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John Woolrich

      

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'His music whispers, whirrs, rustles, creaks, and shines with a gentle light, often elegiacal. It is not music of long line, full-throated song, bright hard clarity, physical exuberance. Its characteristic movement is shy, blinking in the sun, attuned better to half lights.'

Robin Holloway




Biography

A much commissioned and frequently performed composer, a highly creative teacher and an original programmer, John Woolrich is an important figure in British musical life.  His successful collaborations with the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group led to his appointment in the 2002-03 season as their Artistic Associate, and from 2004 he has been the Associate Artistic Director of the Aldeburgh Festival. In 1991 he founded the Composers Ensemble, of which he continues to be the driving force.
A number of preoccupations thread through his varied output: the art of creative transcription (Ulysses Awakes, for instance, is a recomposition of a Monteverdi aria, and The Theatre Represents a
Garden: Night – a work for the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment – is based on fragments of Mozart), a fascination with machinery and mechanical processes (heard in many pieces including The Ghost in the Machine and The Barber’s Timepiece), a love of song and a passionate interest in literature.

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 News & Reviews

John Woolrich: 'Falling Down' (world premiere)

John Woolrich: Between the Hammer and the Anvil (world premiere)

John Woolrich: Violin Concerto (world premiere)
 Useful Links

www.johnwoolrich.com
The composer`s own website

www.brittensinfonia.co.uk
Woolrich is Composer in Association to the Britten Sinfonia

www.aldeburgh.co.uk
Woolrich is Associate Artistic Director of the Aldeburgh Festival

www.osj.org.uk
Woolrich is Composer Emeritus to the OSJ

www.bcmg.org.uk
Woolrich is Artistic Associate to the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group

 Forthcoming Performances

Title: Ulysses Awakes
Country: UK
Venue: The Lighthouse, Poole
Performers: Clio Gould (violin) RAM String Soloists
Date: 26/02/10
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Title: Capriccio
Country: UK
Venue: The Lighthouse, Poole
Performers: Clio Gould (violin) RAM String Soloists
Date: 26/02/10
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Title: It is midnight, Dr Schweitzer
Country: UK
Venue: The Lighthouse, Poole
Performers: Clio Gould (violin) RAM String Soloists
Date: 26/02/10
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Title: Concerto for Violin
Country: UK
Venue: The Sage, Gateshead
Performers: Carolin Widmann/Northern Sinfonia/Diego Masson
Date: 09/04/10
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