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CHAMELEON BRASS VOCES STRING QUARTET
JULIE AINSCOUGH MALCOLM BINNS
SHARONA JOSHUA
ROSEMARY TUCK
ÓSCAR CANDENDO ZABALA
WILLIAM ROBERT ALLENBY
GERARD McDONALD STEFAN HOFKES "I can speak warmly of the extraordinary qualities of Stefan Hofkes. I have rarely seen a conductor with such a remarkable rehearsal technique...thus getting complete collaboration (and) immediate contact. ...He is a fine musician and his concerts were communicative to the public".
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Malcolm Binns will perform an all-Chopin recital at Charlton Park, Canterbury, on Sunday, the Twelfth of September 2010 at 6 p.m.
(Page uploaded 02nd September 2010).
Eminent mediæval music group, Ensemble Unicorn, joins the roster.
(Page uploaded 3rd February 2010).
Spanish organist Óscar Candendo Zabala's page is updated
(Page uploaded 30th November 2009).
Malcolm Binns' Wigmore Hall recital with the World première of John McCabe's "Epithalamium"
at London's Wigmore Hall is commented upon
(Page uploaded 09th July 2007).
Sharona Joshua - renowned for historically-informed performance on keyboard instruments -
is a welcome addition to the roster (Page uploaded 09th May 2007).
Malcolm Binns to give World première of new work by John McCabe at London's Wigmore Hall
on the Eighth of July 2007 (Page uploaded 19th January 2007).
Nimbus Records are to re-release Malcolm Binns' classic Lyrita recordings of piano concerti by
Rawsthorne, Stanford and Sterndale Bennett under licence (Page uploaded 02nd August 2006).
Malcolm Binns' highly-acclaimed Decca recordings of the complete Beethoven piano sonatas -
played on period instruments - are to be re-released progressively under licence by Explore Records,
together with a disc of sonatas by Hummel. (Page uploaded 02nd August 2006).
William Robert Allenby (Baritone) joins the roster with a well-established career in concert, oratorio,
opera and chamber music. (Page uploaded 26th July 2006).
Australian-born pianist Rosemary Tuck joins the roster and launches her second recording of music by
William Vincent Wallace this month. (Page uploaded 17th November 2005). Website revised 12/05/2005 to frustrate would-be spammers: please read instructions about sending E-mails.
Ensembles
GERARD McDONALD (Director)
Sacred and secular chamber cantatas, authentic arrangements of concerti, plus trio- and solo sonatas by Baroque composers -
from Albinoni to Zelenka - on superb period instruments.
"The acclaimed period instrument ensemble". (THE SCOTSMAN, Edinburgh)
"The excellent Arborea Musica & Friends". (THE SCOTSMAN, Edinburgh)
"Here were players who knew what they were about, sharing an assured sense of style and commitment.
Don't miss them". (THE SCOTSMAN, Edinburgh)
"Excellent... Consistently enjoyable" (THE HERALD, Glasgow)
"Splendid series of concerts" (THE EVENING NEWS, Edinburgh)
"The jewel in the crown of the fringe" (RADIO FORTH, Edinburgh)
JANET SPOTSWOOD, JILL SADLER, JOANNA ESTALL (Clarinets),
ANGELA CRISPE (Bass Clarinet).
A stylish ensemble of highly-experienced solo, ensemble and orchestral musicians,
adept at lifting spirits with a delightful repertoire of classical and lighter music.
PAUL ARCHIBALD (Director)
All the members of this fine brass group are highly-reputed section principals drawn from the major British orchestras,
directed by a former member of the legendary Philip Jones Brass Ensemble.
DR. MICHAEL POSCH (Director)
Recreating colourful music from the Twelfth Century to the Fourteenth Century from across Europe, this accomplished, scholarly and highly entertaining ensemble was formed in 1991 by Dr. Michael Posch, Head of the Early Music Faculty of the Vienna University Conservatoire.
"It was a pensive, gripping, instructive and passionate event which in the end roused the listeners to standing ovations and multiple encores from the Ensemble. A fresh, at times impudent, at times thoughtful, music came from the stage, thrilling each listener. The enthusiasm was soon boundless. A great achievement of a highly professional Ensemble, which in all matters, musicological, historical, and also the ability to enthuse the large audience, was able to deliver something outstanding!".
(SÜDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG, Stuttgart).
IAN STOTT (Director)
Renaissance to Twentieth Century Brass
performed by young players of distinction.
BUJOR PRELIPCEAN, ANTON DIACONU (Violins), CONSTANTIN STANCIU (Viola), DAN PRELIPCEAN ('cello)
A string quartet of real musical maturity, together for over thirty-six years, the Voces String Quartet are in popular demand in many countries and have appeared at such major festivals as Bayreuth,Bratislava, Istanbul, Jerusalem, Salonica, Salzburg, Siena and Turin. They also occupy a prominent and regular place in the George Enescu Festival in Bucharest. 1998 saw the ensemble make their United Kingdom début at the Wigmore Hall in London,where they were joined on the platform by Martin Lovett (formerly 'cellist of the Amadeus String Quartet) for performances of the Brahms F Minor (arr. for strings only by Sebastian Brown, after Brahms' original sketches) and the Schubert C Major quintets before an appreciative capacity audience.
