Concertos by David Matthews and Joseph Phibbs receive second performances at Presteigne

By Peter Reynolds, 28 August 2013

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Reviewed at St Andrew's Church, Presteigne on 23 August 2013

Berkeley, Serenade for Strings

Matthews D., Double Concerto for violin, viola and string orchestra

Panufnik, Modlitwa

Phibbs, Clarinet Concertino

Stravinsky, Concerto in D for Strings

Presteigne Festival Orchestra

Sara Trickey, Violin

Sarah-Jane Bradley, Viola

Catriona Scott, Clarinet

George Vass, Conductor

Bold programming impresses at Presteigne Festival

David Truslove, 30th August

A concert built on the work of composers from Britain, Finland and Latvia formed a rewarding programme of choral, vocal and orchestral music with several gems.

****1

Łukaszewski Première at the Prestiegne

David Truslove, 24th August

The Presteigne Festival went Polish this year with an enterprising perspective of contemporary and post-war works including the world première of Paveł Łukaszewski’s newly commissioned Requiem.

****1

Presteigne Festival: A vintage evening

Peter Reynolds, 25th August

Benjamin Britten was very precise about what constituted the official canon of his works, but, in addition to his stipulated 95 opus numbers, he composed a huge amount of occasional music.

****1

Bold programming impresses at Presteigne Festival

David Truslove, 30th August

A concert built on the work of composers from Britain, Finland and Latvia formed a rewarding programme of choral, vocal and orchestral music with several gems.

****1

Łukaszewski Première at the Prestiegne

David Truslove, 24th August

****1

Presteigne Festival: A vintage evening

Peter Reynolds, 25th August

Benjamin Britten was very precise about what constituted the official canon of his works, but, in addition to his stipulated 95 opus numbers, he composed a huge amount of occasional music.

****1

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Peter Reynolds

Peter Reynolds was a composer and writer on music living in Cardiff. He was a part-time member of staff at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and, in 2009, published a history of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Very sadly he passed away on 11th October 2016.