Solace Eros and Psyche for soprano and orchestra [12.25] a Save Me [3.14] u I Oliver Davis vocal and piano OLIVER DAVIS (b. 1972) i II Grace Davidson backing vocals o III Budapest Scoring Orchestra and the Peacock Ensemble Péter Illényi Conductor p 1 Clarity for solo violins and strings [3.19] Guitar Concerto [8.34] IV Text by Christina Alexopoulou Kerenza Peacock and Jonathan Hill solo violins 7 I Grace Davidson soprano Huw Watkins piano Budapest Scoring Orchestra and the Peacock Ensemble 8 II Total timings: [58.47] Péter Illényi Conductor Oliver Wass Harp 9 III Benedict Moriarty & Sam Brophy trebles in IV 2 Solace for solo violin and strings [4.25] Sergio Puccini Guitar Budapest Scoring Orchestra and the Peacock Ensemble Oliver Wass Harp Péter Illényi Conductor Jonathan Hill solo violin Oliver Davis piano in II & III Text by Simon Littlefield Budapest Scoring Orchestra and the Peacock Ensemble Henry Hanssen trombone in III Péter Illényi Conductor Budapest Scoring Orchestra and the Peacock Ensemble Peacock Ensemble Péter Illényi Conductor 3 This Mortal Man for soprano, harp and strings [3.22] Kerenza Peacock violin I Jonathan Hill violin II Emma Heathcote viola Katherine Jenkinson cello Hannah Turnbull double bass Grace Davidson soprano • Oliver Wass Harp Kaleidoscope piano duet [7.53] Budapest Scoring Orchestra and the Peacock Ensemble 0 I www.signumrecords.com Péter Illényi Conductor q Text by John Delaney II w III I had originally planned the production of my conductor? The only way this could be achieved 4 Narcisuss and Echo [3.12] Beth & Flo (Elsbet Remijn and Claudette Verhulst) piano sixth album in a similar way to previous albums, was by recording the orchestra and many of the Grace Davidson soprano a method that had to be abandoned when social soloists remotely. e Benedict Moriarty and Sam Brophy trebles Sun Stands Still for treble and piano [2.17] restrictions were enforced at the onset of the Oliver Davis keyboards Benedict Moriarty treble pandemic. In addition to amending the production During the lockdown period I had briefly worked Budapest Scoring Orchestra and the Peacock Ensemble Oliver Davis piano Péter Illényi Conductor Text by Simon Littlefield process, most of the repertoire I had originally remotely with the Budapest Scoring Orchestra, Text by Simon Littlefield planned to record was also going to need to be and that experience gave me the confidence to Bute Cello Duets [4.00] Equinox for violin and strings [6.06] replaced owing to key artists and studios unable tackle this project. I decided to create a template r I 5 I to be involved. It presented a huge logistical by recording all the principal elements first. I t II 6 II and creative problem, but also an interesting recorded all the key orchestral parts individually y III Kerenza Peacock violin challenge. Would it be possible to create an with five musicians (informally titled as the Katherine Jenkinson and Nicholas Holland cellos Budapest Scoring Orchestra and the Peacock Ensemble album, largely orchestral based, without being ‘Peacock Ensemble’ for this album) and this Péter Illényi Conductor in the same room as the orchestra and enabled me to have enough control of these parts

