Kate Whitley SIX Charlotte Mew Settings (2017/2019 AWARD)
for baritone or soprano and string quartet
The first three songs were commissioned in 2017 and the cycle was completed in 2019
Performed in 2017 at Orford Church by Matthew Rose and the Albion Quartet, in 2019 at Temple Church, London by Matthew Rose & Katherine Broderick and Friends, and in 2020 at Barnes Farm, Suffolk by Héloïse Werner and the Tippett Quartet
Kate Whitley This is my Love Poem for You (2015 AWARD)
for baritone and piano trio
Performed in 2015 at Snape Maltings, Ashmolean Museum Oxford, Blackheath Concert Halls, Victoria Hall Hartley Witney and the Royal Opera House London.
performed by Matthew Rose, Angell Trio
To obtain a copy of any of the commissioned recordings, please contact the Trust at info@michaelcuddigantrust.com
Kate Whitley (b. 1989) is a composer and pianist based in South London.
She runs The Multi-Story Orchestra with conductor Christopher Stark, which performs in car parks around the UK: “forget fusty concert halls, the future of music is emerging in a municipal car park” (The Times).
She writes music for concert, ballets, choirs and orchestras and her music has been broadcast on Radio 3 and performed as part of the BBC Proms. http://katewhitley.net
“Matthew Rose is among the most musically illuminating of the new generation of basses, alert and perceptive in performance.”
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Formed in 2016, the Albion Quartet unites four outstanding young string players, brought together by a shared belief in the visceral power of the string quartet. The upcoming season sees the quartet returning to the Wigmore Hall and Aldeburgh Festival, as well as continuing residencies at Sainte-Mere Festival in France and RWCMD in Cardiff. They will be making a number of broadcasts for BBC Radio 3, whilst continuing their recording projects for Signum Records, for whom they are exclusive artists.
The Angell Trio (Frances Angell - piano, Jan Schmolck - violin and Sally Pendlebury - Cello) has established an international reputation as a leading chamber ensemble and has received much critical acclaim for its "brilliant ensemble playing and wonderfully shared vision and understanding." (Munchner Merkur review of Bavarian Radio concert)
