Complete live recording of Nielsen's Clarinet Concerto performed by Peter Cigleris and the Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra "The Leading non-professional orchestra of the Midlands". Venue The Elgar Concert Hall, Birmingham, Sunday 13th Dec 2015

Nielsen Clarinet Concerto Complete

The live premiere of Alan Taylor's The Storyteller for unaccompanied clarinet.

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Live recording of Derek Foster's Three Pieces for Clarinet Solo. First performance in over forty years.

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John Carmichael Aria and Finale/Aria

John Carmichael Aria and Finale/Finale

Cecil Armstrong Gibbs Three Pieces No.1

Cecil Armstrong Gibbs Three Pieces No.2

Cecil Armstrong Gibbs Three Pieces No.3

John Ireland Fantasy Sonata

Work for Solo Clarinet in A by Sohrab Uduman I premiered it in 2008 and this is the recording of that performance

01 Upon Convergence for solo clarinet

Peter Cigleris has enjoyed a wide and varied career. He was already playing professionally at the age of fourteen! 

Peter studied at the Birmingham Conservatoire from 1997 where his professors were Michael Harris and Colin Parr. Whilst at the Conservatoire, Peter won the prestigious John Ireland Chamber music award with a performance of that composer’s Fantasy Sonata. He was also awarded a place on the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Training Scheme. At the Conservatoire Peter performed numerous concertos with the college’s ensembles, he also developed an interest in early clarinets, which led to a performance with the Conservatoire’s Baroque Capelle Orchestra with the Chalumeau Concerto by Fasch. Peter also premiered Guy Woolfenden’s arrangement of Malcolm Arnold’s Pre-Goodman Rag for wind ensemble; he later performed the complete Arnold Concerto with the Warwickshire Symphony under Guy Woolfenden as part of the composer’s eightieth birthday celebrations. 

Peter went on to graduate from the Royal College of Music in 2002 with a PGDip. There his professors were Janet Hilton, Richard Hosford, Robert Hill and Tim Lines. During the summer of that year, Peter was awarded the Prix de Fossat and was invited to France to perform for Her Majesty the Queen of Denmark at a private reception. 

As soloist he has performed in many venues across the UK and Europe and premiered several new works for the instrument as well as giving performances of concertos by Mozart, Weber, Finzi and Arnold to name a few.

Peter has been involved with several major projects, most notably with the BBC as a member of the Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique in the BBC docu-drama 'Eroica’. Peter was also awarded a place on the prestigious Jerwood Foundation Scholarship for Young Players in association with the Orchestra in the Age of Enlightenment. As an orchestral player he has worked with several well-known English orchestras including the CBSO, WNO and Orchestra of the Swan.

As a chamber musician Peter works with the pianist Jennie-Helen Moston. This four-year partnership has seen the duo perform in the Windsor Festival and Wooburn Festival and also various music clubs from Scotland to the South of England.  Peter also played with the dynamic Canteloube Trio for many years; they were hand-picked for the Concert Promoters Network for the 2009/10 season. Peter left to concentrate on solo projects and the making of his debut CD.

Recent engagements have included giving a recital and master class at the University of New Hampshire USA as well as working with local high school clarinetists and the Seacoast Wind Ensemble, performances in Russia and India

Peter plays a pair of Peter Eaton Elite clarinets made for him in November 2001. 


Peter Cigleris

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