SEASONS
Premiere at Chichester Cathedral. Commissioned for Dame Evelyn Glennie with Stage Band, later performed at The Royal Albert Hall by the Safri Duo, devised by Hugh Wooldridge.
An adaptation of Antonio Vivaldi’s ‘The Four Seasons’ with original music by Julie Cooper, featuring vast percussion with virtuoso stage band, voices and Grand Organ.
(Percussion, Stage Band/Orchestra and Voices)
Performances of Seasons 1990 – 2012 :
Royal Albert Hall, London – 7 October 2012
Percussion Oliver Cox, The City Of London Philharmonic, Conductor: Kevin Amos
Royal Albert Hall. London – 18 November 1994
Percussion -The Safri Duo
Stage Band – Rod Argent, Lucy Wakeford, Andy Findon, Phil Todd, Mitch Dalton, Jeremy Meehan, Harold Fisher, Kelvin Thomson, Julie Cooper, Stephen Disley, Claire Moore and the Brass Ensemble of the Welsh Guards.
Conductor – David Firman
BBC Radio 2 – The Collins Collection
Conductor Andy Read – Winter 1st Mvt.
St.Paul’s, London – December 1990
Percussion Dame Evelyn Glennie
Prose written for this performance by Christopher Fry, Spoken by Dame Judi Dench, Imogen Stubbs, Jeremy Irons, Robert Powell.
Conductor – Mike Reed
Chichester Cathedral – July 1990
Percussion – Dame Evelyn Glennie
Commissioned by Chichester Festival
Conductor – David Firman