TIM REYNISH WEBSITE

SEPTEMBER 2007

Greetings from one of the wettest summers we have experienced in England for many years. I shall be quite glad to escape to Fall in North New York state, where I shall be visiting Professor at SUNY Fredonia until December. 

I shall check timreynish@tiscali.co.uk email fairly regularly, but you might find it easier to contact me on timreynish@yahoo.co.uk. I promise to try to tidy up the website when the weather gets cold. Meanwhile put your browser on the logos above for updates on happenings in the world of wind bands and ensembles

Fall in Fredonia

REPERTOIRE OF NATIONAL YOUTH WIND ENSEMBLE

One of the major sensations at the WASBE Conference in Killarney was the precocity of the National Youth Wind Ensemble, the premier  United Kingdom wind ensemble, who dispatched a totally uncompromising programme with extraordinary virtuosity. Much is due to the meticulous preparation and rehearsal by their conductor, Phillip Scott and by fine sectional coaches, especially since they normally share their concerts and their final rehearsal with the National Youth Chamber Orchestra. The Ensemble played at WASBE in 2003 in  Jönköping ,  Sweden , and the performance this year established them as one of the finest wind ensembles in the world. Careful programming of great literature is a key ingredient in their success, and below I list their concert programmes since 2003.

Other links in this homepage cover the 2007 Canford Summer School and its repertoire, suggestions for shorter works to add variety to your programmes, some websites for some British composers and conductors, a rediscovered gem and a reminder of two birthday celebrations for 2008 (plus my own 70^th ….wow, time to retire)

Have a great Fall or Spring,

Tim Reynish

PS Does any browser know anything about Paul Epstein’s The Adventures of Matinee Concerto as Broadcast Live from the Late 20th Century (solo violin and wind ensemble) which won the NBA Competition in 1989?

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CANFORD INTERNATIONAL CONDUCTING SUMMER SCHOOL

REPERTOIRE – A CHANGE OF PACE

SOME WEBSITES OF BRITISH COMPOSERS AND CONDUCTORS

LOST MOUNTAIN

BIRTHDAYS IN 2008

REPERTOIRE OF NATIONAL YOUTH WIND ENSEMBLE 2003-2007

CANFORD INTERNATIONAL CONDUCTING SUMMER SCHOOL

2008 The provisional dates for 2008 are 4-11 August. Check back here for confirmation, or visit the Canford Summer School website.

2007 Class

The 2007 class comprised 20 students from  England, Scotland, Ireland, Belgium, Germany, Israel, Hong Kong and the United States. Around a quarter were studying for Doctorates in wind conducting, 3 were on Masters conducting courses in orchestral conducting, 5 were professional military musicians, 3 were experienced music graduates working in education and the remainder involved with community bands, orchestras or choirs.

As always much of the emphasis was on repertoire; to find out more about the course, click your browser on the BASBWE logo at the top of the page and you will find an article by Mark Heron, who will be developing a Canford section on the BASBWE site.

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REPERTOIRE – A CHANGE OF PACE

Following the very helpful ideas on Australian repertoire from Ralph Hultgren on the WASBE Schools network,  I have put together a demonstration disc of works of about 6 minutes which change the pace of a concert, six or so minutes of contemplation from UK, USA,  Ireland and New Zealand .  

I think, the Passacaglia is very special, no need to play choral transcriptions any more.  Aue is a sort of Samoan take on Charles Ives, Vranjanka is good fun and a good teaching piece, harder and noisier than the rest,  the two Carroll pieces are nice Irish tunes well arranged, and the  Work is like Delius, but is a Golden Oldie, very rarely programmed, perhaps because it is harder than it looks and sounds. Jonathan Newman is a member of the BCM consortium of composers, and it is well worth browsing their website, catalogues and blogs for entertainment and some very original music.  The slow movement of the Bennett Trumpet Concerto is now available on sale separate from the rest of the work, and I have added Illyrian Dances  to celebrate Guy Woolfenden ’s 70^th birthday. His most recent piece, Divertimento for Band, is another winner.

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WEBSITES

COMPOSERS

CONDUCTORS

or contact Phillip Scott at:

The Conservatoire. 19-21 Lee Road, Blackheath, London SE3 9RQ

Telephone: 020 8852 0234 Fax: 020 8297 0596 Email: info@conservatoire.org.uk

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LOST MOUNTAIN

Conferences are a chance to catch up with people, and the Glasgow Conference was an opportunity to talk with Brian Boddice, opportunity lost under the pressure of rehearsals and clinics. However, it made me revisit CELEBRATIONS, an extraordinary recording of music by Scottish composers conducted by Brian, the project put together with the late Brian Duguid. It includes  one of my favorite works from the eighties, Martin Dalby’s A Plain Man’s Hammer as well as the hautingly beautiful Lost Mountain by William Sweeney.

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2008

HAPPY BIRTHDAY FRANK AND ADAM

                               FRANK TICHELLI                                                         ADAM GORB

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NATIONAL YOUTH WIND ENSEMBLE OF GREAT BRITAIN

 List of repertoire played from July 2003 to July 2007

Friday 4 July 2003

Dag Hammarskjöld Concert Hall, Jönköping, Sweden (11^th WASBE Conference)

Saturday 14 August 2004

Harpenden Public Halls, Hertfordshire

Sunday 28 July 2005

The Albert Hall, Nottingham

Sunday 23 July 2006

Haden Freeman Concert Hall, RNCM, Manchester

Thursday 12 July 2007

Irish National Events Centre, Killarney , Ireland (13^th WASBE Conference)

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