We’re delighted to announce the SOMM Recordings release on 20th April of ‘Mirage’, a recital of piano music by Stephen Dodgson performed by Osman Tack in his impressive label debut. Featuring 24 first recordings, Mirage is the third volume in a series marking the 10th anniversary of Dodgson’s death in 2013, and celebrates a composer of “urbane and civilised” music, as Robert Matthew-Walker describes it in his informative booklet notes. The recital spans seven decades from 1956’s ‘Eight Fanciful Preludes’ – “a judiciously varied suite… bound by the directness of utterance that so distinguished Dodgson’s music” – to his second […]
On 15th March, the RWCMD put on a concert of Dodgson guitar and woodwind chamber and solo works. It was wonderful to hear the pieces come off the page and very exciting to hear this talented group of young musicians taking real risks with the music and finding many layers of nuance.
The intimate one-hour concert from award-winning guitarist Jack Hancher took us through a series of guitar pieces by Dowland, Ravel and his pupil Jose, Mompou, Albeniz and Debussy and the two famous Gymnopedies by Satie. Dodgson’s Etudes were beautiful and introspective with a degree of unease, and piqued my curiosity to discover more of them.
In a concert that might well have been entitled ‘Fairy Tale and Whimsy’ Nick Daniel and friends brought together fairy-tale themes and works with childish appeal including Stephen Dodgson's Flood and The Old Cigarette Lighter – which certainly appealed to the inner child within many of the adult audience too.
The 'piece is packed full of word painting' and 'was so much fun to sing' and for several audience members it was 'their favourite piece in the programme'. Emma Warren describes discovering and performing Stephen Dodgson’s 'The Running Carol' and 'Falan-Tiding' with her choir Inchant.
We're delighted to announce the release of Vol. 2 of Stephen Dodgson's solo songs: The Distances Between. The album includes 17 first recordings and marks the 10th anniversary of his death, performed by Ailish Tynan, Katie Bray, Marcus Farnsworth, Christopher Glynn, Mark Eden and Ian Wilson.
The LFCCM commemorates Stephen Dodgson’s centenary with a concert that features several Dodgson sacred choral works alongside works by established and up-and-coming contemporary composers. All performed by a crack team selected from among London’s finest choral singers directed by Alastair Carey. Tickets will be available nearer the time from the LFCCM website.
Tenor James Gilchrist and guitarist Mark Eden will be performing a selection of Stephen Dodgson guitar songs at St Mary’s Church in Arkengarthdale at 4pm on Wednesday 29 May 2024 as part of the Swaledale Festival. The programme will also include music by Dowland, Schubert and Alec Roth. James Gilchrist is a leading interpreter of Oratorio and Song, especially the German and English repertoire. He is internationally renowned as one of the evangelists in Bach’s passions and oratorios and maintains an ongoing interest in older music, regularly performing as a soloist with viol consorts, lutenists and period pianos. Mark Eden is better known as one[...]
The Magnard Ensemble and a cast of soloists perform Stephen Dodgson’s short chamber opera Cadilly alongside his Gipsy Songs at Conway Hall. Cadilly, based on one of the Tales from the Fens by W. H. Barrett, tells the story of a beautiful woman and ‘willing maid’ who is loved by the scholars, their tutors and the townsmen alike but jailed for ‘immoral behaviour’! A vibrant and comic piece. Programme Dodgson – Sonata Gipps – The Lady of the Lambs Vaughan Williams – Ten Blake Songs for Soprano and Oboe Arnold – Three Shanties Dodgson – Cadilly Pre-concert talk – 5.30pm Concert – 6.30pm Tickets will be available via the[...]