I am frequently commissioned to supply carefully researched and informative programme notes to accompany concerts or liner notes for commercial recordings. I have written widely on the music of George Enescu and other Romanian composers, amongst an international and often lesser known repertoire. All notes listed below are for the Enescu Society London unless links indicate otherwise. To discuss commissions please contact me at evandickerson [at] aim [dot] com
Previous clients include:
Alda Dizdari, violin / Mellos Ensemble at Holywell Music Room, Oxford
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Brighton Festival
Centre for Young Musicians - London Schools Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican Centre
Editura Casa Radio, Bucharest (CD label)
Enescu Society London / Romanian Cultural Institute
Editura Casa Radio, Bucharest (CD label)
Enescu Society London / Romanian Cultural Institute
Lewes Chamber Music Festival
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Russian Music School
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Russian Music School
Ollecello Classics, Paris (CD label)
Southwark International Music Festival
Talent Unlimited
Talent Unlimited
The Schubert Ensemble at King's Place
University of Plymouth - Shadows of Romania Music Festival
University of Plymouth - Shadows of Romania Music Festival
West Cork Chamber Music Festival
Wigmore Hall
Composers and works:
Anonymous
The Song of the Birds (arr. Pau Casals) [Wigmore Hall 2021]
Romanian Byzantine Chant (arr. Max Ruisi) [Wigmore Hall 2022]
Alessandrescu, Alfred
Biography
Songs - various
Songs - various
Bacewicz, Grazyna
Works for violin and piano: Humoresque, Kolysanka, Slavonic Dance, Witraz [Wigmore Hall 2024]
Cello suite 1 BWV1007 [Wigmore Hall 2021]
Cello sonata BWV1029
French Suites
Jesus bleibet meine Freude (arr. Hess)
Sonata for violin and piano 3
Jesus bleibet meine Freude (arr. Hess)
Sonata for violin and piano 3
The Well-tempered klavier, Book 1 [West Cork Festival 2022]
Three chorales (arr. Respighi) [London Philharmonic Orchestra 2020]
Toccata and Fugue D minor (orch. Stokowski) [London Philharmonic Orchestra 2020]
Three chorales (arr. Respighi) [London Philharmonic Orchestra 2020]
Toccata and Fugue D minor (orch. Stokowski) [London Philharmonic Orchestra 2020]
Divertimento for strings [Ollecello Classics 2013]
Rhapsody 1 for violin and piano [Wigmore Hall 2022]
String quartets 1 and 2 [West Cork Festival 2022]
String quartet 5 [Wigmore Hall 2023]
Beamish, Sally
Trance for Piano Trio [Wigmore Hall 2024]
Cello sonata, Op. 102 No. 2
Coriolan overture
Piano bagatelle A minor, WoO 59 (Für Elise)
Piano concerto 4 [London Philharmonic Orchestra 2020]
Piano sonatas 4, 5, 6, 8 "Pathétique", [Wigmore Hall 2022], 30, 31 [Wigmore Hall 2022]
Piano trio in G Op. 1 No. 2 [Wigmore Hall 2023]
Piano trio Op. 1 No. 3
Piano trio Op. 11
Piano trio in E flat Op. 70 No. 2 [Wigmore Hall 2023]
String Trio in C minor Op. 9 No. 3 [Wigmore Hall 2024]
String Quartet No. 8 in E minor Op. 59 No. 2 'Razumovsky' [Wigmore Hall 2023]
String Quartets, op132, op135
Symphony 1 [London Philharmonic Orchestra 2020]
Trio in B flat Op. 11 for clarinet, cello and piano [Wigmore Hall 2024]
Variations in E flat on an Original Theme Op. 44 [Wigmore Hall 2023]
Violin sonatas Nos. 1 [Wigmore Hall 2023], 2 [Wigmore Hall 2022], 5 "Spring", [Wigmore Hall 2022], 7 [Wigmore Hall 2021, 2024], 9 "Kreutzer", 10
Violin sonatas Nos. 1 [Wigmore Hall 2023], 2 [Wigmore Hall 2022], 5 "Spring", [Wigmore Hall 2022], 7 [Wigmore Hall 2021, 2024], 9 "Kreutzer", 10
Berkeley, Lennox
- Rondeau; D'un fleuve and De Don Juan from Tombeaux [Wigmore Hall 2022]
Bosmans, Henriëtte
String Quartet [Wigmore Hall 2024] [Brighton Festival 2024]
Capriccio D minor, Op. 116, No.7
Cello sonatas Nos. 1 and 2
“FAE” sonata scherzo for violin and piano [Wigmore Hall 2008]
Intermezzo B flat minor
“FAE” sonata scherzo for violin and piano [Wigmore Hall 2008]
Intermezzo B flat minor
Intermezzo A flat major, Op. 76, No. 3
Intermezzo A minor, Op. 76, No. 7
Piano Quartets Nos. 1, 3Piano Trio No. 1
Piano Trio No. 2 in C Op.
