Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Nonet, Piano Trio, Piano Quintet

Featuring

Armand Djikoloum
Matthew Hunt
Amy Harman
Ben Goldscheider
Elena Urioste
Rosalind Ventris

Laura van der Heijden
Xavier Dubois Foley
Tom Poster
Savitri Grier
Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

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Composition History

The three chamber works on this album were composed by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, the composer, in 1893-94 while he was a student at the Royal College of Music (RCM) in London.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, the composer, had a particular fondness for Dvořák's music, indicated by the 'Con Furiant' marking in the Finale of his Piano Trio, referencing the dynamic Czech dance.

Composer Biography

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, the composer, entered the Royal College of Music (RCM) in 1890 thanks to the patronage of Colonel Herbert Walters, a silk merchant and retired army officer.

Composer Biography

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, the composer, was of mixed race and from humble origins; his father was a medical student from Sierra Leone and his mother was a white woman.

Composer Biography

Charles Villiers Stanford, a composition professor at the Royal College of Music (RCM), persuaded Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, the composer, to switch from violin to composition studies in 1892.

Composer's Artistic Vision

The compositional style of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's early chamber works, including those on this album, is predominantly Germanic, reflecting the styles of Brahms, Mendelssohn, and Schumann.

Composition History

These early works by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, the composer, remained unpublished for about 90 years after his death until performing editions were prepared from manuscripts in the Royal College of Music archive.