Concert: ‘A Dream of Germany’
Curated by David Owen Norris and Joseph Spooner
Part of the conference (POST)WAR COSMOPOLITANISM
A concert Curated by David Owen Norris and Joseph Spooner
Lecture room at the Warburg Institute
David Owen Norris, piano, Mark Wilde, voice, and Joseph Spooner, cello
Performing works by Sullivan, Battison, Dyson, Schubert, and Owen Norris
Followed by an excerpt from Ernst Gombrich’s A Little History of the World (1936)
With Carl Gombrich, voice
Broadcast by UCL Rare FM student radio
A Dream of Germany
Thursday, May 1, 2014, 06:30 PM
The Warburg Institute, London Borough of Camden, United Kingdom
David Owen Norris (piano)
His oratorio Prayerbook will appear on CD in November on EM Records, performed by the Waynflete Singers, New College Choir, the Navarra String Quartet & the baritone Peter Savidge, amongst others. In January Norris records his song-cycles with the tenor Mark Wilde, and next May his Symphony will be premiered in the English Music Festival.
Mark Wilde (voice)
Previously he has appeared in Albert Herring at the Perth Festival, Donizetti's Il Campanello at the Buxton Festival, George Frideric Handel's Arminio at the Royal College of Music and roles in Antonio Vivaldi's Giustine and Ottone in La Serenissima for BBC Radio 3.
Joseph Spooner (cello)
Joseph has worked extensively as a chamber musician, currently with the Summerhayes Piano Trio, and was a founder member of the mixed ensemble Camarada. His work with contemporary-music ensembles (notably Continuum and New Music Players) has included performances at major festivals (among them Huddersfield), broadcasts (BBC Radio 3, Channel 4), several premieres, and recordings of works by Errollyn Wallen and Roger Smalley