Frederick Thurston News
British musician (1901-1953)
- clarinet
- classical music
- United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- clarinetist, music teacher
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2024-04-25
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2022-06-01 01:14:43
Two of D.C.'s Choruses Team Up to Host Spirituals Workshop Saturday, June 4, Foundry United Methodist Church, 1500 16th St NW, Washington D.C.
Hello Mr. Zick: A workshop on Spirituals will be led by Heritage Signature Chorale's Artistic Director Stanley J. Thurston and Michele Fowl in, Artistic Director of the Washington Performing Arts Children of the Gospel Choir will take place: Saturday, June 4 12:00 - 3:00 PM Foundry United Methodist Church 1500 16th St NW, Washington D.C., 20036 The event will feature repertoire such as "Until I Reach My Home," from Goin' Home, arranged by Dr. Adolphus Hailstork and "Sweet Little Jesus Boy," arranged by Stanley J. Thurston. REPERTOIRE LIST I Opened My Mouth to the Lord, arr. Lela M. Anderson Elijah, Rock!, arr. Hall Johnson Deep River, arr. Rene Clausen My Soul's Been Anchored in the Lord, arr. Moses Hogan Some folks don’t know the difference between gospel and spirituals. Here’s a chance to learn more about spirituals AND […]
2021-04-22 07:06:32
Rediscovered: British Clarinet Concertos by Susan Spain-Dunk, Elizabeth Maconchy, Rudolph Dolmetsch, Peter Wishart from Peter Cigleris, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Ben Palmer;
[…] us some engaging shifts in texture. And Dolmetsch is striking in the slow movement again for his handling of his forces. With the finale we get hints of other English composers and feel his lineage to the RCM line of composers. Elizabeth Maconchy Elizabeth Maconchy also studied at the Royal College of Music, with RVW. She wrote the Concertino for Clarinet and String Orchestra in 1945 for the great clarinettist Frederick Thurston who gave a few performances of the work in the 1940s (including on the BBC Third Programme) but then it languished until the clarinettist Thea King recorded it with the English Chamber Orchestra. (King had studied with Thurston and the two married in 1953). Thurston had played the Stanford concerto under the composer's direction in the 1920s and was intimately involved in the creation of the Finzi's concerto. Maconchy's work is in three movements, […]
2020-12-13 19:51:17
In the original sleeve notes accompanying his 1962 recording of Bach’s French Suites on the clavichord, Thurston Dart explained that he chose to leave out the repeats in order to accommodate all six suites on a single LP. Consequently, certain movements seem as if they are over before they begin. Yet despite the L’Oiseau-Lyre production’s […]
2020-08-01 05:06:00
Classical Music News of the Week, August 1, 2020
[…] Can All-Stars. Her spectacular playing and commitment to community engagement wowed us all!" Hlusko’s first official performance as an All-Star will be Saturday, August 1, 2020 at MASS MoCA in North Adams, MA as part of Bang on a Can & Friends, two nights of live-in person music on July 31 and August 1. She’ll perform a solo work - Michael Gordon’s Light is Calling - as well Louis Andriessen's Workers Union and Thurston Moore's Stroking Piece #1 with the All-Stars. More about Bang on a Can & Friends, including program info, performer bios, and COVID-19 safety information, is available at friends2020.bangonacan.org. --Maggie Stapleton, Jensen Artists Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Announces CMS FRONT ROW: National The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center (CMS) announces a new digital initiative to enable local chamber music venues to bring its outstanding […]
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