for Matt

Commissioned by Llandaff Cathedral School Consort, in memory of our dear friend, Matt Barnaville. 

Performed here by the Choir of Royal Holloway, George Nicholls (organ) and Rupert Gough (cond.)on 28 April 2021, at the Chapel of Royal Holloway University of London

open thou our lips

Commissioned by Alex Metcalf as part of ‘Tree Listening’ for The Secret World of Plants exhibition at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

'the secret world of plants' (2021) explores the inner workings of trees and was commissioned as part of ‘Tree Listening’ for The Secret World of Plants exhibition at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Alongside the rumbling of water rushing up the tree, the piece explores the unexpected popping sounds of air bubbles being both formed and bursting inside the tree.

© Carol J Jones 2021

the secret world of plants iv. holm oak morning (2021) [extract]

To mark the end of 2021, CMC's amplify podcast invited some guests to reflect on their year. For this episode, pianist and Fidelio Trio member Mary Dullea shares some of her musical highlights of 2021.

Further details and show note: https://www.cmc.ie/amplify/episode-57

amplify #57 - 2021 highlights and reflections: Mary Dullea

5 short movements. Texts (one by me the other a poem by Emily Dickinson)explore being present in a moment even if that moment is a difficult one. 

Silbersee Vocal Ensemble (Amsterdam) and LOD Muziek Theater (Ghent) Premiered in December 2014.

Watch a video of this performance here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_w_uYmFwZ4

'Look Up' for 4 voices, viola da gamba and electronics

The text for the piece is taken from The Ruin, an Old English poem which depicts a fallen Roman city. The poem is part of the Exeter Book, a large collection of verses and riddles which dates from the 10th century. The only existing copy of the book was damaged in a fire, affecting what survives of The Ruin. In light of this, I only used extracts of the poem from which words have been lost. In a similar way, some of the musical material has been dismantled to reflect this.

A huge thanks to Orkest de Ereprijs, Wim Boerman, Ana Maria Lopes, Carolina Luís, Francisca Branco, Rob Vermeulen, Martijn Padding, Richard Ayres, Ed Bennett, Anna Korsun, Silvia Borzelli, Guus Janssen, Georgia Denham, Ryan Probert, Paul Zaba, Robert Crehan, Robin Morton, Celia Swart, Paolo Griffin, Dani Blanco Albert, Hugo Bell, Sam Milan, Joe Rhodes and Stephen Plummer.

Performed by Orkest de Ereprijs, Ana Maria Lopes, Carolina Luís, and Francisca Branco on the 1st of March 2019

Conducted by Rob Vermeulen

Ruin (2019)

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"Musae" - five songs for mezzo and piano. Music and texts by Zoë Martlew.
Mezzo soprano - Lucy Schaufer
Piano - Huw Watkins
Recording from live performance of world premiere at Cheltenham Festival July 2019.
Commissioned by Wild Plum Arts for the Wild Plum Songbook.

Music available from Zoë Martlew www.zoemartlew.com

5) "You" - from "Musae" song cycle by Zoë Martlew

BBC Radio 3 recording of Swansea Philharmonic Choir performing 3 Postcards by Nathan James Dearden

BBC Radio 3 Nathan James Dearden - Swansea Philharmonic Choir.WAV

A lo-fi re-mix of performances of two pieces: 'Dreamtides' (for violin and piano) and 'Music for Cello and Piano', performed on different occasions by members of PM Ensemble at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama

Steph

violinpianocellopiano

(WE'VE GOT) HONEY LOVE

written for EXAUDI as part of my Masters at GSMD

recorded by EXAUDI with James Weeks 06.10.20

(WE'VE GOT) HONEY LOVE

Created using stems and samples provided by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, through their #BeethovenRemixed project.

Allegro Con Molta Elettronica (#BeethovenRemixed)

Nathan James Dearden is an award-winning music creator, whose work has been described as “hauntingly beautiful” (Media Wales), and performed and featured by the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Tippett Quartet, National Youth Orchestra of Wales, Grand Band, National Youth Choirs of Great Britain, Fidelio Trio, and Hebrides Ensemble. His music regularly features in concerts across the UK and overseas, including at the Cheltenham Music Festival, Dartington International Festival, CROSSROADS International New Music Festival and Vale of Glamorgan Festival. His music has been broadcast on BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio Wales, BBC Radio Cymru, Resonance FM, RTÉ lyric FM, S4C and Soho Radio, whilst also released on NMC Recordings and Delphian.

Nathan is also a sought-after conductor, arts advisor, event curator and educator, holding arts advisory roles with several international organisations such. He is currently Director of Composition at Royal Holloway University of London and the Centre for Young Musicians at Morley College.

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nathan james dearden

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