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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.
Continue Reading →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.
Continue Reading →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
Continue Reading →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.
Continue Reading →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.
Continue Reading →Reissue: Dodgson Piano Trios
May 02, 2019
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Announcing the reissue of Stephen Dodgson's Piano Trios, recorded by the late Bernard Roberts in close collaboration with the composer.
Continue Reading →MusicWeb International review: Piano Sonatas Vol. 2
April 25, 2019
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This is a fine companion disc to volume one, one which provides further proof that Stephen Dodgson was an accomplished composer for the piano, whilst the playing of Bernard Roberts is excellent once again.... Another wonderful disc that all fans of the music of Dodgson will want
Continue Reading →MusicWeb International review: Piano Sonatas Vol. 1 & 2
April 23, 2019
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The music on these two discs conveys a spirit of grown-up charm, clarity, bell timbres, catchy rhythmic cells and gamelan fertility... On the technical side we get first class piano sound. The project is lifted by the great artistry of Bernard Roberts – excellent both in the articulation of much dazzling fast music and in probing the poignant heart of the more reflective sections.
Continue Reading →Upcoming Events
May
8
Fri
2026
7:30 pm
‘Dormi Jesu’ – LFCCM opening night
@ St Paul's Knightsbridge
‘Dormi Jesu’ – LFCCM opening night
@ St Paul's Knightsbridge
May 8 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
The London Festival of Contemporary Church Music opens on Friday 8th May with ‘Arise, My Darling’, a concert from stellar London chamber choir Pegasus. The evening explores a range of sacred works by modern composers and includes Stephen Dodgson’s ‘Dormi Jesu’. This beautiful simple soprano-alto-tenor miniature mixes medieval harmonies with hint of modernism to produce an exquisite vision of the Virgin Mary nurturing the young Christ child.