87 [Wigmore Hall 2024]
Rhapsody E flat major, Op. 119, No. 4
String quartet No. 2
String quartet No. 2
String Quartet in C minor Op. 51 No. 1 [Wigmore Hall 2023]
Variations on a Theme by Paganini (Book II) Op. 35 [Wigmore Hall 2023]
Viola Quintet in B minor Op. 115 [Wigmore Hall 2024]
Violin sonata No. 1 in G Op.78 [Wigmore Hall 2023]
Violin sonata No. 3 [Wigmore Hall 2008]
Brediceanu, Tiberiu
Biography
Songs - various [Wigmore Hall 2020]
Violin sonata No. 3 [Wigmore Hall 2008]
Biography
Songs - various [Wigmore Hall 2020]
Doina Stăncuței from La Seceriș; Dragu-mi-i, măndro, de tine [Wigmore Hall 2022]
Biography
Songs – various [Wigmore Hall 2020]
Britten, Benjamin
String Quartet No. 2 in C Op. 36 [Wigmore Hall 2023]
Busoni, Ferruccio
Piano concerto [London Philharmonic Orchestra 2020]
Butler, Martin
Lucifer’s Banjo
Poème (violin and piano version)
Piano concerto [London Philharmonic Orchestra 2020]
Lucifer’s Banjo
Poème (violin and piano version)
Songs: Le colibri Op. 2 No. 7; Le temps des lilas; Les papillons Op. 2 No. 3 [Wigmore Hall 2022]
Cherubini, Luigi
String quartet 3
Chopin, Frederic
Andante spianato et grande polonaise brillante Op. 22 [Wigmore Hall 2023]
String quartet 3
Andante spianato et grande polonaise brillante Op. 22 [Wigmore Hall 2023]
Études (complete)
24 Preludes
24 Preludes
Scherzo No. 2 in B flat minor Op. 31 [Wigmore Hall 2023]
Waltzes (complete) [Wigmore Hall 2022]
Constantinescu, Paul
Biography
Byzantine variations for cello and piano
Cantec si Joc Dobrogean for piano
Corelli, Arcangelo
Violin sonata, op5#12
Debussy, Claude
Cello sonata
Chansons – various
Waltzes (complete) [Wigmore Hall 2022]
Biography
Byzantine variations for cello and piano
Cantec si Joc Dobrogean for piano
Violin sonata, op5#12
Cello sonata
Chansons – various
- Danse sacrée et danse profane [Wigmore Hall 2022]
Images, volume 1
Poissons d’or
Preludes, book 1
Reflets dans l’eau [University of Plymouth 2010]
String Quartet in G minor Op. 10 [Wigmore Hall 2023]
Suite bergamasque
Violin sonata [Wigmore Hall 2021] [Wigmore Hall 2022] [Wigmore Hall 2024]
Dima, Gheorghe
Biography
Songs - various [Wigmore Hall 2020]
Suite bergamasque
Violin sonata [Wigmore Hall 2021] [Wigmore Hall 2022] [Wigmore Hall 2024]
Biography
Songs - various [Wigmore Hall 2020]
Dohnanyi, Erno
Serenade in C for string trio, Op. 10 [Wigmore Hall 2024]
Donceanu, Felicia
Biography
Songs - various [Wigmore Hall 2020]
Donizetti, Gaetano
Arias from Maria di Rohan and Maria Stuarda [Wigmore Hall 2020]
Dvořák, Antonin
Piano quartet 2
Piano quintet 2
Piano trio “Dumky”
Biography
Songs - various [Wigmore Hall 2020]
Arias from Maria di Rohan and Maria Stuarda [Wigmore Hall 2020]
Piano quartet 2
Piano quintet 2
Piano trio “Dumky”
Sonatina in G Op. 100 [Wigmore Hall 2023]
Dunhill, Thomas
Quintet, op. 6 “Nitor in adversum” [University of Plymouth 2010]
Dutilleux, Henri
Trois Strophes sur le nom de Sacher [Wigmore Hall 2021]
Quintet, op. 6 “Nitor in adversum” [University of Plymouth 2010]
Trois Strophes sur le nom de Sacher [Wigmore Hall 2021]
Elgar, Edward
Full length biography
Composer
portrait [London Philharmonic Orchestra 2020] [Lewes Chamber Music Festival 2022]
