Premiere - Prelude for solo violin
22 Oct 2018, 14:14'Prelude after Grinling Gibbons', for solo violin, will be premiered by its dedicatee, Peter Sheppard Skaerved, at Fairfax House in York on October 30th, 2018. The Prelude is based on the carving 'King David performing a motet of Orlando di Lassus', which is in Fairfax House. Grinling Gibbons carved it as a young man in York, before he had become King Charles' 'Master Carver'.
The salon concert begin at 7pm.
The salon concert begin at 7pm.
'Souvenir du Petit Berger', BBC broadcast and première
3 Sep 2018, 14:34James Willshire gave a beautiful performance of my new solo piano piece 'Souvenir du Petit Berger.' You can hear it here:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/play/m000087y
This 'In Tune' Radio 3 broadcast was followed by the première on September 1st in York at the Late Music Concert Series. My short piece was part of the 'Ten New Debussys project.'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/play/m000087y
This 'In Tune' Radio 3 broadcast was followed by the première on September 1st in York at the Late Music Concert Series. My short piece was part of the 'Ten New Debussys project.'
LeFanu portrait - Octandre's new video
13 Aug 2018, 14:43Octandre Ensemble, who played a LeFanu portrait concert in London in March, have now released a video of its highlights. The link is here:
https://vimeo.com/281296974
It features 'Deva' for cello and ensemble (solo cellist, Corentin Chassard), interviews with myself, and extracts from The Same Day Dawns and String Quartet no2.
https://vimeo.com/281296974
It features 'Deva' for cello and ensemble (solo cellist, Corentin Chassard), interviews with myself, and extracts from The Same Day Dawns and String Quartet no2.
LeFanu interview on YouTube
12 Jul 2018, 10:49Here are links to an interview, June 2018: http://bit.ly/DonneYouTubePlaylist
http://www.drama-musica.com/ComposersofToday.html
http://www.drama-musica.com/ComposersofToday.html
Sophia Lecture: 'A Composer's half-century'
9 May 2018, 16:59I gave the biennial Sophia Lecture at Newcastle University on Tuesday May 8th. 'A Composer's half-century' was the title of my reflections on some of the changes in music - in its practice and its reception - during the fifty years of my career in Britain.
Fairfax House
9 May 2018, 16:55Peter Sheppard Skaervard's salon recital at Fairfax House in York on Monday May 7th included a performance of Pleiades for solo viola.
Dale Roberts concert: RAM 4pm April 22nd 2018
21 Apr 2018, 09:15A Celebration of the music of Jeremy Dale Roberts will include Croquis (Kreutzer trio) Tombeau, Capriccio, Beautiful are the Dead (soprano Carola Darwin, piano Roderick Chadwick) and music by Rainier, Causton and LeFanu.
Royal Academy of Music, London, Sunday April 22nd, 4pm.
A Travelling Spirit - New Paths Festival
6 Apr 2018, 11:05'A Travelling Spirit' for soprano and recorder will be performed at the New Paths Festival in Beverley, East Riding, on Friday April 6th, by Caroline MacPhie, soprano and Ian Wilson, treble recorder. The concert is at 8pm in St Mary's Church. The songs set two of the medieval Exeter riddles, translated by Kevin Crossley-Holland.
March 8th events - International Women's Day
11 Mar 2018, 18:12The choir Aurora Nova, director Patrick Craig, gave a beautiful performance of 'Misterium Mirabile' (SSA) in a fine programme of choral music composed by women. The concert at St James's Church, Piccadilly, was in aid of the charity Refuge.
The Irish composer Ina Boyle (1889-1967) was celebrated in a lunchtime event at the Wigmore Hall. As one of the few people left who had known her, Nicola spoke of her memories of Ina Boyle.
Nicola can also be heard in the Sound and Music podcast for IWD:
Here is the link to the podcast: https://thesampler.org/podcasts/sound-music-podcast-episode-4/
Octandre concert and weblink
11 Mar 2018, 18:02On March 4th 2018, Octandre Ensemble, together with the Ligeti String Quartet, gave a very fine concert of LeFanu works, plus pieces by Lumsdaine and Maconchy. The links to interviews with Nicola are here:
Part 1 (texts, titles, ‘Eastern' influences) : https://www.octandre.com/lefanu-interview-1
Part 2 (‘Women in Music’): https://www.octandre.com/lefanu-interview-2
Part 3 (‘Reflections of an established composer’): https://www.octandre.com/lefanu-interview-3