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Spotlight shines on composers
'The Composers Concert on Thursday will premiere pieces by composers Philip R Buttall, Clive Jenkins, Marsha Head and Terence Higgins. They will be performed by Douglas Clarkson on saxophone and clarinet, Jake Loewendahl on violin and Olivia Loewendahl on cello, along with the four pianist composers themselves', writes Herald and Western Morning News Features Editor, Su Carroll... The Herald, Plymouth, Saturday April 12, 2008.
'The Composers Concert on Thursday will premiere pieces by composers Philip R Buttall, Clive Jenkins, Marsha Head and Terence Higgins. They will be performed by Douglas Clarkson on saxophone and clarinet, Jake Loewendahl on violin and Olivia Loewendahl on cello, along with the four pianist composers themselves', writes Herald and Western Morning News Features Editor, Su Carroll... The Herald, Plymouth, Saturday April 12, 2008.
The concert gave Philip an opportunity to write for a new instrumental combination, and saw the premiere of his Maltese Serenade for piano, clarinet, violin & cello, inspired by his holiday on the island the previous year, and which ended the lunchtime recital on a real high! Philip's Matilda Goes Walkabout! opened the concert, and his Eclogue for Cello & Piano, heard for the first time in this particular version, provided the ideal contrast before the spirited Maltese finale! You can read Philip's own Herald report on the concert here.
The event celebrated fifteen years of lunchtime concerts in Plymouth City Museum & Art Gallery. Click here to read the full article on concert-organiser, Jeanie Moore MVO. To see a larger picture of the participants, kindly taken by Plymouth Music Accord Secretary & Concert Diary Editor, Roger Viles, of Minim Website Design, please click here.
The concert gave Philip the opportunity to work with Marine-band Colour Sergeant, Dougie Clarkson, a former piano and Theory Diploma student, as well as Jake and Olivia Loewendahl, who, unbeknown to Philip, had actually spent their honeymoon on Malta, so A Maltese Serenade hopefully brought back many happy memories for them! The final word, however, must go to Malcolm Jones, Professor of Marine Biology at the University of Plymouth. Mal has been to Malta many times in connection with his work, and told Philip that the piece really captured the spirit of the island nation and its people, and that he was leaving the concert suitably buoyed up, and eager to return there as soon as possible! There can be no more gratifying praise for a composer than that!
The concert gave Philip the opportunity to work with Marine-band Colour Sergeant, Dougie Clarkson, a former piano and Theory Diploma student, as well as Jake and Olivia Loewendahl, who, unbeknown to Philip, had actually spent their honeymoon on Malta, so A Maltese Serenade hopefully brought back many happy memories for them! The final word, however, must go to Malcolm Jones, Professor of Marine Biology at the University of Plymouth. Mal has been to Malta many times in connection with his work, and told Philip that the piece really captured the spirit of the island nation and its people, and that he was leaving the concert suitably buoyed up, and eager to return there as soon as possible! There can be no more gratifying praise for a composer than that!