- 3 - to then create a master chamber music version Solace was originally composed as part of a larger Equinox is a two-movement work for solo violin In March 2020 I composed a short rhythmic of all the orchestral pieces on the album. I then scale work for solo violin and orchestra, which and strings written for Kerenza Peacock. In the sketch for two pianos. I started to research piano mapped out the exact tempos and dynamics in choreographer Edwaard Liang used to create first movement I wanted to create an almost duos online and discovered Beth & Flo, a piano the orchestral scores and only then did I record ‘Lineage’, a ballet premiered by New York City motionless feel in the string accompaniment, duo with a theatrical edge to their performances. the Budapest Scoring Orchestra on top of this Ballet in the Fall Fashion Gala 2019. I singled over which I wrote a ‘floating’ violin melody. The There was a great feeling of synchronicity chamber recording. In addition, many of the out this particular movement as I felt it suited the string accompaniment develops into a triplet between these pianists which made them ideally pieces were written for soloists who were based mood of this project. The solo violin part, performed arpeggiated figure, reaching its climax with an suited to my style of writing. I decided to develop abroad and were now unable to visit the UK as by Jonathan Hill, was played on an 1846 Pierre accompanying cello solo performed by Katherine the sketch into a three movement work for them, planned. I therefore had to record their parts Silvestre kindly lent by Sean Bishop at Bishop Strings. Jenkinson. The second movement opens with titled Kaleidoscope. Beth & Flo (Elsbet Remijn remotely and incorporate those recordings into just the solo chamber group I originally recorded and Claudette Verhulst) recorded the piece on the mix. I achieved this using the internet and Writer John Delaney and I collaborated on an for this album. Only after the introduction does two Steinway D pianos at the Power Sound recording studios and engineers all over the operatic project based on the Irish mythological the full string orchestra join, in what becomes a Studio, . world, recording a violinist in , a piano tale of Tir na Nog. This Mortal Man was written joyous conclusion to the piece. duo in The Netherlands, a guitarist in from the perspective of the goddess Niamh who Simon Littlefield wrote the poem Sun Stands and the Budapest Scoring Orchestra conducted has fallen in love with earthling Oisin, whom Last year I was introduced via social media to Still in June 2020. On reading it I could by Péter Illényi in Budapest. This painstaking she wishes to marry, against the wishes of the Argentinian guitarist Sergio Puccini. He asked immediately see it working well as a song for process became a labour of love and has led me gods. The song is arranged for soprano, harp and whether I had written anything for classical guitar treble and piano. I recorded a guide vocal and to appreciate the many benefits of being in the strings and is sung by Grace Davidson. and the only piece I had to present was a one- sent the song to the Hi Lo Singers agency. They same room as the artist! minute sketch written several years earlier. suggested we record treble Benedict Moriarty, I wrote the music for what became Narcissus and Upon hearing it he asked if it could be expanded who appears on this recording accompanied The opening piece, Clarity, is written for four solo Echo many years before the lyrics were added. I and so the work matured into a three movement by myself on piano. violins and string orchestra. Two of the soloists gave the piece in its original form to lyricist Simon guitar concerto. Initially it was conceived as a create an echoing rhythmic arpeggio and the Littlefield with the brief of finding an appropriate work for two guitars and orchestra but I then I had been in touch with cellist Katherine other solo and orchestral elements comprise the theme and fitting words to the existing melody. altered the arrangement changing the second Jenkinson in March 2020 and she described her melodic and harmonic material respectively. The His idea of setting it to the story of Narcissus guitar part into a harp part which is performed and her cellist husband’s growing frustration at solo parts are performed here by Kerenza Peacock and Echo instantly transformed the piece into here by harpist Oliver Wass. Sergio recorded the not being able to perform during the lockdown and Jonathan Hill. a new song, sung here by Grace Davidson with solo part remotely in Rosario, Argentina. period. I decided to write them a duet purely as accompaniment from trebles Sam Brophy and something they could play together during this Benedict Moriarty. strange time. In the slow movement I wrote a

- 4 - - 5 - ‘drone’ in the cello 1 part over which the cello vocal myself with the intention of locating the To travel to his world, the world of men Slaking his thirst so strong 2 part plays the melody; this ‘drone’ gave the right singer for it at a later date. To my surprise, To see if he will travel back with me Two eyes bright as stars movement a slightly Scottish feel and reminded on hearing the song co-producer Emma Heathcote This man called Oisin Beauty to match his own me of the beautiful Island of Bute which I’d immediately responded with ‘keep the voice’. This recently visited. The Bute Cello Duets seemed sentiment was echoed by others and so it has I hope he falls in love with me as well Reflection the obvious title for the piece. remained on the recording. And that my crossing over bears some fruit Silver love scorns This man of earth so fills me with desire Youth lost for ever After he’d written the words for Narcissus and Oliver Davis My heart is racing with the very thought On mountain high Echo I asked Simon Littlefield whether he would A man called Oisin His cries echo… write a larger scale poem, again based on a TEXTS mythological tale. After some research Simon I’ll saddle up my magic horse and ride Flowering love settled on Eros and Psyche. He managed to tell 3 This Mortal Man Out through the caves and to the blue-white sea the epic story across four poems which I then by John Delaney I’ll fly across the waves and to his world e Sun Stands Still scored in chronological order. I wrote this song That sweet-tongued man of rhyme that will be mine by Simon Littlefield cycle with soprano Grace Davidson in mind, in the I know there is a man for me, I know My man, Oisin knowledge that she could multi-track her voice in He lives not in these parts but down on earth My man, Oisin The world is growing darker the studio. The songs are written and arranged in For many years I’ve watched the human folk Shadows creeping ‘cross the ice 4 such a way that the soprano sings as a narrator Without foreseeing I would fall for one Narcissus and Echo Sun trapped in lowest branches as opposed to singing from the perspective of the A man called Oisin by Simon Littlefield Has the Earth stopped turning…? characters depicted in the story. It is scored for O Narcissus Has the Earth stopped turning…? sopranos and orchestra, joined by harpist Oliver I know there is a man for me I know Love flowering ‘round you Wass and pianist Huw Watkins. A man whom I would seek to share my love Will you live long? Quick, light the fire and the lanterns He lives among the mortal folk below Shun reflection… Guide the sun back to the sky Save Me was originally a piano piece that I gave I’ve watched him from above, Wake the birds and sing their sweet song to songwriter and pianist Christina Alexopoulou, I know him well In cave so dark Till the night grows shorter than day asking her to write a lyric to the melody. One of The man called Oisin One whose heart he spurned Till the night grows shorter than the day her ideas for the chorus started with ‘Save Me’ She yearns for him which immediately felt right and gave the song Oisin, noble man, son of Finn To whisper ‘Echo…’ In frozen winter solstice its title. Having set her lyrics I recorded a guide It’s time for me to go fulfil my fate Sweet pool of silver Grows the seed of summer skies

