Landscape and Memory (Deux-Elles DXL 1202) is Stephen Goss's most ambitious recording project to date: a triple album of recent works for orchestra, chamber ensembles, and solo instruments. His more widely known guitar music is heard within the context of his music for other instruments, and his close collaborations with performers are celebrated.
The music in this collection is above all an exploration of Goss's two preoccupations: place and time - landscape and memory. His uses of quotations and stylistic references help to shape his pluralist musical language, which is characterised by abrupt gear changes. By turns, delicate and poised, moving, witty, poignant, boisterous, nostalgic, celebratory - this is music to give pleasure to its performers and listeners alike.
Artists on the album include The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, the Asaka quartet, guitarist John Williams, violinists Benjamin Marquise Gilmore and Max Baillie, pianist Graham Caskie, cellist Thomas Carroll, organist Stephen Farr, and many more.
The album is released on the Deux-Elles label all platforms on 18th October, with a launch concert as part of the City Festival of Music, Knowledge, and Invention (see details below).
Tue 22 October, 19:00
St Mary le Bow Church, London EC2V 6AU
The Flower of Cities Ensemble - Architecture is frozen music
The Flower of Cities Ensemble: Francisco Correa & Xuefei Yang (guitars) / Max Baillie (violin) / Oscar Perks (viola) / Ben Hughes (cello) / Laurence Ungless (bass) / Ethan Skuodas (percussion).
Introduced by special guest, John Williams
Goss: Paganini Variations
Goss: Frozen Music
Dufay (arr. Goss): Nuper Rosarium Flores
Goss: The Flower of Cities
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