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Margaret Catchpole – podcast and Gramophone blog
January 31, 2021
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Listen to the Thoroughly Good Classical Music Podcast and read the Gramophone blog on the new release of Stephen Dodgson's opera Margaret Catchpole.
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January 29, 2021
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Stephen Dodgson's 4-act opera Margaret Catchpole today! With Stephen Dodgson's evocative music and vivid characterisation, we are immersed in the internal battle between Margaret's own good character and values, and her heartfelt loyalty to Will Laud, a smuggler – the man she loves.
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MusicWeb International review: Music for Winds II (Magnard Ensemble)
September 07, 2020
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This series of chamber music discs from Toccata Classics has been quite a treat. The Magnard Ensemble has recorded another excellent disc. It highlights the skill and expertise of Stephen Dodgson the composer. The variety of music on this disc, with its complex and varied combinations, has shown the Magnard Ensemble at their very best. Excellent playing and another varied program serve to show what a vastly underrepresented composer Dodgson was.
Continue Reading →Fanfare review: Music for Winds II (Magnard Ensemble)
July 22, 2020
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This collection of Dodgson's chamber music for winds, spanning the years 1958 to 2004, displays an arresting sense for unusual timbral blending, as well an elegant and precise Neoclassical construction that honors Stravinsky.
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Tournament for Twenty Fingers – concert review
March 04, 2020
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Dodgson's delightful Tournament for Twenty Fingers was played with sparkle and sensitivity.
Continue Reading →New release – Dodgson: Music for Winds II (Magnard Ensemble)
February 11, 2020
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Announcing the new release of the second instalment of the Toccata recordings of Stephen Dodgson's music for winds, performed by the Magnard Ensemble, combining Dodgson's sense of fun and an occasional spiky vivacity with hints of Baroque formality but also a particularly English strain of lyricism.
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New videos – Cello Partita & Duo for Cello and Guitar
September 09, 2019
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We are delighted to announce the new video recordings – a joint venture by the Cherubim Trust and Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust – of Stephen Dodgson’s Cello Partita and his Duo for Cello and Guitar. Both videos were especially recorded in the late composer’s house. Do enjoy and share the recordings below! Cello Partita Duo for Cello and Guitar No related posts.
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Margaret Catchpole review – Church Times
July 24, 2019
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It was a memorable and hugely enjoyable evening and, perhaps, the first of many new performances of this fine work by a fine composer and musician. There was without exception very fine singing and playing... and the audience’s reception was of uninhibited enthusiasm.
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MusicWeb International double review: Piano Trios; Music for Winds I
May 23, 2019
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An excellent disc in which the three piano trios are the stars, the performance of these works by the Bernard Roberts Piano Trio is all that you could wish for, with a strong sense of ensemble playing throughout leading to wonderful performances... and the Music for Winds a splendid disc, one which is expertly performed throughout by the Magnard Ensemble.
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6:30 pm ‘Hymn to Harmony’ for choir and ... @ St John's Smith Square
‘Hymn to Harmony’ for choir and ... @ St John's Smith Square 
Nov 3 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
The Outcry Ensemble and English Voices perform Stephen Dodgson’s full-scale upper-voice Hymn Harmony at St John’s Smith Square alongside other works by Gibbons, Vaughan Williams and Coleridge-Taylor. The evening constitutes the final concert of their ‘Music for a Great City’ series, which explores the essence of a city as portrayed through its music, its history, its people and their perpetual sense of spirit through a rich variety of pieces. Directed by James Henshaw and comprised of young, exceptionally skilled professionals poised to become the next generation of global orchestral leaders, The Outcry Ensemble brings together vibrant energy and captivating performances. Their repertoire programming[...]
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7:00 pm Trumpet Concerto – Imogen Whitehead @ St Martin-in-the-Fields
Trumpet Concerto – Imogen Whitehead @ St Martin-in-the-Fields 
Nov 23 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Acclaimed trumpeter Imogen Whitehead, with St Martin’s Chamber Ensemble and conductor Patrick Milne, performs Stephen Dodgson’s Trumpet Concerto – his very last work, written for Imogen Whitehead herself when she was 18 – alongside Haydn’s Trumpet Concerto and Mozart’s Divertimento in D. All in the stunning and atmospheric setting of St-Martin-in-the Fields. Tickets available at: https://www.stmartin-in-the-fields.org/calendar/mozart-and-haydn-by-candlelight/?whatson-event-date=2024-11-23&whatson-event-time=7:00%20PM
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7:30 pm Pomenade 2 – Magnard Ensemble @ St Mary's, Luton
Pomenade 2 – Magnard Ensemble @ St Mary's, Luton 
Nov 25 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
The much admired wind group the Magnard Ensemble return to Luton with a programme particularly featuring Stephen Dodgson’s Promenade No.2. Richard Sisson (Chair of Luton Music): ‘Stephen was for many years associated with Luton Music, generously giving his time to serve as a Vice-president. 2024 is the centenary of his birth and it is an honour to programme this fine piece in his memory.’ Programme Sergei Rachmaninov (arr. McDermid) – Prelude in E flat Major Op 23 No.6 Martin Butler – Down-Hollow Winds Stephen Dodgson – Promenade No.2 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (arr. Shiner) – Rondo in A minor K511 Samuel Barber – Summer[...]