- 6 - - 7 - u - p Eros and Psyche But jealous sisters poison Psyche’s soul IV a Save Me For the sake of unborn child Faded by rage, Aphrodite sends by Christina Alexopoulou I she must kill husband unseen Psyche to her death O Psyche Raising lamp and knife, Fetch a dose of Persephone’s fabled beauty Don’t turn around, Beautiful soul Psyche spies winged beauty Psyche would rather die, but helped again don’t make a sound Blind to mortal adoration Furious Eros banishes her to sleep Descends to the land of the Underworld Just listen to my voice, Will she find heavenly love? I know we have a choice! Sleep, Psyche, sleep again… With two coins and honeyed cakes Furious Aphrodite orders Eros She pays Charon and feeds Cerberus Save Me Take aim at royal Psyche III The Queen of the Dead takes pity Please save me Make her love a worthless man Waking in the land of Pan But Psyche opens the box, I’m Falling Spoiled son tumbles from the skies Psyche scours earth for a feather To restore herself for her love Please save me Passion flying straight at the soul Raging Aphrodite – mere mortal is with child – In the air… Grinds rival beauty into the dirt I’m losing my control Like an arrow… Deathly sleep I’m lost without your soul To find flown love, Psyche must pass the tests divine Soul lost to love, till… Save Me II Sort mountain of seeds from grain by dawn Please save me Eros plucks at Oracle’s words Gather golden wool from murderous sheep Eros darts to Psyche Psyche must wed hideous creature Fill pail from on high where black Styx Breathing passion into her Save Me Funeral wedding atop a rocky mount plunges into hell Plucks her high to the theatre of the gods Please save me Psyche leaps… Pure love is rewarded, her soul now… I’m Falling All these trials Psyche completes Please save me Caught by Zephyrus and whisked to sleep With help from insect, plant and bird Psyche a goddess I’m losing my control Now, Aphrodite relent, I’m lost without your soul She awakes in palace golden Send Psyche to her lover, heaven-sent… A goddess! Save Me The creature comes to her in the dark Pleasure is conceived No…!

