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MusicWeb review: Dodgson guitar chamber works recording
January 02, 2018
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"I was introduced to the music of Stephen Dodgson through the wonderful series of discs that present his string quartets that appeared on Dutton. Since then I have explored a little deeper into his output and enjoyed everything that I have heard. This present disc gives examples of his chamber music that includes guitar and various instruments - he was known for composing for strange combinations of instruments as some of the works on this disc clearly demonstrate."
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Private Passions in Public Places – Julian Perkins at Gayle Mill
January 02, 2018
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Conductor, keyboard player and director of Sounds Baroque Julian Perkins shares with us his experience of giving a performance, including several works by Stephen Dodgson, at a particularly unusual venue at the Swaledale Festival.
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Dodgson Quintets CD named MusicWeb recording of the year
December 29, 2017
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We are delighted to announce that the Dodgson Quintets CD has been announced as one of MusicWeb International's recordings of the year. The recording comprises three quintets (his two piano quartets and his string quintet) performed by the Tippett Quartet, Emma Abbate (piano) and Susan Monks (cello).
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British Music Society review: Music for Oboe
December 01, 2017
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"As ever, Dodgson’s ability to write song-without-words slow movements is pronounced here, notably in the lovely Arabesque, as is the slightly jazzy Scherzino in which loquacious exchanges and good humour are uppermost. Balancing this against a lyrical Romance ensures a just expressive quotient in a piece both attractive and accomplished...
Toccata’s Dodgson series continues to produce first class performances of beautifully crafted music."
Klassisk Musikk review: Quintets recording
December 01, 2017
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"Refinement is the best word to describe these first-class performances by the Tippett Quartet, joined by the nimble-fingered Emma Abbate in the Piano Quintets and Susan Monks as the additional cellist in the String Quintet; a model of chamber ensemble playing. With superb sound, this is as marvellous a disc as the Matthews Piano Trios I reviewed two months ago."
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New recording released: Music for Oboe
November 02, 2017
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We’re delighted to announce the release of a new recording of Stephen Dodgson oboe chamber works performed by James Turnbull (oboe), Libby Burgess (piano) and a number of other talented artists.
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October 01, 2017
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"Fresh from an investigation of Stephen Dodgson’s richly imaginative Inventions for Harpsichord, Naxos turns its attention to his chamber works with guitar. It was on the advice of Julian Bream – who premiered the Suite for Guitar in 1952 – that Dodgson turned to the instrument and wrote a long sequence of music that continues to beguile... The performances are unfailingly eloquent and textured and the fine booklet note from Graham Wade also has full texts. It’s good to know that Dodgson’s music continues to generate such enthusiasm in performers and, I’m sure, listeners alike."
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Gapplegate Classical-Modern Music Review: 24 Inventions
September 11, 2017
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"Here is a modern English composer of obvious caliber... The short pieces all have a Scarlatti-like rhythmic drive, expressiveness, and compact incisiveness, thriving within a chromatic-diatonic realm one might call neo-classical... There is much excellent music to absorb. The complexities and inventive detail in these works demand multiple and unsuperficial hearings to grasp fully. It is worth the trouble, since in the end there is a great deal to like!"
