Autumn 2006

NEWSLETTER Vol. 2, No. 2

 

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Calls for Papers

Australian Study Group for British Music: The Australian Study Group for British Music’s inaugural Study Day will be held on Saturday, November 4, 2006. It will include sessions of 20-minute papers and a round-table discussion on the field’s key players and research centres, theoretical approaches, archives and opportunities for publication. Submit abstracts (250 words) for the Study Day to Sue Cole (s.cole@unimelb.edu.au)or Paul Watt (pwatt@unimelb.edu.au).

Henry Wood Promenade Concerts International Conference, April 23-25, 2007, The British Library, London. Proposals for papers of normal conference length (20-30 min) or for round-tables with short position papers (5-10 min) should be sent to john.deathridge@kcl.ac.uk by October 27, 2006. Further information for potential contributors: www.kcl.ac.uk/kis/schools/hums/music/news/npmus.pdf

Words and Notes in the Nineteenth Century, July 2-3, 2007, Senate House, University of London. Focus is on a century that fostered a growth industry in musical writing of many kinds (musical novels, program notes, musical poetry, music appreciation texts, journalism, scientific treatises, biography, etc. Proposals of 300 words are invited for 20-minute conference papers on any subject relating to the approaches best suited to the study of music/text inter-relationships, and the ways in which these inter-relationships manifest themselves. The deadline for papers is 17.00 GMT on Wednesday, November 1, 2006. Proposals should be emailed with full contact details to the IMR Administrator . They will be considered anonymously. The program will be published in early January 2007. For further details, see: www.music.sas.ac.uk

Sixth Biennial Conference of Music in 19th-Century Britain, July 5-8, 2007, University of Birmingham at the Manor House in Bournville. Papers are welcome on any aspect of music in 19th-century Britain, but work on the following topics is especially encouraged: Music, class and politics; Music, industry and technology; Continental musicians in Britain; Music in the regions; Music and empire; Music and/as text; Music and image. Round table proposals are also welcome. The deadline for submission of titles and abstracts (250 words) is January 31, 2007. They should be sent to Paul Rodmell (p.j.rodmell@bham.ac.uk). Proposals for round tables should include a 150-word abstract for each contribution.

Fifth Biennial International Conference on Music Since 1900, July 5-8, 2007, University of York, United Kingdom, Proposals are warmly invited on any topics pertinent to musics of the 20th and 21st centuries. However, the ICMSN conference would particularly like to emphasize work on the following topics, intended to be applicable to all genres of music (pop, commercial, concert, jazz, folk, world). The deadline for submission of session and paper titles and abstracts is January 8, 2007. For full details see www.music.york.ac.uk/icmsn2007.

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Recent Publications

DVDs

Händel, Georg Friedrich. Teseo. [DVD] Lautten Compagney Berlin. Wolfgang Katschner with Jacek Laszczkowski, Sharon Rostrof-Zamir, Maria Riccarda Wesseling, Martin Wölfel, Mariam Meyer, Thomas Diestler. Leipzig, Germany: Arthaus Musik, 2004.

Purcell, Henry. The Fairy Queen. Pinchgot Opera. With Mariam Allan, Sara Macliver, Alison Morgan (sopranos), Sally-Anne Russell (mezzo), Paul McMahon , Jamie Allen (tenors), Stephen Bennett (bass); Cantillation. Antony Walker. With Orchestra Of the Antipodes. ABC Classics Antipodes. ABC476 2879.

Tavener, John. Fall and Resurrection. [DVD] City of London Sinfonia, BBC Singers, St. Paul’s Cathedral Choir. Richard Hickox with Patricia Rozario, Michael Chance, Martyn Hill, Stephen Richardson, Adrian Peacock. Waldron, Heathfield, East Sussex: Opus Arte, 2005.

Scores
Elgar, Edward. Concerto in E Minor for Violoncello and Orchestra, op. 85. Urtext and Critical Commentary. Edited by Jonathan Del Mar. Kassel: Bärenreiter, 2005.