- 8 - - 9 - Oliver Davis FM’s Album of the Week. Pieces from Liberty Beth and Flo formed a new ballet Bacchus, choreographed Oliver Davis graduated from the Royal Academy of by Matthew Neenan for Pacific Northwest Ballet Two pianists who love to amaze, surprise and Music in 1994 and has since composed numerous and premiered in March 2019. Davis’ next spread the joy of ! Beth & Flo from concertos, ballet scores, albums, soundtracks and album, Arcadia, featured a piano piece of the The Netherlands, use their distinctive musical television scores working with many of the major same name, which on its release achieved over flair blended with a hint of theatre and a clear joy orchestras. a million streams on Apple Music. The album in communicating with their audiences to make reached number 1 in the iTunes Classical Charts, their way along the keys. Davis’ debut album Flight, recorded by the London number 4 in the UK Classical Charts and 15 in Symphony Orchestra with soloist Kerenza Peacock, the US Billboard Charts. Also, in 2019 Davis and Beth & Flo, i.e. Elsbet Remijn and Claudette was released in March 2015 and quickly rose to choreographer Edwaard Liang worked together to Verhulst first met during their studies at the Royal number 2 in the UK Specialist Classical Charts create Constant Light, a ballet for Ballet West’s Conservatoire of The Hague (NL). After graduating with 5 star reviews in both the UK and US. In Choreographic Festival which premiered in May addition it was chosen as Featured Album of the in Salt Lake City, Utah. In September 2019, they Week on Classic FM and was broadcast daily on premiered Lineage at New York City Ballet’s the station. Several pieces from the album Flight prestigious Fall Fashion Gala, which featured have been used for a ballet choreographed by © Frances Marshall costumes designed by fashion icon Anna Sui. Ma Cong for the Tulsa Ballet Company in Tulsa, too became Classic FM’s Album of the Week and Davis and Liang are currently collaborating on Oklahoma. featured in their ‘Best of 2016’ show. Various a new work to be premiered by Pacific pieces from Dance and Flight were used to create Northwest Ballet. After the release of Flight came Davis’ second the ballet Dance Odyssey, choreographed by Peter album Seasons in October 2015. This album Walker and performed by New York City Ballet. featured his work Anno, a contemporary take Following the ballet’s premiere in January 2018, on Vivaldi’s Quattro Stagioni. This album also The New York Times described the music as charted in the UK top 10 and was Album of the ‘charming, lyrical, Arcadian’. Week on Classic FM and in the Mail on Sunday. Following this release came Dance, recorded by Davis’ fourth album, Liberty, was released in the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at Abbey Road February 2018. This reached number 1 in the studios and released in September 2016. This iTunes Classical Chart and was also Classic © Nanieke van den Berg

- 10 - - 11 - for their Masters and discovering that they like to Sam Brophy and Gloucester Cathedral, and in September 2018 Since then she has worked as a soloist with share the stage together they have performed in Sam became a chorister in York Minster. He still leading Baroque ensembles, under the batons of venues such as Het Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Sam’s parents write: “Sam loved singing and sings there now, Covid permitting, and has been Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Paul McCreesh, Philippe TivoliVredenburg in Utrecht, and several other music from a very young age, taking play session chosen for many solos. Herreweghe and Harry Christophers. halls and theatres in The Netherlands and singalongs very seriously. But even we were Belgium. They also performed in New York, taken aback by his demand, at age 7, that ‘I Away from ecclesiastical circles, he’s also secured Her discography includes a decade of recordings London and Sicily. In Sicily, participating in the want to sing in a choir, that sings high pitched some leading roles in musicals – for example with The Sixteen, many of which feature her international music competition IBLA Grand songs about God’, particularly as we’re staunch BoyFace (Redbridge Drama Centre) and Jonah in as soloist – Handel’s Jeptha (as Angel), Dixit Prize, they were awarded as ‘Most Distinguished atheists. Yet in January 2017 he started singing Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Dominus, Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610, Pianto Musicians’ with a jury mark of an 8.7. Also, they with the Chingford Parish Church choir, and (Pauline Quirke Academy) – and has achieved della Madonna, Acis and Galatea (as Galatea) received a special mention for their performance adored it. His confidence and ability grew, helped grade one LAMDA, with a particularly stirring and the Lutheran Masses of Bach. On BBC Radio of a piece by the Dutch composer Ruben Naeff. by singing in great cathedrals like York Minster rendition of Where is Love. Music is still his main Three’s ‘Building a Library’, her singing in Fauré’s passion in life. He is currently working towards In 2016 the duo released their first professional grade five singing, grade five piano, and grade recordings, followed by new recordings in 2018. three French Horn.” Both of these were released as ‘Een Vleugeltje Klassiek’: the one and only Beth & Flo USB-sticks, GraCe Davidson shaped like a tiny grand piano. Grace grew up in a house whose hallway was entirely filled by a grand piano which was being stored for a friend of the family – music was physically unavoidable. She learned the piano and the violin but it was singing that she loved best. Taken to Cats when she was three-years old she sang along throughout or, rather, whenever her mother’s hand wasn’t clamped over her mouth. And it was her singing that won her a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music where she won the Early Music prize. © Nick White