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New recording released: Guitar chamber works
August 24, 2017
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We're delighted to announce the release of a new recording of Stephen Dodgson guitar chamber works performed by the Mēla Guitar Quartet and a number of other talented artists
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Nov
7
Wed
2018
7:30 pm Magnard Ensemble – Suite for Win... @ Dulwich Picture Gallery
Magnard Ensemble – Suite for Win... @ Dulwich Picture Gallery 
Nov 7 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
The Magnard Ensemble will perform Stephen Dodgson’s Suite for Wind Quintet along with works by Bach, Haydn, Gershwin, Ligeti and more in southeast London’s beautiful and intimate Dulwich Picture Gallery. Programme Haydn – Divertimento in Bb major arr. Harold Perry JS Bach – Prelude and Fugue in Bb minor BWV 867 arr. Joseph Shiner Stephen Dodgson – Suite for Wind Quintet George Gershwin – Porgy and Bess Suite arr. Bill Holcombe György Ligeti – Six Bagatelles Paul Patterson – Westerly Winds
Nov
10
Sat
2018
7:30 pm Vickers Bovey Duo – Riversong @ St Andrew’s Church, Surbiton
Vickers Bovey Duo – Riversong @ St Andrew’s Church, Surbiton 
Nov 10 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
The multiple-award-winning duo of Julian Vickers and Daniel Bovey perform Stephen Dodgson’s Riversong in a concert which principally presents a rich tapestry of guitar music from France and Spain. Programme Jean Phillipe Rameau – Pièces de Clavecin (arr. Vickers/Bovey) • Le Rappel des Oiseaux • Musette en Rondeau • Les Cyclopes Stephen Dodgson – Riversong Joaquín Rodrigo – Fandango from Tres Piezas Espanolas (solo, DB) Isaac Albéniz – Cadiz and Aragon from Suite Espanola Maurice Ravel – Alborada del Gracioso (arr. Steve Goss) Astor Piazzolla – Primavera Porteña from Estaciones Porteñas (solo, JV) Manuel de Falla – Spanish Dance No.1 from La Vida Breve Joaquin Rodrigo – Tonadilla Joaquín Nin-Culmell – Tonadas Tickets on[...]
Jan
6
Sun
2019
7:30 pm Magnard Trio: Suite for Oboe and... @ Theatre by the Lake, Keswick
Magnard Trio: Suite for Oboe and... @ Theatre by the Lake, Keswick 
Jan 6 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
The talented Magnard Trio (subgroup of the Magnard Ensemble), consisting of oboist Mana Shibata, bassoonist Catriona McDermid and pianist Suling King, gives a performance of delightful music which includes Stephen Dodgson’s Suite in C minor alongside works by Elgar, Britten Poulenc and lesser-known composers worthy of exploration and discovery. Programme Peter Hope – Trio Stephen Dodgson – Suite for Oboe and Piano Edward Elgar – Romance for Bassoon Op.62 Nino Rota – Toccata for Bassoon and Piano Anonymous – Caprices for solo bassoon Clemence de Grandval – Trio de Salon Benjamin Britten – Pan, Phaeton, Niobe and Arethusa from Six[...]
Jan
11
Fri
2019
7:30 pm Magnard Trio: Suite for Oboe and... @ Outwood Academy Foxhills
Magnard Trio: Suite for Oboe and... @ Outwood Academy Foxhills
Jan 11 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
The talented Magnard Trio (subgroup of the Magnard Ensemble), consisting of oboist Mana Shibata, bassoonist Catriona McDermid and pianist Suling King, gives a performance of delightful music which includes Stephen Dodgson’s Suite in C minor alongside works by Elgar, Britten Poulenc and lesser-known composers worthy of exploration and discovery. Programme Peter Hope – Trio Stephen Dodgson – Suite for Oboe and Piano Edward Elgar – Romance for Bassoon Op.62 Nino Rota – Toccata for Bassoon and Piano Anonymous – Caprices for solo bassoon Clemence de Grandval – Trio de Salon Benjamin Britten – Pan, Phaeton, Niobe and Arethusa from Six Metamorphoses[...]
Jan
20
Sun
2019
3:00 pm Emma Abbate and the Tippett Quar... @ Shakespeare Institute, Stratford-up-Avon
Emma Abbate and the Tippett Quar... @ Shakespeare Institute, Stratford-up-Avon 
Jan 20 @ 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Pianist Emma Abbate and the Tippett Quartet unite for a performance of piano quintets, hosted by the Stratford-upon-Avon Music Society, including Stephen Dodgson’s Piano Quintet No. 1 which they recently recorded on the Toccata Classics label and a voted a MusicWeb recording of the year. Programme Haydn: String quartet op. 33 no. 1 Dodgson: Piano quintet no. 1 in C Puccini: “Crisantemi” for String quartet Schumann: Piano quintet in E flat major Quintets CD reviews MusicWeb review British Music Society review Klassisk Musikk review Musical Opinion review You can also listen to/buy the recording at Toccata Classics.
