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Out today – Margaret Catchpole
January 29, 2021
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Stephen Dodgson's 4-act opera Margaret Catchpole today! With Stephen Dodgson's evocative music and vivid characterisation, we are immersed in the internal battle between Margaret's own good character and values, and her heartfelt loyalty to Will Laud, a smuggler – the man she loves.
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MusicWeb International review: Music for Winds II (Magnard Ensemble)
September 07, 2020
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This series of chamber music discs from Toccata Classics has been quite a treat. The Magnard Ensemble has recorded another excellent disc. It highlights the skill and expertise of Stephen Dodgson the composer. The variety of music on this disc, with its complex and varied combinations, has shown the Magnard Ensemble at their very best. Excellent playing and another varied program serve to show what a vastly underrepresented composer Dodgson was.
Continue Reading →Fanfare review: Music for Winds II (Magnard Ensemble)
July 22, 2020
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This collection of Dodgson's chamber music for winds, spanning the years 1958 to 2004, displays an arresting sense for unusual timbral blending, as well an elegant and precise Neoclassical construction that honors Stravinsky.
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Tournament for Twenty Fingers – concert review
March 04, 2020
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Dodgson's delightful Tournament for Twenty Fingers was played with sparkle and sensitivity.
Continue Reading →New release – Dodgson: Music for Winds II (Magnard Ensemble)
February 11, 2020
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Announcing the new release of the second instalment of the Toccata recordings of Stephen Dodgson's music for winds, performed by the Magnard Ensemble, combining Dodgson's sense of fun and an occasional spiky vivacity with hints of Baroque formality but also a particularly English strain of lyricism.
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New videos – Cello Partita & Duo for Cello and Guitar
September 09, 2019
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We are delighted to announce the new video recordings – a joint venture by the Cherubim Trust and Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust – of Stephen Dodgson’s Cello Partita and his Duo for Cello and Guitar. Both videos were especially recorded in the late composer’s house. Do enjoy and share the recordings below! Cello Partita Duo for Cello and Guitar No related posts.
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Margaret Catchpole review – Church Times
July 24, 2019
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It was a memorable and hugely enjoyable evening and, perhaps, the first of many new performances of this fine work by a fine composer and musician. There was without exception very fine singing and playing... and the audience’s reception was of uninhibited enthusiasm.
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MusicWeb International double review: Piano Trios; Music for Winds I
May 23, 2019
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An excellent disc in which the three piano trios are the stars, the performance of these works by the Bernard Roberts Piano Trio is all that you could wish for, with a strong sense of ensemble playing throughout leading to wonderful performances... and the Music for Winds a splendid disc, one which is expertly performed throughout by the Magnard Ensemble.
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Reissue: Dodgson Piano Trios
May 02, 2019
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Announcing the reissue of Stephen Dodgson's Piano Trios, recorded by the late Bernard Roberts in close collaboration with the composer.
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2:30 pm Evva Mizerska and Jiva Housden –... @ Harwich Festival
Evva Mizerska and Jiva Housden –... @ Harwich Festival 
Oct 2 @ 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Cellist Evva Mizerska and guitarist Jiva Housden perform an afternoon recital at the Harwich Festival featuring Stephen Dodgson’s Duo for Cello and Guitar alongside works by Boccherini, de Falla and Burgmüller. Both are intimately well versed in Dodgson’s musical language: Mizerska previously recorded his complete cello and piano works with Emma Abbate while Housden forms part of the Mēla Quartet who recently recorded a rich variety of his guitar chamber works.