- 12 - - 13 - Requiem (with the London Symphony Orchestra Nicholas Holland EMI label. The group have also recorded eleven and Tenebrae, Nigel Short conducting) was albums under Decca and Mute labels. Their reviewed by Richard Morrison quite simply: Nicholas is a keen chamber musician having collaborations have included performances and “Grace Davidson’s Pie Jesu is matchless”. recorded flute quartets for the EMI label (BMV, recordings with Rabi Abu Khalil, David Byrne, Holland) and later being a member of the English Spiritulized, Petshop Boys, and Kraftwerk. Grace’s purity of tone has attracted many of the String Quartet for nine years. He is currently in his leading contemporary composers to write for 25th year of being a member of the ‘Balanescu Nicholas regularly records albums, TV dramas and her, most notably Max Richter, who chose her as Quartet’ with whom he tours the world, performing films including being soloist for the recent period the solo singer for many of his works, such as in such venues as Sydney Opera House, La Scala dramas Emma, The Crown, Victoria and soloist Sleep. This piece – lasting all night - has now (Milan), QEH & Royal Festival Hall. The quartet for the recent movies Brighton Rock and Dorian been performed all over the world, including a has had much critical acclaim for their latest Gray. He recently recorded the entire soundtrack performance in 2019 on the Great Wall of . folk/classical album entitled ‘Maria T’ on the for the drama Bodyguard on his own design of electric cello. Recent solo recordings for Signum Records are Vivaldi & Handel, a disc of sacred solo cantatas His next project is to record a newly commissioned with the Academy of Ancient Music and John concerto for cello with bass extension and orchestra Dowland: First Booke of Songes Or Ayres with by the jazz trumpeter and composer, Guy Barker. Subsequently Jonathan moved to commercial lutenist David Miller. session work for film and TV and in the last 25 Katherine jenkinson years has appeared on over 2000 recordings and Jonathan Hill had nearly 2 billion streams. In 2019 he again Katherine Jenkinson is recognised as one of the took up the mantle of the leader of the longest Jonathan began playing the violin at the age UK’s leading cellists specialising in solo and running and most famous show in the world, Les of 5, his main professors were Howard Davis, chamber music. The Independent newspaper Miserables at the Sondheim Theatre, London. Krzysztof Smietana and Masayuki Kino. By the recently praised her ‘’technical security backed age of 21 he had performed with all the major up by rare musical sensitivity’. She has performed Jonathan is a 5th Dan Blackbelt and senior London orchestras. At 28 he became a signed as recitalist and concerto soloist throughout instructor in the Shotokan Karate Association. artist to EMI as part of the classical fusion group , Africa, USA and Asia and has even ‘The Planets’, which went on to sell 500,000 performed the Dvorak Cello Concerto outside albums worldwide. in the sweltering heat of The Seychelles.

- 14 - - 15 - Davis. In 2017, Katherine recording Morpheus, a KERENZA PEACOCK (Classic FM Magazine), with “an intoxicating new cello concerto with The Royal Philharmonic warmth and emotional spontaneity” (The Strad Orchestra which was written for her by Oliver Davis. Kerenza was leader of the Pavão Quartet for 15 Magazine). Music Web International christened years. Their intensive concert schedule took it disc of the month, “an unqualified success – a Benedict Moriarty them to the Wigmore Hall, the Queen Elizabeth real must-have!” The Pavao Quartet played on Hall, and major festivals. Tours abroad included Eric Whitacre’s Light and Gold album, which Benedict’s parents write: “Benedict loves music China, Oman, Syria and Israel and an arc of won a Grammy Award in 2012. of many styles and varieties, and has grown up in European cities from Lisbon to Warsaw. The a music-making family. A chorister at St Alban’s Quartet recorded 5 CDs, receiving 5 star reviews Kerenza’s debut solo disc was the world premiere Cathedral since the age of 8, he is at home in and extensive radio play on Classic FM and recording of the Holbrooke Violin Concerto for the choral tradition and also enjoys playing and BBC Radio. A disc of quartets by Bax and Elgar the Naxos record label, praised in Gramophone improvising on the piano and the double bass. was welcomed as “a real winner” from “an Magazine for her “lithe, elegant violin-playing and This is his first solo recording.” ensemble of real depth and musical distinction” her easy conquest of the virtuoso demands…” Kerenza’s recording of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, directed by herself from the violin, has received much radio play and she regularly performs © Marion & You Photography Vivaldi and Bach Concertos in London’s St She was musically educated at the Royal Academy Martin-in-the-Fields. Kerenza has played on many of Music under Colin Carr and David Strange and television and film soundtracks in Los Angeles has since been privileged to become an Associate and London. of this institution (ARAM). Chamber music has always been a key part of Katherine’s musical life. A keen fiddle player, and singer, Kerenza toured She is a current member of The Aquinas Piano Trio with alt-bluegrass band The Coal Porters, and and was a member of The Allegri String Quartet wrote two songs on their latest album. She also 2008-2011. composed a piece, Rainbow, for solo violin and orchestra which was performed in St Martin-in- In Contemporary music, Katherine has worked the-Fields. She has recorded with a huge closely with composers, Arvo Pärt, Anthony number of artists including Sir Paul McCartney, Payne, Richard Allain, Thomas Hyde and Oliver Kanye West, Adele, Barbra Streisand and © Arun Kataria