Enescu and Béla Bartók [Ollecello Classics 2013]
Enescu and Johannes Brahms in Vienna [Wigmore Hall 2008]
Enescu and Constantin Silvestri: parallel lives [Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra 2020]
Enescu as seen by his contemporaries
Enescu and Béla Bartók [Ollecello Classics 2013]
Enescu and Johannes Brahms in Vienna [Wigmore Hall 2008]
Enescu and Constantin Silvestri: parallel lives [Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra 2020]
Enescu as seen by his contemporaries
Aubade [Wigmore Hall, 2024]
Cello sonatas 1, 2
Chamber symphony [London Philharmonic Orchestra 2020]
Concertstück for viola and piano [University of Plymouth 2010] arr. cello [Wigmore Hall 2022]
Cello sonatas 1, 2
Chamber symphony [London Philharmonic Orchestra 2020]
Concertstück for viola and piano [University of Plymouth 2010] arr. cello [Wigmore Hall 2022]
Decet for winds [London Philharmonic Orchestra 2020]
Impressions d’enfance for violin and piano [Wigmore Hall 2008]
Impromptu Concertant [Wigmore Hall 2008] [Wigmore Hall 2023]
Octet for strings [Holywell Music Room 2021] [Southwark Festival 2021] [Wigmore Hall 2022, 2024]
Oedipe [London Philharmonic Orchestra 2017]
Orchestral suites 1, 2, 3 - in preparation
Piano quartets 1, 2 [Wigmore Hall 2011]
Piano quintet [Wigmore Hall 2011]
Piano sonatas 1, 3
Piano suites 1, 2, 3 (Pièces Impromptues)
Piano trios – intro to, A minor, G minor
Romanian Rhapsodies 1, 2
Serenade Lontaine
Sept Chansons de Clement Marot
Sinfonia concertante for cello and orchestra [Ollecello Classics 2013]
Songs – various in French [Wigmore Hall 2020], German and Romanian
Impressions d’enfance for violin and piano [Wigmore Hall 2008]
Impromptu Concertant [Wigmore Hall 2008] [Wigmore Hall 2023]
Octet for strings [Holywell Music Room 2021] [Southwark Festival 2021] [Wigmore Hall 2022, 2024]
Oedipe [London Philharmonic Orchestra 2017]
Orchestral suites 1, 2, 3 - in preparation
Piano quartets 1, 2 [Wigmore Hall 2011]
Piano quintet [Wigmore Hall 2011]
Piano sonatas 1, 3
Piano suites 1, 2, 3 (Pièces Impromptues)
Piano trios – intro to, A minor, G minor
Romanian Rhapsodies 1, 2
Serenade Lontaine
Sept Chansons de Clement Marot
Sinfonia concertante for cello and orchestra [Ollecello Classics 2013]
Songs – various in French [Wigmore Hall 2020], German and Romanian
String quartets 1, 2, 1906 incomplete
movement
Symphony 1 [Bournemouth SO 2020] [London Philharmonic Orchestra 2020]
Symphony 1 [Bournemouth SO 2020] [London Philharmonic Orchestra 2020]
Symphony 2 [London Philharmonic Orchestra 2022]
Symphony 3; 'School' Symphonies - in preparation
Two Intermédes for strings [University of Plymouth 2010] [Ollecello Classics 2013]
Violin sonatas 2, 3 [Wigmore Hall 2008]
Eötvös, Peter
Snatches of a Conversation [London Philharmonic Orchestra 2020]
Two Intermédes for strings [University of Plymouth 2010] [Ollecello Classics 2013]
Violin sonatas 2, 3 [Wigmore Hall 2008]
Snatches of a Conversation [London Philharmonic Orchestra 2020]
Falla, Manuel de
Suite populaire espagnole [Wigmore Hall 2023]
Finnis, Edmund
The Centre is Everywhere [Wigmore Hall 2022]
Franck, Cezar
Violin Sonata in A
Grieg, Edvard
