Jonathan Dove often incorporates his natural sense for theatre into his instrumental compositions, describing his trombone concerto Stargazer as an 'opera for the solo instrument'.
Composer Biography
Jonathan Dove's breakthrough commission was the airport comedy opera Flight, which premiered in 1998 at Glyndebourne Touring Opera and has since had thirteen productions worldwide.
Performer Biography
Neil Ferris, the conductor, is Music Director of Cardiff Polyphonic Choir and Wimbledon Choral Society, and also serves as Head of Choral Conducting at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.
Performer Biography
Convivium Singers, established in 2009, is a group of musicians specializing in undiscovered British music and works from the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, and were prizewinners at the 2011 Tolosa International Choral Contest.
Composer Biography
Jonathan Dove, born in London in 1959, began his musical journey playing piano, organ, and viola, and studied composition at Cambridge University.
Performer Biography
Christopher Cromar, the pianist on this album, is a conductor, repetiteur, vocal coach, and pianist who has performed extensively throughout Europe and made his London Barbican Centre debut in 2006.
Composition History
The song cycle The Passing of the Year, for double chorus, was commissioned by the London Symphony Chorus and dedicated to the memory of Jonathan Dove's mother.
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