- Douglas Weiland
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Douglas Weiland (born 1954 Malvern, Worcestershire , United Kingdom) is a modern-classical composer.[1]
Formerly a violinist - 2 years English Chamber Orchestra, 7 years Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, and 5 years as a founder member of the Australian Quartet (1985–1990), he has been a full-time composer since 1990.[2]
Weiland has produced numerous and acclaimed chamber, orchestral and choral works, many commissioned for and performed by some of the world’s greatest artists: Sir Neville Marriner and Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Altenberg Trio Wien, William Hennessy’s Australian Quartet, Marie-Noëlle Kendall, Andrew Marriner, Kenneth Sillito, Steven Isserlis,[3] and the young Hamer Quartet.[4]
Three early major chamber works (1985–1988) were commissioned for William Hennessy’s newly formed Australian Quartet, and announced Weiland as a new voice, categorised by modern-classical hall-marks – aspiring to the achievements of Bartók, Prokofiev, Sibelius, Tippett - as distinct from avant-garde.[3]
Weiland was Composer-in-Residence for the Norfolk and Norwich Music Club from 2003 - 2007.[5]
Contents
Selected commissions / performances / broadcasts
- Third Quartet (op. 39) 2005 Norfolk & Norwich Music Club. Hamer Quartet world premiere ANAM 2007,[6] European premiere 2008;
- Triple Concerto (op. 38) 2006 Sir Neville Marriner and Academy of St. Martin in the Fields / Altenberg Trio Wien;[5]
- Third Solo Cello Suite "Isserlis Mikro-Suite" (op. 37) 2004 Norfolk & Norwich Music Club for Steven Isserlis;
- Clarinet Quintet (op. 33) 2003 Norfolk & Norwich Music Club for Andrew Marriner & ASMF Ensemble;
- Second Trio (op.32) "Pavey Ark" 2002 Norfolk & Norwich Music Club for Altenberg Trio Wien;[5]
- Clarinet Concerto (op. 30) 2001 Sir Neville Marriner and Julian Burnside for Andrew Marriner;
- First Trio (op. 22) 1995 Rudolf & Gloria Bretschneider, perf. Raphael Trio[7] and Altenberg Trio (Brahms Saal series - Musikverein);[8]
- Motet ‘Holy Baptisme’ (op. 16) Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge / Richard Marlow (Trinity Chapel, Jan 1993);
- Divertimento for strings (op. 15) 1991 Sir Neville Marriner and Academy of St. Martin in the Fields (Queen Elizabeth Hall);[9]
- Piano Quintet (op. 8) 1988 Australian Quartet for ASQ & Marie-Noëlle Kendall released ABC Classics/Polygram 1992.;[10]
- First String Quartet (op. 5) 1986 Australia Council for ASQ (>34 perf.[11] incl. Wigmore Hall and La Fenice);
- Voice Quintet (op. 4) 1985. Premiere: ABC live broadcast from the 1986 Adelaide Festival;
- ‘Huge Griffons’ 1992 for RVW Trust/New London Children’s Choir/Ronald Corp (St James’s/LSO St Luke’s/BBC Radio 3)
Recent works / commissions / projected works / forthcoming performances
- ‘Verses From Scripture’ (op. 40). comm. King’s College IVP, Trinity College Chapel June 2008;
- Benedictus (op. 36/2) Bexhill Choral Society/Kenneth Roberts, cond., 4 October 2008 St Augustine’s Bexhill-on-Sea;
- Goethe ‘Blumengruß’ (op. 41) (choir/pf/orch)(25 Jahr-Jubiläum der Max Böhm Gesellschaft, Vienna , perf. 11 November 2008);
- Anthem ‘Vere Dominus Est’ (op.42) (SATB double choir a cappella)(David Lowe/Norwich Cathedral, comm. Christopher & Judith Lawrence 2008 for Norwich Cathedral’s Festival Eucharist 10 May 2009).[12]
- Piano Concerto (op. 31) for Marie-Noëlle Kendall;
- Clarinet Concerto (op. 30) world premiere: Melbourne Chamber Orchestra / Sir Neville Marriner, conductor, Andrew Marriner clarinet, 19 November 2009, 7.30pm at the new Melbourne Recital Centre.[3]