Elgar, Edward. Concerto in E Minor for Violoncello and Orchestra, op. 85. Arranged for Violoncello and Piano by the composer. Edited by Jonathan Del Mar. Kassel: Bärenreiter, 2005.

Händel, Georg Friedrich. L’Allegro, il Penseroso, ed il Moderato. Piano reduction based on the Urtext of the Halle Handel Edition by Andreas Köhs. Kassel: Bärenreiter, 2005.

Händel, Georg Friedrich. Il Floridante: Opera in tre atti, HWV 14. Edited by Dieter Clausen. Kassel: Bärenreiter, 2005.

Händel, Georg Friedrich. The Lord is My Light. (Der Herr ist mein Licht). HWV 255. Piano reduction based on the Urtext of the Halle Handel Edition by Andreas Köhs. Kassel: Bärenreiter, 2005.

Händel, Georg Friedrich. Riccardo Primo, re d’Inghilterra: Opera in tre atti, HWV 23. Edited by Dieter Clausen. Kassel: Bärenreiter, 2005.

Scott, Cyril. Sonatina for Guitar. Angelo Gilardino and Luigi Biscaldi, eds. Ancona, Italy: B?rben (T. Presser), 2002.

Tippett, Michael. King Priam: Opera in Three Acts (1958-61). Schott, 2005.

Books & Articles

Carley, Lionel. Edvard Grieg in England. Suffolk, UK and Rochester, NY: Boydell & Brewer, 2006.

Elliott, Graham. Benjamin Britten: The Spiritual Dimension. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006.

Europe, Empire and Spectacle in Nineteenth-Century British Music. Edited by Julian Rushton and Rachel Cowgill. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate, 2006.

Halstead, Jill. Ruth Gipps: Anti-Modernism, Nationalism and Difference in English Music. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate, 2006.

Herissone, Rebecca. ‘To fill, forbear, or adorne’: The Organ Accompaniment of Restoration Sacred Music. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate, 2006.

Self-Portrait of Percy Grainger. Edited by Malcolm Gillies, David Pear, and Mark Carroll. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006.

Southey, Roz. Music-Making in North-East England during the Eighteenth Century. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate, 2006.

‘Speak to Me’: The Legacy of Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon. Edited by Russell Reising. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate, 2006.

Turbet, Richard. William Byrd: A Guide to Research. New York: Routledge, 2006.

Weber, William. “Redefining the Status of Opera: London and Leipzig, 1800-1848.” Journal of Interdisciplinary History 46 (2006), 507-532.

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Upcoming Releases

Centaur Records will be releasing a CD recording of cantatas for solo voice and orchestra by Thomas Arne on 1 November (catalogue number Centaur CRC 2815. Paul Rice of the Memorial University of Newfoundland edited the scores and wrote the program notes, and the performers include Maria Zádori (soprano), Timothy Bentch (tenor) and the Capella Savaria conducted by Mary Térey-Smith. The repertory recorded includes the Six Cantatas for a Voice and Instruments (never before recorded in its entirety) and Advice to Cloe.

Naxos will soon issue a superb recording of nine choice anthems by Samuel Sebastian Wesley, sung by the Clare College Choir. It marks the 150th anniversary of the founding of St. Michael’s College, Tenbury, where the recording was made, using the 1856 Willis organ. Like most Oxford and Cambridge college choirs these days, Clare’s uses women rather than boys on the treble line, and it has a mixture of male and female altos. Some may miss the famous fluty coloring of Anglican choirboys, although Wesley himself spoke of the ‘vastly superior quality and power’ of female sopranos. The drama and emotion of the anthems are fully realized in this performance, though some of the tempos are on the fast side. The conductor is Christopher Robinson, who stood in for the choir’s regular director, Tim Brown, last year. The recording was made by John Rutter, and the program notes are by Nicholas Temperley.