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Geoffrey Gordon Composer

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US/UK composer Geoffrey Gordon’s contributions to the contemporary music repertoire have been and continue to be exceptional. Intense and luxuriant harmony, passionate melody and superb handling of instrumentation and sonic textures define his music. His works include orchestral, chamber and vocal works, recognised and performed by the world's top musicians and ensembles. His music has been called "darkly seductive" (The New York Times), "complex, richly-satisfying " (BBC Music Magazine), “stunning” (Philadelphia Inquirer), “iridescent and glowing” (Chicago Tribune), “taut and exhilarating” (Classical Ear), “haunting” (Strings Magazine), "gripping" (Bachtrack), "fierce and uncompromising" (MusicWeb International) and “magnificent” (Fanfare). The Philharmonia identifies “his infectious style" and “an ear for melody”; the New York Times his “zest for sonic experimentation”. Recently and upcoming, the BBC Philharmonic will premiere Mr. Gordon's new bassoon concerto, Anima Mia, durin

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  1. GORDON: Prometheus (for bass clarinet and orchestra, after Kafka)

    This is the recording of the premiere of composer Geoffrey Gordon's bass clarinet concerto, Prometheus, featuring the Philharmonia Orchestra, from Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London, with conductor Martyn Brabbins and soloist Laurent Ben Slimane, recorded 19 January 2019. This work was...

  2. GORDON: ICE - aut inveniam viam aut faciam

    This is the studio recording of Geoffrey Gordon's ICE - aut inveniam viam aut faciam, from Mythologies and Mad Songs, on the Orchid Classics label, recorded in Glasgow, featuring the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, with conductor Martyn Brabbins from 4 October 2022. "....a massive meditation on...

  3. GORDON - Crucifixus for double choir and solo cello

    This is the live performance of Geoffrey Gordon's Crucifixus for double choir and solo cello, from the Presteigne Festival, Wales, UK - featuring the Choir of Royal Holloway, conductor Rupert Gough and cellist Alice Neary, principal cello of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, within the…

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  4. GORDON - Fumée For Bb Clarinet And Chamber Orchestra

    This is the Asian premiere of Geoffrey Gordon's Fumée for Bb clarinet and chamber orchestra, with the Hong Kong Sinfonietta, conductor Christoph Poppen and soloist Horácio Ferreira, from HK City Hall Concert Hall, Hong Kong, 29 June 2024, taken from the album Fumée, now available worldwide on…

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  5. Exposure for solo violin

    This is a the premiere performance of Exposure for solo violin, by composer Geoffrey Gordon, featuring soloist Elisabeth Kufferath for whom the work was commissioned by the Freundeskreises Hauskonzert Musik für heute e.V.,as part of Musik 21 Lower Saxony. The premiere performance took place at…

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  6. VII. Death Be Not Proud, Though Some Have Called Thee

    This is the world premiere of Geoffrey Gordon's song cycle, At the round earths imagin'd corners, for baritone and piano, after the Holy Sonnets of John Donne, commissioned for and premiered as part of the Oxford International Song Festival, with baritone Julien Van Mellaerts and pianist Alisdair...

  7. VI. Oh My Blacke Soule! Now Thou Art Summoned

    This is the world premiere of Geoffrey Gordon's song cycle, At the round earths imagin'd corners, for baritone and piano, after the Holy Sonnets of John Donne, commissioned for and premiered as part of the Oxford International Song Festival, with baritone Julien Van Mellaerts and pianist Alisdair...

  8. V. This Is My Playes Last Scene, Here Heavens Appoint

    This is the world premiere of Geoffrey Gordon's song cycle, At the round earths imagin'd corners, for baritone and piano, after the Holy Sonnets of John Donne, commissioned for and premiered as part of the Oxford International Song Festival, with baritone Julien Van Mellaerts and pianist Alisdair...

  9. III. What If This Present Were The Worlds Last Night

    This is the world premiere of Geoffrey Gordon's song cycle, At the round earths imagin'd corners, for baritone and piano, after the Holy Sonnets of John Donne, commissioned for and premiered as part of the Oxford International Song Festival, with baritone Julien Van Mellaerts and pianist Alisdair...

  10. II. THOU Hast Made Me, And Shall Thy Worke Decay

    This is the world premiere of Geoffrey Gordon's song cycle, At the round earths imagin'd corners, for baritone and piano, after the Holy Sonnets of John Donne, commissioned for and premiered as part of the Oxford International Song Festival, with baritone Julien Van Mellaerts and pianist Alisdair...