- 16 - - 17 - Madonna. At one point she was playing on Broadbent (US), Polo Piatti (Argentina-UK), He has won International Competitions in Italy, all top 3 albums in the Pop Charts, as well Gabriel Estarellas (Spain), Lee Holdridge (US), Hungary, and the UK, and he is the only harpist as the Classical no.1. In 2016, she led the Raymond Torres-Santos (US), Belinda Reynolds ever to win the Guildhall Gold Medal – the orchestra on Adele’s world tour. (US) and Noelia Escalzo (Argentina). Guildhall’s most prestigious prize.

Kerenza studied violin at the Royal Academy of Oliver Wass He has performed every major harp concerto, Music with Howard Davis, and was awarded a including Lyra Angelica with the Philharmonia Leverhulme Fellowship for 2 years. She Oliver Wass studied at the Guildhall School Orchestra, the Mozart Flute and Harp Concerto has recently been appointed an Associate of of Music & Drama with Imogen Barford. He with The Mozartists at the Wigmore Hall, and he the Royal Academy of Music for making a graduated from the University of York with a First has directed the Handel Harp Concerto in the “significant contribution to the music industry”. Class Honours degree in Chemistry. Barbican Hall.

Sergio Puccini Huw Watkins A pianist and one of Britain’s foremost Praised by international artists such as Lalo composers, Huw Watkins was born in Wales in Schifrin, Astor Piazzolla, Paul McCartney, Carlos

© Luciana Traid 1976. He studied piano with Peter Lawson at Franzetti, Alberto Lysy, Andrea Griminelli, Elmer Chetham’s School of Music and composition His nine CDs are internationally distributed. His Bernstein, Antòn Garcìa Abril, Daniel Binelli, with Robin Holloway, Alexander Goehr and Julian CD ‘Romerias’ (Aleph Records, Los Angeles, 2010) Alfredo Rugeles, Sivan Rotem and many others, Anderson at Cambridge and the Royal College of – featuring the world premiere recording of Lalo Sergio Puccini is an Argentinian classical guitarist Music. In 2001 he was awarded the Constant and Schifrin’s guitar solo suite Romerìas – received a with an extended concert and teaching career. Kit Lambert Junior Fellowship at the Royal Latin Grammy award nomination in the USA and a College of Music, he now teaches composition number of great reviews from critics. Both as recitalist and soloist with orchestra at the Royal Academy of Music. Sergio has played concerts in many countries around the world across five continents, and Over the years Sergio has premiered several works His own compositions have been commissioned has appeared and recorded with internationally written for him by outstanding composers from and performed by the Nash Ensemble, Belcea renowned symphony and chamber orchestras. Latin America, Canada, the USA, Europe, Asia and and Elias quartets, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Africa. Current projects include collaborations LSO, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group and with composers such as Oliver Davis (UK), Alan Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra, amongst others.

- 18 - - 19 - Strongly committed to the performance of new Péter Illényi music, Huw has had a few piano concertos written for him by Philip Cashian, Helen Péter Illényi was born in Budapest in 1974 and and Tansy Davies. grew up in a family of musicians. His relatives include the conductor János Ferencsik. He studied He won the Chamber Music of Lincoln Center’s conducting at the Academy of Music in Graz, 2016 Elise L.Stoeger Prize in recognition of his Austria, where he graduated with honors. During significant contributions to the field of chamber his studies he worked with the Győr Philharmonic music composition. He was composer in the Orchestra, the Maribor Philharmonic, the house with the Orchestra of the Swan and Grazer Symphonisches Orchester and as an Composer in Association with BBC NOW. assistant with the Orchester National de France in . From 2002 to 2003, he was an He performs regularly with his brother Paul assistant conductor and tutor at the Reinsberg Watkins, as well as Tamsin Waley-Cohen and Opera Festival. From 2000 to 2006, he was a

