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Masters Composers and Performers Concert

Holywell Music Room
05 December 2024 19:30
Holywell Music Room
Holywell Music Room

Free entry - no registration required.

A celebration of collaboration - join us for this special event in which our students completing a Master's degree in Composition write music for their peers completing the same course in Performance.

Programme

JS Bach Prelude, Fugue and Allegro in E-flat major, BWV 998
William Walton Alla Cubana from Five Bagatelles for Guitar
Emmanuel Sowitz, guitar

Asha Parkinson Rave for One 
Asha Parkinson, saxophone

JS Bach Lute Suite in E minor, BWV 996
Emilia Giuliani-Gigliemi Preludes No. 6 from Six Preludes for Guitar op. 46
Tom Bruges, guitar

Asha Parkinson Al-Khub (Love)
Asha Parkinson, saxophone; James Lawson, piano

William Saul Interruptions for cello and live electronics
Andrew Smith, cello

Ernst Bacon It's all I have to bring
John Duke Loveliest of Trees
John Duke The Bird
John Duke Penguin Geometry 
Asha Parkinson When memory is full
Asha Parkinson If recollecting were forgetting 
Emily Arlidge, voice; Antoinette Cheng, piano

Alessandro Loro Duo in C  Tom Bruges, guitar; Emmanuel Sowitz, guitar

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