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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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Diapason Review: 24 Harpsichord Inventions Recording
July 24, 2017
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"It is a particular pleasure to recommend the first complete recording of the first four books of Stephen Dodgson’s Inventions for Harpsichord... Playing throughout is first-rate as each set of six displays its various moods. [And the] illuminating program notes [are] brimming with unique information... You might wish to order multiple copies of this recording for distribution to friends who 'already have everything'."
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The Story behind ‘The Selevan Story’
June 29, 2017
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Guitarist Stephen Gordon shares with us the collaborative relationship between Stephen Dodgson and the Prussia Cove International Guitar Seminar across a number of works, a relationship which led to the commissioning and recording of his work The Selevan Story.
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MusicWeb review: Dodgson Quintets CD
June 19, 2017
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"All the performances are absolutely splendid and quite beautifully recorded and balanced, with a pleasingly wide sound stage. The piano sound in particular is exemplary. Booklet notes are by John Warrack and are models of their kind.
Toccata can be proud of this generously-filled offering which is a very worthwhile and welcome addition to the discography of an unjustly neglected composer."
British Music Society review: Quintets CD and Harpsichord Inventions CD
June 05, 2017
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"Toccata continues its excellent mission to propagate the music of Stephen Dodgson whilst Naxos has also done the composer proud with its disc of 24 Inventions for Harpsichord. Everything here is a premiere recording....
The performances are uniformly splendid and the church acoustic has been well judged. John Warrack’s notes are similarly first-class... The recording quality is excellent. Let’s hope there are many more such excellent discs before the centenary of Dodgson’s birth in 2024."
Planet Hugill review of Dodgson Complete Music for Cello and Piano CD
June 05, 2017
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"The music is complex yet approachable, always with a spicy twist to the harmony. I found the musical language rather reminiscent of that of Kenneth Leighton with the combination of melodic fragments and toughness...
The performances from Evva Mizerska and Emma Abbate are excellent, with the two demonstrating the sort of balanced partnership which the music presupposes. Both bring out the lyricism, fascination and challenge of Dodgson's music."
Fanfare magazine review of Dodgson Complete Music for Cello and Piano CD
May 10, 2017
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Once the music reveals its secrets, it becomes intensely appealing... Five Occasional Pieces, like the other works on the album, are the products of an original, highly distinctive, consistently surprising voice, making what is now the collection devoted entirely to Dodgson’s music long overdue.
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The Boat Race – Barnes Music Festival
April 19, 2017
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Late last month I joined a throng of excited parents and music-lovers attending a delightful concert at St Mary’s church, Barnes, which featured the music of Stephen Dodgson. The concert was part of the fifth Barnes Music Festival. The Dodgson works, all on the subject of London, rivers or the Boat Race, interwove the festival’s theme of ‘Music & Place’ as well as being superbly timed ahead the actual 2017 Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race a week later. The concert, set against a backdrop of an exquisite photography exhibition of nature and people around the River Thames and other locations, brought together […]
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Reflections on Suites for Clavichord – Marie van Rhijn
April 07, 2017
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In January this year, Marie van Rhijn performed several movements from Stephen Dodgson’s two Suites for Clavichord as part of her ‘Time Machine’ concert at the Handel House in London. Here, she tells us about performing these works. “On 10th January, I was delighted to perform several works by Stephen Dodgson at a recital for the British Clavichord Society and the British Harpsichord Society at the Handel and Hendrix House. I was lucky to play a beautiful clavichord by Peter Bavington. From the first suite, I chose first the ‘Plaint’, then the ‘Tambourin’. To me, those two movements really connect […]
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Upcoming events
Jun
25
Mon
2018
11:00 am Julian Perkins – ‘Clavichord Co... @ Northern Aldborough Festival
Julian Perkins – ‘Clavichord Co... @ Northern Aldborough Festival 
Jun 25 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
As part of the 25th Northern Aldoborough Festival, the hugely experienced conductor and keyboard player Julian Perkins performs ‘Clavichord Connections’, an exploration of works by Stephen Dodgson and Herbert Howells in addition to pieces that inspired them by composers as diverse as William Byrd and Domenico Scarlatti. ‘Exuberantly stylish’ Sunday Times Buy tickets > More details about the festival and other concerts can be found at: http://www.aldboroughfestival.co.uk/
Aug
1
Wed
2018
11:00 am Magnard Ensemble – Lake District... @ Carver Church, Windermere
Magnard Ensemble – Lake District... @ Carver Church, Windermere 
Aug 1 @ 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
The Magnard Ensemble will perform Stephen Dodgson’s Sonata for Wind Quintet along with works by Ibert, Berkeley and more in Windermere as part of the Lake District Summer Music. Programme Ibert – Trois pièces brèves attr. Haydn – Divertimento [Feldpartita] in B flat major ‘St Anthony’, Hob.II:46 Dodgson – Sonata for Wind Quintet Milhaud – La cheminée du roi René, Op.205 Michael Berkeley – Re-Inventions Françaix – Quatuor à vents Farkas – Ancient Hungarian Dances Patterson – Westerly Winds, Op.84
Aug
9
Thu
2018
5:00 pm Vickers-Bovey duo – Lake Distric... @ Blackwell, The Arts and Crafts House, Lake District
Vickers-Bovey duo – Lake Distric... @ Blackwell, The Arts and Crafts House, Lake District 
Aug 9 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
The Vickers-Bovey guitar duo will be performing a programme of music for Lake District Summer Music, including Stephen Dodgson’s Promenade I and Pastourelle, at the beautiful setting of Blackwell, The Arts and Crafts House in Bowness-on-Windermere. Their programme will also include works by Rameau, Pierre Petit, Joaquin Nin-Culmell and Nikita Koshkin.
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
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
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