  11. GORDON - PUCK - fleeing from the dawn

    This is the studio recording of composer Geoffrey Gordon's orchestral work, PUCK - fleeing from the dawn, from the new Orchid Classics CD, Mythologies and Mad Songs - featuring the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and conductor Martyn Brabbins. This work is inspired by the painting of the same…

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  12. IV. Batter My Heart, Three Person'd God

    This is the world premiere of Geoffrey Gordon's song cycle, At the round earths imagin'd corners, for baritone and piano, after the Holy Sonnets of John Donne, commissioned for and premiered as part of the Oxford International Song Festival, with baritone Julien Van Mellaerts and pianist Alisdair...

  13. I. At The Round Earths Imagin'd Corners

    This is the world premiere of Geoffrey Gordon's song cycle, At the round earths imagin'd corners, for baritone and piano, after the Holy Sonnets of John Donne, commissioned for and premiered as part of the Oxford International Song Festival, with baritone Julien Van Mellaerts and pianist Alisdair...

  14. GORDON - Creavit Deus Hominem I. Still Life (excerpt)

    This is an excerpt of the first movement of Geoffrey Gordon's Creavit Deus Hominem, for oboe and orchestra, from the world premiere performance by the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Duncan Ward and soloist José Luis García Vegara, for whom the orchestra commissioned the new work,...

  15. GORDON: La terre est bleue comme une orange No. 2 (for one string quartet)

    This is the live premiere performance of Geoffrey Gordon's la terre est bleue comme une orange No. 2 (the earth is blue like an orange) - a work for string quartet inspired by French surrealist poet Paul Eluard's iconic poem. This work was commissioned by the San Francisco-based Friction Quartet...

  16. GORDON - Quintettsatz (for Bb clarinet and string quartet)

    This is a performance of Geoffrey Gordon's Quintettsatz (drawn from his QUINTET for clarinet and strings) given by Ensemble De Sono Futura, Turin, Italy - 8 March 2017.

  17. GORDON - He Saith Among the Trumpets (two trumpet version)

    This is the world premiere performance of the two trumpet version of Geoffrey Gordon's He Saith Among the Trumpets, with Paul Merkelo, solo trumpet, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal and Stéphane Beaulac, principal trumpet, Orchestre Métropolitain - with percussionist Josh Wynnyk - recorded at...

  18. GORDON - Vermilion (for tenor trombone and piano)

    This is a studio recording of composer Geoffrey Gordon's new work for tenor trombone and piano, Vermilion, after the painting by Henri Matisse, with soloist Yu Tamaki Hoso and pianist Kosuke Akimoto, recorded in Tokyo, 28 August 2021. PROGRAM NOTES: "I wouldn't mind turning into a vermilion...

  19. GORDON - Jeux de Création for solo harp

    This is a live recording of composer Geoffrey Gordon's work for solo harp, Jeux de Création, commissioned for Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra principal harp, Anne-Sophie Bertrand. The studio recording of this work will be released on the Naxos label (the CD will also be called Jeux de…

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  20. GORDON - Winterleben V. Wintersonne (European premiere)

    Horn soloist Tommi Hyytinen (Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra), mezzo soprano Niina Keitel and pianist Marko Hilpo give the European premiere of composer Geoffrey Gordon's chamber vocal work, Winterleben, at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland - Monday, 7 June 2021 . Winterleben is a song...

  21. GORDON - Winterleben II. Winter-Lerchenton (European premiere)

    Horn soloist Tommi Hyytinen (Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra), mezzo soprano Niina Keitel and pianist Marko Hilpo give the European premiere of composer Geoffrey Gordon's chamber vocal work, Winterleben, at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland - Monday, 7 June 2021 . Winterleben is a song...

  22. GORDON - Roman Rituals for solo horn

    GORDON: Roman Rituals for solo horn Saar Berger, horn - Ensemble Modern PROGRAM NOTES:  The flame is a reminder of Pentecost when witnesses were unified by the power of the Holy Spirit and saw "tongues, as of fire" (Acts 2:3).  Pentecost comes from a Jewish harvest festival called Shavuot. The...

  23. GORDON - Ewelme 1475

    This is a live recording of Geoffrey Gordon's new work for piano trio, Ewelme 1475 ... a work responding to the plague of 1471-1475. Below is the program note from the score: "According to the chronicle of the grey friars at King's Lynn, the plague arrived by ship from Gascony to Melcombe in...

