Dodgson – solo songs

Tenor James Gilchrist and guitarist Mark Eden perform Stephen Dodgson’s Four Poems of John Clare and London Lyrics in an evening recital as part of the Dillington Guitar Festival. Observe little Trotty Wagtail as he gently waddles  around looking for the odd worm and join the fox on his dramatic bid to outrace the hounds. Reflect on the timelessness of old Father Thames who reaches from age to age and outlives us all. And find out what is even worse than all the vices and evils of the backstreets of 17th-century London! James recently returned to the Wigmore Hall to begin his[...]

Baritone Marcus Farnsworth, recorder player Ian Wilson and guitarist Mark Eden perform Stephen Dodgson’s Riley & Co at the Southwell Music Festival in a recital which pairs the set with Manuel de Falla’s Seven Spanish Songs (also with soprano Alison Rose and tenor Andrew Tortoise). Two performances of the same recital will take place on 26th and 26th August. Dodgson’s cycle of songs, based on poems by Charles Causley, first presents two characters, the rustic Riley in his carefree life living out in wild nature and the no less rough-and-ready lad Timothy Winters. We then experience the potentially lethal Filippino Bamboo Dance which contrasts[...]

Baritone Marcus Farnsworth, recorder player Ian Wilson and guitarist Mark Eden perform Stephen Dodgson’s Riley & Co at the Southwell Music Festival in a recital which pairs the set with Manuel de Falla’s Seven Spanish Songs (also with soprano Alison Rose and tenor Andrew Tortoise). Two performances of the same recital will take place on 26th and 26th August. Dodgson’s cycle of songs, based on poems by Charles Causley, first presents two characters, the rustic Riley in his carefree life living out in wild nature and the no less rough-and-ready lad Timothy Winters. We then experience the potentially lethal Filippino Bamboo Dance which contrasts[...]

Pianist Emma Abbate and the Tippett Quartet reunite to perform a concert of quartets and quintets including Stephen Dodgson’s Piano Quintet No. 2 for the Holmes Chapel Music Society. This is a special occasion as this work was originally commissioned by the society. The Tippett Quartet and Abbate went on to record it together in 2017 and now they are bringing it back to its birthplace. Programme Haydn String quartet in B minor op. 33 no. 1 Dodgson Piano Quintet No. 2 (HCMS commission) Puccini Crisantemi Schumann Piano quintet

Pianist Emma Abbate and the Tippett Quartet pair Stephen Dodgson’s Piano Quintet No. 1 with Schumann’s piano quintet in an evening concert for the Whitstable Music Society. Programme Mendelssohn: String quartet in E flat op. 12 Dodgson: Quintet no. 1 in C Schumann: Quintet in E flat op. 44