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Hugh Wood - Chamber Music

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Label: Toccata Classics

Cat No: TOCC0075

Barcode: 5060113440754

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Chamber

Release Date: 14th December 2009

Works

Wood
Overture for Piano Trio, Op.48: Energico

Wood
Variations for Viola and Piano, Op.1

Wood
Paraphrase on ‘Bird of Paradise’ for Clarinet and Piano, Op.26: Very slow

Wood
Poem for Violin and Piano, Op.35: Largo

Wood
Clarinet Trio, Op.40

Wood
Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano, Op.24

Artists

Paul Silverthorne (viola)
Roger Heaton (clarinet)
London Archduke Trio

Works

Artists

Paul Silverthorne (viola)
Roger Heaton (clarinet)
London Archduke Trio

About

Hugh Wood has been a prolific and eloquent broadcaster and writer on music as well as composer. Already well‐known and respected in new music circles, he first came to prominence with the premiere at the 1965 BBC Proms of his vocal‐orchestral Scenes from Comus, after Milton. Major works have included several concertos and a Symphony, though it is chamber music he prefers, with its capacities for the intense and thorough working‐out of ideas in polyphonic discourse. His music is remarkably rich in suggestion, ranging from expressionism to poignant lyricism, as well as exciting admiration through the quality of its craftsmanship.

'… a composer whose “post-expressionism” is turning him fruitfully back towards still positive aspects of late Romanticism' - Arnold Whittall, Gramophone

The London Archduke Trio made its London debut at the Royal Academy of Music in 1996 playing Beethoven’s Triple Concerto. It made its London South Bank debut in 1997 and has toured together as far afield as Israel and Africa. The Trio regularly coaches and performs at the Dartington International Summer School and has made several European tours.

Roger Heaton, clarinettist and conductor, studied at the Royal Academy of Music, King’s College London and Huddersfield University. He performs with such groups as the Kreutzer and Smith String Quartets, was a member of the London Sinfonietta and Ensemble Modern, and is a member of the Gavin Bryars Ensemble. He is currently Professor of Music at Bath Spa University.

Paul Silverthorne has been Principal Viola of the London Symphony Orchestra since 1991 and of the London Sinfonietta since 1988, while continuing to pursue a busy solo career. He has recorded a wide range of repertoire for EMI, Koch International, ASV, Chandos, Meridian and many other labels.

First recordings of:
- Overture for Piano Trio, Op.48
- Variations for Viola and Piano, Op.1
- Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano, Op.24