  24. GORDON - Aphrodite And Eros (fighting off the advances of Pan)

    This is the world premiere performance of Geoffrey Gordon's Aphrodite and Eros (fighting off the advances of Pan), for violin and cello, with violinist Yuri Revich and cellist Benedict Klöckner, from the International Music Festival Koblenz 2020 (IMUKO). This work is inspired by a sculpture…

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  25. GORDON - Peter Quince At The Clavier (excerpt)

    This is an excerpt of the world premiere performance of Geoffrey Gordon's Peter Quince at the Clavier, for baritone and piano - a setting of the Wallace Stevens poem - from the Arnold Schoenberg Center in Vienna - 16 March 2018. Baritone Tobias Greenhalgh and pianist Marcin Koziel perform. PETER...

  26. GORDON - Bagatelle after Beethoven

    This is the premiere (live) recording of Geoffrey Gordon's Bagatelle after Beethoven, a solo piano work commissioned for the International Beethoven Project’s Beethoven Festival: REVOLUTION 2012 and performed by pianist James Giles, 16 September 2012, at the National Pastime Theater, Chicago.

  27. GORDON - Prometheus 1st Movement

    This is an excerpt from the first movement of the premiere performance of composer Geoffrey Gordon's bass clarinet concerto, Prometheus, featuring the Philharmonia Orchestra, from Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London, with soloist Laurent Ben Slimane and guest conductor, Martyn Brabbins,...

  28. GORDON - Ode to a Nightingale (studio)

    This is the studio recording of composer Geoffrey Gordon's setting of the John Keats poem, Ode to a Nightingale, for mixed choir (SATB) and solo cello, featuring the Mogens Dahl Chamber Choir and cello soloist Toke Moldrup. Recorded in Copenhagen and released on the BIS records label in April…

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  29. GORDON - Cosmic Inflation and the End of the Dark Ages

    This is the world premiere of Geoffrey Gordon's new chamber work, Cosmic Inflation and the End of the Dark Ages - commissioned by the Institut Curie, as part of the Muse-IC project - from the performance in Paris, at the Salle Cortot concert hall, on 12 March 2019, featuring an ensemble drawn…

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  30. FATHOMS IV: The Isle Is Full of Noises

    This is the studio recording of Geoffrey Gordon's FATHOMS, Five Impressions of Shakespeare's The Tempest (with Prelude), for cello and piano, featuring cellist Toke Moldrup and pianist Steven Beck, which premiered at Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York City, 17 December 2015. "The…

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  31. FATHOMS III: Caliban (and Sycorax)

    This is the studio recording of Geoffrey Gordon's FATHOMS, Five Impressions of Shakespeare's The Tempest (with Prelude), for cello and piano, featuring cellist Toke Moldrup and pianist Steven Beck, which premiered at Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York City, 17 December 2015. "The…

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  32. FATHOMS I: Ferdinanda and Miranda

    This is the studio recording of Geoffrey Gordon's FATHOMS, Five Impressions of Shakespeare's The Tempest (with Prelude), for cello and piano, featuring cellist Toke Moldrup and pianist Steven Beck, which premiered at Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York City, 17 December 2015. "The…

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  33. FATHOMS: Prelude and Storm

    This is the studio recording of Geoffrey Gordon's FATHOMS, Five Impressions of Shakespeare's The Tempest (with Prelude), for cello and piano, featuring cellist Toke Moldrup and pianist Steven Beck, which premiered at Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York City, 17 December 2015. "The…

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  34. FATHOMS II: Ariel And All His Quality

    This is the studio recording of Geoffrey Gordon's FATHOMS, Five Impressions of Shakespeare's The Tempest (with Prelude), for cello and piano, featuring cellist Toke Moldrup and pianist Steven Beck, which premiered at Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York City, 17 December 2015. "The…

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  35. FATHOMS V: Prospero Drowns His Book

    This is the studio recording of Geoffrey Gordon's FATHOMS, Five Impressions of Shakespeare's The Tempest (with Prelude), for cello and piano, featuring cellist Toke Moldrup and pianist Steven Beck, which premiered at Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York City, 17 December 2015. "The…

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  36. GORDON - Concerto for Cello and Orchestra (studio)

    This is the studio recording of composer Geoffrey Gordon's Concerto for Cello and Orchestra, after the Thomas Mann novel, Doktor Faustus, featuring cellist Toke Moldrup, conductor Lan Shui, and the Copenhagen Philharmonic (which commissioned the work in 2014).