Feb
9
Sat
2019
7:00 pm Karolos – West Dulwich @ All Saints, West Dulwich
Karolos – West Dulwich @ All Saints, West Dulwich 
Feb 9 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Karolos (Harriet Mackenzie, Sarah-Jane Bradley, Graham Walker, Craig Ogden and Juliette Bausor) perform an array of Stephen Dodgson’s chamber pieces bookended by works by Mozart and Schubert. Programme Mozart – Flute Quartet Dodgson – Echoes of Autumn Dodgson – String Trio no. 2 Dodgson – Pastoral Sonata (flute/cello/guitar) Schubert – Quartet D96 (flute, guitar, viola, cello) Performers Juliette Bausor (flute) Craig Ogden (guitar) Harriet Mackenzie (violin) Sarah-Jane Bradley (viola) Graham Walker (cello)
Feb
17
Sun
2019
3:00 pm Emma Abbate and the Tippett Quar... @ Canterbury Music Club, St Gregory's Centre for Music
Emma Abbate and the Tippett Quar... @ Canterbury Music Club, St Gregory's Centre for Music
Feb 17 @ 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Pianist Emma Abbate and the Tippett Quartet unite for a performance of piano quintets, hosted by the Canterbury Music Club, including Stephen Dodgson’s Piano Quintet No. 1 which they recently recorded on the Toccata Classics label and a voted a MusicWeb recording of the year. Programme Haydn: String quartet op. 33 no. 1 Dodgson: Piano quintet no. 1 in C Puccini: “Crisantemi” for String quartet Schumann: Piano quintet in E flat major Quintets CD reviews MusicWeb review British Music Society review Klassisk Musikk review Musical Opinion review You can also listen to/buy the recording at Toccata Classics.
Mar
14
Thu
2019
1:00 pm Evva Mizerska and Emma Abbate – ... @ St George's, Bristol
Evva Mizerska and Emma Abbate – ... @ St George's, Bristol 
Mar 14 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Cellist Evva Mizerska and pianist Emma Abbate perform a lunchtime recital of Stephen Dodgson’s Two Romantic Pieces for Cello & Piano, Set A at St George’s Bristol alongside works by Schumann, Janáček and Debussy. The Two Romantic Pieces also feature on a disc of Stephen Dodgson’s complete cello and piano music which the duo recently recorded. Reviews British Music Society Fanfare Planet Hugill
Mar
15
Fri
2019
7:30 pm Magnard Ensemble – Alnwick Music... @ St. Michael's Church, Alnwick
Magnard Ensemble – Alnwick Music... @ St. Michael's Church, Alnwick
Mar 15 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
The Magnard Ensemble will perform Stephen Dodgson’s Suite for Wind Quintet along with works by Ibert, Bach, Barber and more in Alnwick as part of the Alnwick Music Society series. Programme Ibert – Trois pièces brèves Dodgson – Suite for Wind Quintet Bach arr. Shiner – Prelude & Fugue in C# minor BWV 849 Arnold – Three Shanties Barber – Summer Music Woolrich – Book of Studies Set 1 Amy Beach – Pastorale Patterson – Westerly Winds
Mar
31
Sun
2019
6:30 pm Karolos – trios @ Conway Hall, London
Karolos – trios @ Conway Hall, London 
Mar 31 @ 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Karolos, in their trio format of Harriet Mackenzie, Sarah-Jane Bradley and Graham Walker, perform Stephen Dodgson’s 1st trio alongside Mozart Divertimento in E Flat K563. Programme Dodgson –Trio No. 1 Mozart – Divertimento in E Flat K563 Performers Harriet Mackenzie (violin) Sarah-Jane Bradley (viola) Graham Walker (cello)
