Engravings

The Fifth Hammer, pour orgue à 4 mains (Etudes pour orgue, Deuxième Cahier)
Copyright Editions Henry Lemoine 
Thomas Lacôte et Martin Tembremande, orgue

Extrait du CD "The Fifth Hammer" Editions Hortus (2013)
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The Fifth Hammer, for organ four hands(2012-2013)

Students of the AYM / BSA Contemporary Music Course.

Dreams of Fire

ScaffoldForSimon

Premiere by Vaganza, Manchester University

Kinshi for ensemble (2015)

Martin Suckling - Release (BBC Scottish SO / Volkov)

No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friend's or of thine own were: any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.
John Donne – Meditation XVII

Bells recorded by the people of Scotland – https://ArmisticeBells.com
Performances by SCO 7,8,9 November 2018 – St Andrews / Edinburgh / Glasgow, and Helensburgh Orchestral Society 1 December 2018

Abridged version for multi-tracked violin and electronics performed by Martin.

Meditation After Donne (abridged / violins)

short bio

I write music.

I also play the violin and sometimes the bagpipes.


longer bio

Martin Suckling was born in Glasgow in 1981. An internationally performed composer, he has been commissioned by ensembles such as the London Symphony Orchestra, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Grimethorpe Colliery Band, Hebrides Ensemble, Britten Sinfonia, Royal Shakespeare Company, Scottish Horn Sound, Le Huray Trio, Mr. McFallâ€™s Chamber, and Aronowitz Ensemble. His music has featured in festivals including Ultraschall, Cheltenham, Chacombe, Deal, ISCM World Music Days 2007 (Hong Kong), and Oxford Lieder. Plans for 2011 include a substantial new work for voice and ensemble commissioned by the London Sinfonietta, music for the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, and a new work for violinist Agata Szymczewska and the London Contemporary Orchestra.

After spending his teenage years performing both in the National Youth Orchestra and in ceilidh bands around Scotland Martin studied music at Clare College Cambridge and Kingâ€™s College London, graduating top of his year at both institutions. He was Paul Mellon Fellow at Yale University from 2003-5 and subsequently undertook doctoral research at the Royal Academy of Music. His teachers include George Benjamin, Robin Holloway, Paul Patterson, Martin Bresnick, Ezra Laderman, and Simon Bainbridge. Martin has benefited from residencies at the Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldeburgh, Aspen, and IRCAM, and has won numerous awards including the 2008 Royal Philharmonic Society Composition Prize.

Martin is Lecturer in Music at Somerville College Oxford, and teaches musicianship and composition at the Junior Department of the Royal College of Music.

Meditation After Donne (abridged / violins)

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