appeared in Paris and throughout France as concerto soloist with Ensemble International de Paris and has performed many of Mozart’s Piano Concertos in Europe and the USA.
Paul Simmonds has worked with the clavichord since his student days in Freiburg, Germany, but it was only in the 1980s that he began to discover its potential as an independent musical instrument. In 1995 his first clavichord recording was released on the Ars Musici label. His subsequent recording of keyboard sonatas by the still relatively unknown composer, Ernst Wilhelm Wolf, was awarded the German Critics’ Prize. Living in Southern England, he performs and teaches internationally.
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David
Chernaik enjoys a successful career as conductor, cellist and arranger. He
has been conductor of the Apollo Chamber Orchestra since 1989.
