This year also saw the release of a disc of works by Richard Causton and Kenneth Hesketh, which includes the premiere recording of Hesketh’s IMMH, written in memory of Michael Harrison, former director of the Kettle’s Yard gallery in Cambridge. It has been described as an ‘imagined shamanic ritual’ and makes extraordinary demands on the performer, including a fair amount of vocalizing and drumming ... View Post
Children of the Mist
My exploration of English music has inevitably led me to a number of composers with New Zealand roots who settled in London or spent long periods here. I have been greatly helped in this area by New Zealand pianist Kathryn Mosley, who now lives in London. Together we have been slowly uncovering this repertoire, which is often extremely difficult to locate. We were delighted to give the British and ... View Post
Selected performances 2017/18
Wednesday 25 October 2017, 1pm Recital for Weymouth Lunchtime Chamber Concerts with Duncan Honeybourne A rich selection of English music at St Mary’s Church, St Mary Street, Weymouth DT4 8PU More information here Sunday 11 February 2018, 3pm Afternoon recital with Nicola Garty A selection of beautiful works from the Classical and Romantic repertoires at the Landmark Arts Centre, ... View Post
Performances 2014/16
Saturday 12 November 2016 West Wight Arts Association A Dream of Germany: Music’s War Torn World Concert with David Owen Norris (piano) and Mark Wilde (tenor) Further details about this programme Sunday 15 October 2016 ‘The Musical World of Katherine Mansfield’, the 2016 Katherine Mansfield Birthday lecture, with Claire Davison, Senate House, University of London. More information ... View Post
Around the World
At the end of 2015, pianist Kathryn Mosley and I were selected by Chamber Music New Zealand’s Encompass, and we toured the country earlier in 2016. In addition to the five Encompass concerts, we arranged other concerts for ourselves, and appeared in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Gisborne, Wanganui, Cromwell, Gore and Motueka. Our programme focused on the music associated with New Zealand’s ... View Post
Celebrating Sherwood
2016 marks the 150th anniversary of the Anglo-German composer Percy Sherwood, who has become part of my life. He was born on 23 May 1866 and had a remarkable career in Dresden as a composer, teacher and pianist, but his life as a musician was cut short when he was stranded in England in the summer of 1914 by the outbreak of the Great War. A couple of years ago I recorded the complete surviving ... View Post
