their repertory included the agile, imaginative and light-filled First String Quartet of the highly gifted British composer Philip Cashian.
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The Art of Memory
The Art of Memory, is a new piece for solo cello, written for Anssi Karttunen. Anssi has made a video of the piece that you can watch here.
Physichromie
Philip has written a piano trio for the Trio Mazzolini, to be premiered at Folkestone New Music.
Ballad of the Moon, Moon
On 22 July, Andrew Watts and Gavin Roberts will give the first performance of ‘The Ballad of the Moon, Moon’, a setting of Lorca for counter tenor and piano, commissioned by the Marylebone Festival.
A House of Rumours
Philip has been commissioned by the Riot Ensemble. Due to Covid the premiere date and venue is tbc.
Leonora
Following on from the success of Leonora Pictures most recently performed at the Aspen Festival in July 2020, Philip is currently collaborating with writer Jessica Walker on a chamber opera about the surrealist painter Leonora Carrington. The new theatre piece is in development and the opening scene will be workshopped and filmed in August 2021.
Volvelles
Volvelles is a new work for solo clarinet and electronics that Philip has written for Mark Simpson. The premiere will be at Kings Place on 11 December 2021.
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Dark Inventions
Mary King (mezzo-soprano), Mark van der Wiel (clarinet), BCMG, Stefan Asbury (conductor)NMC Records NMC D061
The House of Night
Sainsbury Royal Academy Soloists, Royal Academy of Music Cello Ensemble, Christopher Redgate - oboe, Christopher Austin - conductor, Sarah Nicolls - piano, London Sinfonietta, Zsolt Nagy - conductor, Northern Sinfonia, Thomas Zehetmair - conductor, Darrett Adkins - cello, Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble, Timothy Weiss - conductorNMC Records NMC D188
Myth & Tradition
Darrett Adkins, Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble, Timothy WeissOberlin Music OC17-03