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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.
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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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April 25, 2019
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This is a fine companion disc to volume one, one which provides further proof that Stephen Dodgson was an accomplished composer for the piano, whilst the playing of Bernard Roberts is excellent once again.... Another wonderful disc that all fans of the music of Dodgson will want
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MusicWeb International review: Piano Sonatas Vol. 1 & 2
April 23, 2019
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The music on these two discs conveys a spirit of grown-up charm, clarity, bell timbres, catchy rhythmic cells and gamelan fertility... On the technical side we get first class piano sound. The project is lifted by the great artistry of Bernard Roberts – excellent both in the articulation of much dazzling fast music and in probing the poignant heart of the more reflective sections.
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Imogen Hancock: Reflections on the trumpet concerto
April 05, 2019
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It feels incredibly special to have had this concerto written for me. It actually also turned out to be Stephen’s last composition, and so it is even more of an honour to be the recipient and to have had the chance to work on it with him. I have since gone on to perform various other new works, but this concerto will always be my most treasured commission.
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7:30 pm Sonata for Wind Quintet – Magnar... @ Swaledale Festival
Sonata for Wind Quintet – Magnar... @ Swaledale Festival 
Jun 7 @ 7:30 pm – 9:15 pm
The vibrant and extremely talented young wind instrument ensemble Magnard Ensemble perform Stephen Dodgson’s Sonata for Wind Quintet along with music by Byrd, Mozart, Nielsen and Amy Beach, in an evening concert at the Swaledale Festival. Programme Shostakovich, Dmitri (arr. Shiner) – Prelude in F sharp major op. 87 no.13 Butler, Martin – Down-Hollow Winds Byrd, William (arr. McDermid) – Vigilate from Cantiones Sacrae 1589 Mozart, W.A. (arr. Shiner) – Rondo in A minor K511 Young, Toby – Variations on a Theme of Malcolm Arnold Dodgson, Stephen – Sonata for Wind Quintet Beach, Amy – Pastorale op. 151 Nielsen, Carl –[...]
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7:30 pm String Trio no.2 – Karolos @ Church Stretton Arts Festival.
String Trio no.2 – Karolos @ Church Stretton Arts Festival. 
Aug 4 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Karolos perform Stephen Dodgson’s String Trio no. 2 at the Church Stretton Arts Festival. Every member of this dynamic, virtuoso chamber ensemble of classical guitar, violin, viola and ‘cello is an internationally-acclaimed artist. Renowned for the energy and vitality of their concerts as well as their extraordinary musicianship, they perform a broad repertoire ranging from Mozart classics to recent commissions. “a dynamic, virtuoso chamber collective of first-rate players.” Gramophone Magazine Programme Vivaldi – guitar concerto in D major (arranged for violin, viola, cello, guitar) Astor Piazzolla – Bordello Schubert – Quartet D96 for violin (originally flute), viola, guitar and cello Stephen Dodgson – String Trio[...]
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7:00 pm Marian Consort – ‘Music for the ... @ North Norfolk Music Festival
Marian Consort – ‘Music for the ... @ North Norfolk Music Festival 
Aug 17 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Rory McLeery’s vocal ensemble performs a rich and varied programme of renaissance and contemporary works to reflect on Mary, who has been celebrated and venerated in Catholic motets and antiphons since the Middle Ages at the North Norfolk Music Festival. The highly distinguished vocal ensemble presents a programme of music by Ludford, Tallis, Parsons, Byrd, Britten, Panufnik, Dodgson, Weir and McDowall. Works range from the simple lullaby Dormi Jesu by Stephen Dodgson, miraculous cascades of sound by Tallis, Britten’s Hymn to the Virgin, Roxana Panufnik’s complex and emotional Magnificat and Judith Weir’s ebullient Ave Regina Caelorum. Pre-pandemic, the group both recorded[...]
