News
Programmes for the
Chacombe Music Festival 2008 are now available - events take place on
Friday 4th and
Saturday 5th July (evening) and
Sunday 6th July (all day). The link to the left will take you to Chacombe Music's new website - www.chacombemusic.co.uk - where you will find details of all our
concerts, the
artistic residency, and a new
art exhibition, as well as details of
how to book.
The Festival will include the UK premiere of Nathan's
Cabaret Songs from Auden/Isherwood's
The Ascent of F6, performed by soprano
Emilie Bregeon, following her premiering the work in Paris on May 13th 2008 with pianist Jean-Paul Pruna. Nathan will also give a recital with clarinetist
James Meldrum and perform Widor's Piano Quintet with the
Harpham String Quartet at Chacombe this year.
Also recently in Chacombe: the first evening of
Music and Theatre at Sophie's Barn, on Sunday 30th March. Nathan performed with cellist Charles Watt in Benjamin Wallfisch's Rhapsody and Debussy's Cello Sonata as a prelude to a series of original miniature plays by actors from Washington State, USA.
Violinist
Piotr Szewczyk continues to perform
Homecoming for solo violin to great critical acclaim across the US as part of his
Violin Futura project. This year has seen performances in Wisconsin and Sante Fe, to be followed by Cincinnati, Florida and Colorado later this year. A tour of Germany will take place in October. See www.violinfutura.com for more...
Nathan's first opera,
A Fountain Sealed, to a libretto by Thomas Walton, was performed as a work-in-progress at Grimeborn Opera, Arcola Theatre, London, on August 21st, 2007. "
People don't write opera like this any more" was the Daily Telegraph's verdict. Conductor Ransom Wilson has commented "
From a composer and librettist still in their 20s, this work is seriously impressive." The work is heading towards production in 2009. More soon...
Biog
Active as composer, pianist, teacher and artistic director, Nathan Williamson has established a reputation as one of the UK’s most versatile and individual young artists. He is now in consistent demand for new works from artists and festivals around the world...
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