"Led by the acutely thoughtful and calmly virtuosic Bujor Prelipcean, the Voces Quartet plays with the telepathy and bravura of long and successful partnership....a calm assertion of musical authority .... the parts interlocked like a gleaming clock mechanism".
(HAMPSTEAD & HIGHGATE EXPRESS, London).
"L'interprétation du Voces témoigne une grande maturité, une maîon;trise émouvente..."
("LE DAUPHINÉ LIBÉRÉ" - Avignon).
Keyboard
(Organ, Conductor)
This English organist has received critical acclaim for her performances of organ music from the late Renaissance and the Baroque eras, and has particular affinity with the music of the Spanish, French and North German schools. She is also highly-reputed as a performer of organ music by the major French romantic and Twentieth Century composers - César Franck and Jehan Alain in particular.
"...a carefully-articulated performance of real stature and authority...".
(DORKING ADVERTISER, Surrey)
(Piano)
Malcolm Binns' distinguished career marks him as one of the finest British pianists of this Century. He is renowned for his flawless
technique, in which is found a joyous balance between virtuosity, power and musical finesse. He has worked with many leading orchestras and conductors around the World (including Boulez, Boult, Dorati, Haitink and Rattle), and he broadcasts and records extensively. He is the professional pianist's pianist par excellence.
"... his pianism and musicianship are magisterial, matched by few and surpassed by none ... Binns makes all this music his own….".
(BMS434CD - Bax, Bridge & Ireland piano sonatas: Editor's choice in the 2009 Penguin Guide to Classical CDs, London)
(Harpsichord, Fortepiano)
Sharona Joshua is another welcome addition to the Artist Roster. She has proved to be a versatile performer, at home equally with such diverse instruments as Renaissance piano, clavicembalum, dulcemelos, virginals, chamber organ, harpsichord and both Classical and Romantic period fortepianos. Her work has included a wide range of radio and concert appearances, performing internationally as soloist and chamber musician.
"The balance between the emotions and the intellect were set with unfailing good taste throughout this recital, aided by Sharona Joshua's alert fortepiano accompaniments and impassioned contributions to such miniature dramas as Der Jungling und der Tod and Der Zwerg". (THE INDEPENDENT, London)
(Piano)
Pianist Rosemary Tuck was born in Sydney and studied with John Winther in Canberra, before pursuing advanced studies with Walter Hautzig at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore and Andrzej Esterházy (a pupil of Neuhaus) in Moscow. She represented Australia in a series of recitals in the United States under the auspices of the American-Australian Bicentennial Foundation, including a recital at Carnegie Hall. She has given recitals in the Sydney Opera House, at the South Bank Centre in London and St John's Smith Square. She appeared at the Aarhus Festival in Denmark in the presence of Queen Margrethe II.
"Light and elegant, full of passion, brilliant, devoted and totally loyal to the composition, this is Rosemary Tuck".
(HORSENS FOLKEBLAD - Denmark)
"A sensitive musician whose first concern seems always to be the character of the composition at hand".
(NEW YORK TIMES)
(Organ)
This young Spaniard, a protégé of some of the foremost organ pedagogues, is recognised as one of the truly noteworthy organists of his generation in Europe. Óscar Candendo Zabala is now "Maestro de Capilla" at the Catedral de El Buen Pastor in San Sebastián and teaches at the renowned Conservatory in Barcelona.
"Oh! Óscar! He plays like a dream". (MONTSERRAT TORRENT, Barcelona, to Michael Harrold in person at St. Marylebone Parish Church in London).
Vocal / Choral
Baritone: Oratorio, Concert and Chamber Music
The first solo voice represented by this agency in many years, this British baritone has a rich and well-focussed voice throughout its wide range, coupled with a mature sense of performance founded on a superb technique. William Allenby is available through us for chamber recitals, concerts and oratorio.
"...a baritone voice of fine quality throughout its compass and capable of giving the authentic thrill in the upper range...his diction, true feeling for and moulding of long phrases, and climaxes in proportion to the moods, were excellent".
(Douglas Bowen, DAILY MAIL, Hull).
Woodwind
(Baroque Flute, Baroque Oboe, Oboe d'Amore, Recorders)
One of only three professional woodwind players in Britain who offer this instrumental combination, Gerard McDonald was responsible for setting up the Early Music Faculty at the Royal Academy of Music, and was the first "Early" musician to hold a teaching Fellowship there. He has made over twenty appearances at London's South Bank Centre in concerto and chamber music performances on all three instruments, and has toured extensively in England, with Cambridge Baroque Camerata, and France, with Badinage.
"A virtuoso soloist of exciting stature". (BIRMINGHAM POST)
"The Baroque flute playing ... was pure delight". (THE SCOTSMAN, Edinburgh)
Conductor
(Conductor, Pianist)
Stefan Hofkes was born in 1972 in the Netherlands, where he studied conducting and piano at the Utrecht Conservatoire. He continued his conducting studies at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London with Christopher Seaman and received the Ricordi Conducting Award in 1997. He combines the positions of Musical Director of the Reading Symphony Orchestra, the Bristol Concert Orchestra and Brent Opera with professional conducting work in Europe. Stefan is Principal Guest Conductor of the Utrecht International Music Festival.
(JERROLD RUBENSTEIN, Concertmaster (Théatre Royal de la Monnaie 1968-75 and Orchestre National de Belgique 1975-93).
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Issue Date: 2nd September 2010