Woodwind with your lunch

By James Moriarty, Royal Academy of Music, 04 December 2014

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Reviewed at Wigmore Hall, London on 3 December 2014

Berkeley, Re-Inventions

Crawford Seeger, Suite for Wind Quintet

Jones, Uncanny Vale

Nielsen, Wind Quintet, Op.43

Emer McDonough, Flute

Nicholas Daniel, Oboe

Joy Farrall, Clarinet

Stephen Bell, French horn

Sarah Burnett, Bassoon

Familiar favourites and a few surprises showcase the Hallé Choir

Peter Connors, 26th July

A programme of shorter masterpieces brings the Hallé season at the Bridgewater Hall to an uplifting and exhilarating conclusion.

****1

A Happy Hallé New Year from Manchester!

Peter Connors, 2nd January

The Hallé and conductor Stephen Bell usher in 2022 with a joyful Viennese concert of music by the Strauss family and other composers.

***11

France and the CBSO faultless in New Year's Concert

Robert Gainer, 6th January

Following the recipe of the New Year Concert from Vienna, the CBSO demonstrated their ability, but not much originality in this predictable programme.

***11

Tom Poster stars in a Hallé concert of Nordic magic

Peter Connors, 13th December

Grieg's Piano Concerto played by Tom Poster and the Hallé under Stpehen Bell was the highlight of a popular programme of Nordic favourites by Grieg and Sibelius

****1

Prom 27: The Royal Albert Hall turned folk club

Imogen Phoebe Webb, 3rd August

Sparks were flying on Friday night, and not only from the feet of the Unthank sisters and fellow clog dancing Prommers. Sam Lee said it: “the folking Albert Hall”.

*****

CBeebies Prom: Child-friendly fun in the "circle"

Gavin Dixon, 27th July

A kids’ TV format transferred to a Proms concert offered plenty of entertainment for the target audience, but precious little music.

***11

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James Moriarty, Royal Academy of Music

James Moriarty is a London-based composer of contemporary classical music, currently studying composition at the Royal Academy of Music with Philip Cashian, having been awarded the Charles W Black Fellowship and the Howard Hartog Scholarship. His work is generally concerned with a high degree of structural integrity and harmonic expressivity; due to interest in a wide range of musical styles and traditions, these overarching creative concerns manifest themselves in a varied output, comprising works of differing scales and modes of address. Alongside his work as a composer, James also pursues careers in musical journalism and education.

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