news
 Gerard Schurmann's new Partita for Clarinet,
Violin and Piano had its first performance in Washington DC by the Verdehr Trio on March 4th
2007.
First performances of Gaudiana ("Symphonic Studies") took place
at L'Auditori Barcelona, Spain on December 2, 3 and 4 2005, played by the Orquestra Simfònica
de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya, conducted by Rumon Gamba. [Click
to listen.]
The Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano received its UK première on March 10th
2005 at the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, played by Nicholas Cox (clarinet),
Jonathan Aasgaard (cello) and Timothy Horton (piano).
The Chilingirian Quartet gave the world première of a new String Quartet by
Gerard Schurmann at the Conway Hall in London on October 3rd 2004. The same quartet gave the
US première at Irvine Barclay Theatre, California, on April 10th 2005.
Gerard Schurmann's Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano had its first performance
at the Tucson (Arizona) Chamber Music Festival on March 5th 2004 by Richard Hawkins (Clarinet),
Peter Rejto (Cello) and Christina Dahl (Piano). [Click
to listen.]
The first commercial recording
of Gerard Schurmann's Violin Concerto and the Concerto for Orchestra
has been released on Chandos 9915. The soloist is the French violinist
Olivier Charlier with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by the composer.
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Further Chandos projects in the near future include a recording of
Schurmann's Piano Concerto, and other
orchestral works played by the BBC Philharmonic conducted by Gerard Schurmann.
Six Studies of
Francis Bacon continues to be heard in different parts of the world,
with recent performances in Aarhus (Denmark), Paris, Geneva, Brussels, and in Kuala Lumpur
conducted by James de Preist.
Variants was recently performed in Vienna, Austria, San Remo in Italy,
Bratislava in the Slovak Republic, and Trondheim in Norway, as well as by the
Manchester Camerata, the Northern Sinfonia, the Northwest Chamber Orchestra in
Seattle, USA, and at the University of Indiana, Bloomington.
The CD of the above two works (Chandos 9167) performed by the BBC Symphony
Orchestra, conducted by the composer, has had its third reissue, keeping
it available in the record catalogues for over 20 years. [Click
to listen.]
A CD of the music soundtrack from the film The Lost Continent by Gerard
Schurmann has been issued by GDI Records, distributed by BMG/Universal,
and is now available in the shops. [Click
to listen.]
Recordings by the Los Angeles Piano Quartet of the two Piano Quartets, recorded
live at the Tucson Winter Chamber Music Festival, are available on separate CDs.
[Click to listen.] They are distributed through record
outlets in the USA and Europe.
 Peter Rejto was the soloist in a performance of The Gardens of Exile
at Oberlin, Ohio, USA on November 16, 2000. The CD of The Gardens of Exile,
performed by Peter Rejto and the Pecs Orchestra of Hungary, conducted by Howard Williams,
has been reissued in the USA on EQ 24, distributed by Albany Records [click to listen].
Since its première by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in their
centenary year, the Concerto for Orchestra has received performances
in Czechoslovakia by the Janacek Philharmonic and in London by the BBC Symphony
Orchestra conducted by Jac van Steen.
On September 27/28 1999, the British Music Society recorded for release
on CD, Chuench'i, Six Songs of William Blake, and Nine
Slovak Folk Songs [click to listen]. The singers
were Alison Wells, soprano and Martyn Hill, tenor, accompanied by the pianist
Keith Swallow.
Please watch for further news about new commissions and works in progress.
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