Something to blog about!

  It was bound to happen in the end - Primavera and Composers of Wales are working together, building towards a special day in Cardiff, at the Canton Uniting Church, Cowbridge Road East. On October 1st  composers Julia Usher and Enid Luff will be presenting an evening concert of their music, played by two distinguished musicians, flautist Nancy Ruffer, and pianist Andrew Wilson-Dickson. Enid and Julia have worked in association for thirty years through their publishing company Primavera

   May of us know the Canton Uniting Church as a light airy modern church building with an excellent acoustic, which has also served for some years now as a fine concert room, with an excellent piano, and a pleasant adjacent space very well acquainted with cups of coffee. Our concert here will be paired, on October 22nd, with a matching event at St. Botolph's Church and the  Firstsite Art Gallery in Colchester.

A special feature of the day will be two open workshops for flute and piano respectively, led by the performers, presenting and commenting on new pieces submitted by professional members of  Composers of Wales and others for the occasion.

Look out for more information nearer the time!  

Primavera concerts!

We are putting our music onstage again this autumn!

On October 1st there will be workshops and a concert in Cardiff, and on October 22nd, similarly in Colchester. On both occasions Nancy Ruffer, flute and Andrew Wilson-Dickson, piano will present our music, and also reach out to welcome and, through the workshops, comment on the music of other composers.

We will present the same programme at both venues, and here it is:

CROSSING BORDERS 

Performers: 

Andrew Wilson - Dickson ( piano) 

Nancy Ruffer  ( Flutes ) 

Pieces to be celebrated  during the Festival: 

Enid Luff:   Sky Whispering       Meister Eckhardt’s Flute   About the Wind    Knell  *** 

Julia Usher:   The Painted Lake ***      The Sower of Systems  (Watts Centenary 

Commission) 

Andrew Wilson - Dickson:    AHWAK *** 

Jon Phipps:   AntiKythera ***               Michael Parkin:   Elegy

THE IMPORTANT DATES AND PLACES:

October 1st, CARDIFF 

Canton Uniting Church 

a) 2:00 - 3:00        Nancy Ruffer, Flute masterclass/composing workshop. 

b) 3:30 - 5:00  Andrew W-D ,  Piano composition/technical workshop. 

c) 7:30 - 9:30        Primavera Concert, “Crossing Borders”. 

October 22nd, COLCHESTER 

a) 11:00 - 1:00 Flute masterclass and Primavera workshop, in 

Education Suite, FirstSite Visual Arts Facility. 

b) 2:00 - 3:45 Primavera Celebration Concert, 

St Botolph’s Church 

(close nearby). 

Performers: 

Andrew Wilson - Dickson (piano) 

Nancy Ruffer (flute) 

Jon Phipps ( 8 string guitar) 

REPERTOIRE: 

LUFF:                SKY WHISPERING                       10 min       PIANO 

LUFF:                ABOUT THE WIND                                                            6.30             Fl/PF 

USHER:            THE PAINTED LAKE             10 min?        FLUTE 

LUFF:               KNELL                                                                                    6 min         PIANO/elec? 

PARKIN:            ELEGY        5 min         ALTO FL 

USHER:            The SOWER OF SYSTEMS  (3 movements)                   7/7/8 min      PIANO 

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Cardiff Only: 

WILSON DICKSON                 AHWAK             12 min         PIANO 

LUFF:                                       MEISTER ECKHARDT’S FLUTE               10 min         FLUTE 

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Colchester Only: 

JON PHIPPS:  ANTIKYTHERA                        10 -12 min   Bass Guitar