conductor – pianist – agent
Edited by Thomas Hyde and Oliver Chandler
This volume marks Stephen Dodgson’s centenary and honours his long, distinguished and multi-faceted career, bringing together interviews, especially commissioned essays, and the composers own warmly erudite writings. Contributors include: David Wordsworth, Paul Driver, Pamela Nash, Joanna Bullivant, Phillip Cooke, Robert Matthew -Walker, John Lill.
Commissioning Editor: David Wordsworh
Editorial Consultant: Leslie East
Foreword by Steve Reich
Arguably the most important British post-minimalist composer, Gavin Bryars has worked in classical music, jazz, free improvisation and experimental music, His style has evolved and yet he remains a provocative yet accessible composer capable of working in a variety of musical genres.
Choral Composers in Conversation with David Wordsworth
Preface by Sir Andrew Davis, Foreword by David Hill OBE
Published at this year’s Three Choirs Festival in Worcester
In Giving Voice to My Music, David Wordsworth’s engrossing interviews take us into the world of twenty-four leading composers of choral music, composers for whom writing for choirs is central to their very existence.
David’s latest choral anthology has just been published by Cadenza Music. ‘The Nativity Star’ brings together 18 choral pieces – sacred and secular – for the Christmas season, written by some of the most prominent composers working today. Many of the works have been especially written for this anthology, which encompasses a variety of texts, moods and styles, for both a capella and accompanied voices.
A Shakespeare Choral Anthology, edited and compiled by David Wordsworth.
En Bethlehem is a collection of 22 choral pieces – sacred and secular – for the Christmas season, written by some of today’s most prominent composers and edited by David Wordsworth.