Reviews
- Clarinet Concerto (op. 30)
"When, early this century, we commissioned Douglas Weiland to write a concerto for the clarinet, I was already familiar with his work. The fact that it turned out to be a masterpiece for the instrument was an unsurprising joy and we knew that Douglas had added a significant major opus to the clarinet repertoire." Sir Neville Marriner.[13]
"How privileged I was to give the first performance of Douglas Weiland's concerto; it is written in a musical language that is immediately intelligible and appealing; yet it is a unique compositional style that sings through his work, an extraordinary insight into the vocal potential of the clarinet. Audacious in scale, it is an emotionally fulfilling work to play. This piece deserves wide recognition as a serious addition to the small number of major works written for the clarinet." Andrew Marriner.[14]
"The Weiland Clarinet Concerto is a major work of classical daring. The composer serves the highest musical ideals revealing an exquisite taste, a superb sense of proportion and pacing, elegance, mystery, rich muscular drama and a complete mastery of the orchestra. The clarinet and orchestral writing in fact is such that in a comparatively short amount of time this concerto will become one of those works that "must have always been there". Douglas Weiland has created a twenty-first century masterpiece, a magnificent successor to the clarinet concertos of Mozart and Nielsen." William Hennessy.[14]
References
- ^ "Composers Biography W - Wz". http://www.dolmetsch.com/cdefsw.htm. Retrieved 2008-08-05.
- ^ "Classical Composers Database". http://www.classical-composers.org/comp/weiland. Retrieved 2008-08-05.
- ^ a b c "Douglas Weiland fan page". http://www.facebook.com/pages/Douglas-Weiland/17250854695. Retrieved 2008-08-05.
- ^ Usher, Robin (2007-03-17). "World first for local string quartet". The Age. http://www.theage.com.au/news/entertainment/world-first-for-local-string-quartet/2007/03/16/1173722746996.html. Retrieved 2008-08-06.
- ^ a b c "Evening of Enlightened Contemporary Music". http://www.overgrownpath.com/2005/04/first-performance-douglas-weilands.html. Retrieved 2005-04-12.
- ^ "A New Force in Chamber Music". http://www.australianstage.com.au/news/melbourne/a-new-force-in-chamber-music-171.html. Retrieved 2007-02-27.
- ^ "Raphael Trio New York Biography". http://www.arnold-music.de/en/11/9. Retrieved 2008-08-05.
- ^ "Musikverein". http://www.musikverein.at/konzerte/konzertProgramm.asp?idx=209. Retrieved 2008-08-05.
- ^ O'Connell, Clive (2005-08-16). "Australia Pro Arte". The Age. http://www.theage.com.au/news/reviews/australia-pro-arte/2005/08/15/1123958000609.html. Retrieved 2008-08-02.
- ^ "Marie-Noëlle Kendall Biography". http://www.marienoellekendall.com/Site/Biography.html. Retrieved 2008-08-05.
- ^ O'Connell, Clive (2005-04-27). "Tinalley String Quartet". The Age. http://www.theage.com.au/news/Reviews/Tinalley-String-Quartet/2005/04/26/1114462034808.html. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
- ^ "Norwich Cathedral Special events". http://www.norwichcathedral.org.uk/visitorinfo/special-events.aspx. Retrieved 2009-04-28.
- ^ "Opus 30 Review". 7 January 2010. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Douglas-Weiland/17250854695. Retrieved 2010-06-22.
- ^ a b "Op. 30 Clarinet Concerto". http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=98041765262&index=1. Retrieved 2010-06-22.
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