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Trumpet-and-organ in accord Deborah Calland has established quite a niche for herself at a time when the trumpet is enjoying prominence as a primary colour in many contemporary musical landscapes. Her sound is assured and communicative, at once raunchy in the compelling Three Orations by Huw Watkins and John Hawkins’s Sortie, yet innately lyrical with all the risks inherent in Rhian Samuel’s and Robin Holloway’s exposed and atmospheric creations. Far from a heavy-going recital of an unfashionable duo medium (at least in this country), Calland and the prize-winning organist William Whitehead seek out vibrancy of timbre and a definition of character rarely achieved in reverberant buildings, where the best organs tend to reside. Jonathan Freeman-Attwood, Gramophone |
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...the insightful characterisations of Deborah Calland’s expressive trumpet, and the attentive focus of William Whitehead... Paul Riley, BBC Music Magazine |
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North Star was chosen by Michael Church as Disc of the Week in The Independent and selected by Radio 3's CD Review for The Listening Booth. All in all, a rewarding and stimulating collection of contemporary British music which makes a very worthwhile contribution to the trumpet-and-organ genre. The playing throughout is impeccable and persuasive and the recorded sound is excellent. Glyn Pursglove, Music Web |
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Deadly Pleasures Together with collaborators Alexandra Wood, Kyle Horch, Helen Reid and Johanna Lonsky, Deborah has just given the first performances of a major new work by John Casken, called Dead;y Pleasures Following performances at the Ulverston and Corsham Festivals the new work is to be givenat venues up and down the country, culminating with a performance at Kings Place, London, on 29 March 2010. See www.counterpoise.org.uk for further details.
The story A short story by Pushkin tells of Cleopatra offering herself for a night to any man prepared to die the following morning. Two suitors present themselves and are duly executed the following day. Pushkin failed to complete the tale but D.M. Thomas in his novel Ararat proposes a neat solution: the third suitor enjoys his night of love but has no intention of fulfilling the rest of the contract… |
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