Peer Gynt Suite 1
Peer Gynt Suite 1
String Quartet No. 1 in G
minor Op. 27 [Wigmore Hall 2024]
Hall, George
- 3 poemi di Gabriele D’Annunzio [Wigmore Hall 2022] - world premiere
Piano Trio in A HXV/9 [Wigmore Hall 2024]
Piano Trio in F sharp minor
HXV/26 [Wigmore Hall 2024]
String Quartet in C Op. 20 No. 2 [Wigmore Hall 2023]
String Quartet in B flat Op. 50 No. 1 [Wigmore Hall 2024] [Brighton Festival 2024]
String Quartet in D Op. 71 No. 2 [Wigmore Hall 2023]
String Quartet in G Op. 77 No. 1 [Wigmore Hall 2023]
String Quartet Op. 76 No.5
String Quartet Op. 76 No.5
Heggie, Jake
Fantasy Suite 1803 [Wigmore Hall 2023] - UK première
Hough, Sir Stephen
Les Six Rencontres [Wigmore Hall 2023]
Csárdásfürstin
Recitativo und Scherzo-Caprice Op. 6 [Wigmore Hall 2021]
Intermezzo for string trio [Wigmore Hall 2024]
Sonata for solo cello Op. 8 [Wigmore Hall 2021]
Sonata for solo cello Op. 8 [Wigmore Hall 2021]
Korngold, Erich
String quartet No. 3 in D Op. 34 [West Cork Festival 2022] [Wigmore Hall 2024] [Brighton Festival 2024]
Suite from Much Ado about Nothing Op. 11 [Wigmore Hall 2023]
Lehár,
Franz
Giuditta
Funerailles
Giuditta
Funerailles
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 9 in
E flat S379 'Le carnaval de Pesth' arr. piano trio [Wigmore Hall 2024]
Les jeux d’eau a la Villa d’Este
Les jeux d’eau a la Villa d’Este
Mephisto Waltz No. 1 S514 [Wigmore Hall 2023]
Songs – various
Piano arrangements of songs by Schubert
Piano concerto 2 (in preparation)
Tarantella
Transcendental Etude #7
Un sospiro S144 No. 3 [Wigmore Hall 2023]
Songs – various
Piano arrangements of songs by Schubert
Piano concerto 2 (in preparation)
Tarantella
Transcendental Etude #7
Un sospiro S144 No. 3 [Wigmore Hall 2023]
Valse-Caprice (from
Soirées de Vienne)
Variations on Bach’s “Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen”
Variations on Bach’s “Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen”
Lyadov, Anatoly
Sarabande and Fugue from Les vendredis [Wigmore Hall 2024] [Brighton Festival 2024]
From Uncle Remus (Woodland Sketches suite)
Still Life (Nature Morte) for horn quintet [University of Plymouth 2010] - world premiere
Ave Maria
Noël Payan
Symphony 1 [London Philharmonic Orchestra 2020]
Octet [Wigmore Hall 2022, 2024]
String quartet No. 6 in F minor Op. 80 [Wigmore Hall 2023]
Viola sonata
Messiaen, Olivier
Viola sonata
Quatuor pour la fin du temps [Wigmore Hall 2024]
Monteverdi, Claudio
Selva morale e spirituale [Wigmore Hall 2021], including:
Gloria à 7 SV258
Dixit Dominus (Secondo) SV264
Beatus vir (Primo) SV268
Adoramus te Christe SV289
Cruxifixus SV259
Laetaniae della Beata Vergine à 6 SV204
Christe, adoramus te SV294
Confitebor tibi Domine (Terzo) SV267
Magnificat (Primo) SV281
Selva morale e spirituale [Wigmore Hall 2021], including:
Gloria à 7 SV258
Dixit Dominus (Secondo) SV264
Beatus vir (Primo) SV268
Adoramus te Christe SV289
Cruxifixus SV259
Laetaniae della Beata Vergine à 6 SV204
Christe, adoramus te SV294
Confitebor tibi Domine (Terzo) SV267
Magnificat (Primo) SV281
Montia, Emil
Songs: Strigă lelea din grădină; Ploaia cade; Lună, lună [Wigmore Hall 2022]
Divertimento for wind octet (attrib.)