© Benjamin Ealovega has featured as both Composer in Residence regular assistant on keyboard instruments for As a pianist, Huw Watkins is in great demand and pianist at festivals including West Cork the RSO, Radio Symphonieorchester Wien, the with orchestras and festivals including the Chamber Music, Presteigne and Lars Vogt’s Niederösterreichische Tonkünstler Orchestra, and London Sinfonietta, Britten Sinfonia, the BBC ‘Spannungen’ Festival in Heimbach, Germany. the Wiener Kammerorchester. Between 2007-2018 orchestras and Aldeburgh, East Neuk and he was the conductor and artistic director of the Cheltenham Festivals. He has performed globally Huw Watkins is regularly featured on BBC Radio Musica Sonora Chamber Orchestra in Budapest. at concert halls including at Wigmore Hall, the 3, and has recorded for labels such as Signum, Peter Ilényi is currently one of the busiest Barbican, the Library of Congress in Washington, Chandos, Nimbus, BIS and NMC. Since 2004 he has been the music director production and film music conductors in the Lincoln Center, the Smithsonian Institute of MR3-Bartók Radio, since 2010 of MTVA Hungary. Since 2013 he has been the first in NY, Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival (Hungarian State Media), since 2017 of Antenna conductor of the Budapest Symphony Orchestra, in Detroit, Kristiansand Orchestra in Norway, Hungaria, and of the Budapest Palace of Arts. since 2014 in parallel with the Pannonia Columbus (USA) with ProMusica Chamber From 2018 he is also the music director of the Symphony Orchestra and since 2016 of the Orchestra, Domaine Forget and Toronto Summer Kodály Center in Pécs. Hungarian Studio Orchestra, since 2018 the Music Festival and in Italy, France, Germany, Budapest Scoring Symphonic Orchestra and Hungary and Portugal. besides regularly conducts the Budapest Film

- 20 - - 21 - Orchestra and the East Connection Orchestra. released under the auspices of Sony Classical Nestled in Central Europe, Budapest Scoring films including 2020 Oscar winning Best Picture In addition to the Hungarian, American and under the title “New York Rhapsody”. Orchestra combines centuries of musical heritage Parasite, video games including ‘The Elder Scrolls European film industries, he makes recordings for with modern state-of-the-art analog and digital Online’ and the ‘Total War’ series, recordings with the South American, Chinese, Indian and Asian As a guest conductor, he gives concerts with recording equipment. The Budapest Scoring artists such as Stevie Wonder, Michael Bublé, production and film music industries. He regularly many Hungarian Symphonic Ochestras .Since Orchestra, with hundreds of film and TV credits, Al Jarreau, David Foster, Gladys Knight, Steve collaborates with the world’s largest record 2019, he has been a regular guest of the has established a firm reputation in the film Tyrell among others and sample libraries with labels, including Sony Music and EMI London. Miskolc Symphony Orchestra and the Pannon scoring industry. The orchestra has worked on the companies including Native Instruments. Philharmonic Orchestra. Super Bowl, various Disneyland shows, feature In 2015, as conductor, he co-produced a CD with world-renowned pianist Lang Lang, which was

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SOLACE OLIVER DAVIS

1 Clarity for solo violins and strings [3.19] 2 Solace for solo violin and strings [4.25] 3 This Mortal Man for soprano, harp and strings [3.22] 4 Narcisuss and Echo [3.12]

5 - 6 Equinox for violin and strings [6.06] SOLACE oliver davis 7 - 9 Guitar Concerto [8.34] 0 - w Kaleidoscope piano duet [7.53] e Sun Stands Still for treble and piano [2.17] r - y Bute Cello Duets [4.00] u - p Eros and Psyche for soprano and orchestra [12.25] a Save Me [3.14]

Total timings: [58.47]

Oliver Davis piano and vocals SOLACE oliver davis Huw Watkins, Beth & Flo pianos | Kerenza Peacock, Jonathan Hill violins Katherine Jenkinson, Nicholas Holland cellos | Grace Davidson soprano Oliver Wass harp | Sergio Puccini guitar Budapest Scoring Orchestra Péter Illényi conductor

LC15723

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