Piano concerto No. 27 [University of Plymouth 2010]
Piano sonata No. 11
Rondo alla Turka (arr. Volodos)
String Quartet No. 17 in B flat K458 "The Hunt" [Wigmore Hall 2023]
String Quartet No. 21 in D K575 "Prussian" [Wigmore Hall 2023]
String Quintet in B flat K174 [Wigmore Hall 2024]
Variations on “Ah, je vous dirai-je, Maman” [University of Plymouth 2010]
Variations on “Ah, je vous dirai-je, Maman” [University of Plymouth 2010]
Violin sonata in B flat K454 [Wigmore Hall 2023]
Obradors,
Fernando
El vito
Pautza, Sabin
Biography
Songs - various [Wigmore Hall 2020]
El vito
Biography
Songs - various [Wigmore Hall 2020]
Penderecki, Krzysztof
Chaconne in memoriam Giovanni Paulo II [London Philharmonic Orchestra 2020]
Ponchielli, Amilcare
Dimenticar, ben mio [Wigmore Hall 2022]
Violin sonata 2
Cello sonata in C [Wigmore Hall 2022]
String Quartet No. 2 in F Op. 92 [Wigmore Hall 2023]
3 Movements from Romeo and Juliet (arr. David Grunes) [Wigmore Hall 2023]
Puccini, Giacomo
Songs: Morire?; Sole e amore [Wigmore Hall 2022]
Rachmaninoff, Sergei
Piano prelude C sharp minor
Piano concerto 3 [London Philharmonic Orchestra 2020]
Piano prelude C sharp minor
Piano concerto 3 [London Philharmonic Orchestra 2020]
Symphony 3 [LSSO 2023]
Trio Élégiaque No 1 G Minor
Rameau, Jean-Philippe
Le Rappel des Oiseaux [University of Plymouth 2010]
Ravel, Maurice
Cinq mélodies populaires grecques
Jeux d’Eau [University of Plymouth 2010]
Tzigane
Violin sonata
Trio Élégiaque No 1 G Minor
Le Rappel des Oiseaux [University of Plymouth 2010]
Cinq mélodies populaires grecques
Jeux d’Eau [University of Plymouth 2010]
Tzigane
Violin sonata
String Quartet in F [Wigmore Hall 2023]
Rossini, Gioachino
Essa corre al trionfo from Ermione [Wigmore Hall 2022]
Umbre I for viola, string orchestra and percussion [University of Plymouth 2010]
Piano sonatas – various
Arpeggione sonata [Wigmore Hall 2022]
Fantasie
Lieder (arr. Liszt for piano)
Notturno
Piano impromptu E-flat Major
Ständchen D889 (arr. Walter Gieseking) [Wigmore Hall 2020]
String trio B-flat major
Symphony No. 5 [University of Plymouth 2010]
Violin sonata in A major 'Duo' [Wigmore Hall 2023]
Lieder (arr. Liszt for piano)
Notturno
Piano impromptu E-flat Major
Ständchen D889 (arr. Walter Gieseking) [Wigmore Hall 2020]
String trio B-flat major
Symphony No. 5 [University of Plymouth 2010]
Violin sonata in A major 'Duo' [Wigmore Hall 2023]
String Trio Op. 45 [Wigmore Hall 2024]
Schumann, Robert
Fantasiestüke
Piano quintet
Piano sonata F minor
Piano trio G minor
Fantasiestüke
Piano quintet
Piano sonata F minor
Piano trio G minor
String Quartet in A minor Op. 41 No. 1 [Wigmore Hall 2023]
String quartet 3
Violin sonatas 1, 2 [Wigmore Hall 2022]
Waldszenen [University of Plymouth 2010]
Scriabin, Alexander
Études
Symphony 2 [London Philharmonic Orchestra 2020]
Serrano,
José
Los Claveles
Shostakovich, Dmitri
Piano trio 1
Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor Op. 67 [Wigmore Hall 2024]String quartet 3
Violin sonatas 1, 2 [Wigmore Hall 2022]
Waldszenen [University of Plymouth 2010]
Études
Symphony 2 [London Philharmonic Orchestra 2020]
Los Claveles
Piano trio 1
Sibelius, Jean
En Saga [LSSO 2023]
Silvestri, Constantin
Piano suites Jeux d’enfants, op.3 #1 and #2 [University of Plymouth 2010]
Biography
Songs – various [Wigmore Hall 2020]
Don Quixote
Lieder – various
Morgen Op. 27 No. 4 (arr. Max Reger) [Wigmore Hall 2020]
Vier letzte Lieder [London Schools SO 2022]
Stroe, Aurel
Biography
Songs – various
Szymanowski, Karol
Violin concerto 1
Taranu, Cornel
Biography
Piano works - various
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilytch
October from The Seasons Op. 37b [Wigmore Hall 2023]
Biography
Songs – various
Violin concerto 1
Biography
Piano works - various
October from The Seasons Op. 37b [Wigmore Hall 2023]
String quartet No. 2
Verdi, Giuseppe
Requiem Mass
Requiem Mass
- Tu al cui sguardi onni possente from I due Foscari [Wigmore Hall 2022]
Viardot, Pauline
Songs: Havanaise; Hai luli; Berceuse [Wigmore Hall 2022]
Volodos,
Arcadi
Carmen Variations
Waxman, Franz
Carmen Fantasy
Carmen Variations
Carmen Fantasy
Weinberg, Mieczyslaw
String Trio, Op. 48 [Wigmore Hall 2024]
Ysaÿe, Eugène
Violin sonata 3 “Ballade” [University of Plymouth 2010]
Violin sonata 3 “Ballade” [University of Plymouth 2010]