  37. GORDON - THORN (for violin, horn and piano)

    Horn soloist Ben Goldscheider premieres composer Geoffrey Gordon's new chamber work, THORN, at Conway Hall, London, in a performance from 3 February 2019. Callum Smart (violin) and Richard Uttley (piano), of the Ashwell Trio, are also featured. This work is inspired, in part, by a relic said to…

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  38. Saint Blue (double concerto for trumpet, piano and strings after Kandinsky)

    This is the studio recording, on the Signum label, of Geoffrey Gordon's double concerto, Saint Blue, commissioned for the English String Orchestra and soloists Simon Desbruslais and Clare Hammond, through funds provided by Arts Council England. Inspired by the works of Russian visual artist and...

  39. GORDON: Interiors V. Postlude

    This is a live performance of the Postlude from composer Geoffrey Gordon's Interiors of a Courtyard, for mandolin and guitar, featuring the Rosetta Contemporary Ensemble, one of Japan's premiere new music groups. Takaaki Shibata, mandolin and Kosuke Hashizume, guitar, are featured in a…

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  40. GORDON: Harmonie - an Jenny after Karl Marx

    Birmingham Contemporary Music Group gives the world premiere performance of Geoffrey Gordon's Harmonie - an Jenny, a setting of a text by Karl Marx, as part of the Wilde Lieder Marx.Music Project. Scored for soprano and solo cello, Harmonie is a setting of an early romantic text by the political...

  41. Sonnets From Neruda VI. Ya eres mía

    This is the sixth song from Geoffrey Gordon's song cycle, Sonnets from Neruda, setting six sonnets from Cien sonetos de amor (100 Love Sonnets) for mezzo soprano, baritone and piano, in a performance at the Arnold Schönberg Center in Vienna, featuring mezzo soprano Natalia Kawalek, baritone…

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  42. Sonnets From Neruda IV. No te quiero sino porque te quiero

    This is the fourth song from Geoffrey Gordon's song cycle, Sonnets from Neruda, setting six sonnets from Cien sonetos de amor (100 Love Sonnets) for mezzo soprano, baritone and piano, in a performance at the Arnold Schönberg Center in Vienna, featuring mezzo soprano Natalia Kawalek and pianist...

  43. Sonnets From Neruda V. De noche, amada, amarra tu corazón al mío

    This is the fifth song from Geoffrey Gordon's song cycle, Sonnets from Neruda, setting six sonnets from Cien sonetos de amor (100 Love Sonnets) for mezzo soprano, baritone and piano, in a performance at the Arnold Schönberg Center in Vienna, featuring baritone Tobias Greenhalgh and pianist Marcin...

  44. Sonnets From Neruda I. Amor, cuántos caminos hasta llegar a un beso

    This is the first song from Geoffrey Gordon's song cycle, Sonnets from Neruda, setting six sonnets from Cien sonetos de amor (100 Love Sonnets) for mezzo soprano, baritone and piano, in a performance at the Arnold Schönberg Center in Vienna, featuring mezzo soprano Natalia Kawalek and pianist...

  45. Sonnets From Neruda III. Sabrás que no te amo y que te amo

    This is the third song from Geoffrey Gordon's song cycle, Sonnets from Neruda, setting six sonnets from Cien sonetos de amor (100 Love Sonnets) for mezzo soprano, baritone and piano, in a performance at the Arnold Schönberg Center in Vienna, featuring mezzo soprano Natalia Kawalek and pianist...

  46. Sonnets From Neruda II. Tengo hambre de tu boca

    This is the second song from Geoffrey Gordon's song cycle, Sonnets from Neruda, setting six sonnets from Cien sonetos de amor (100 Love Sonnets) for mezzo soprano, baritone and piano, in a performance at the Arnold Schönberg Center in Vienna, featuring baritone Tobias Greenhalgh and pianist…

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  47. Three Summer Sketches: III. Spring Green

    This is the third movement of Geoffrey Gordon's Three Summer Sketches, for solo piano, commissioned for pianist Jeri-Mae Astolfi by the Wisconsin Arts Board, and recorded on the Ravello label. Buy the whole disc here: http://www.ravellorecords.com/wisconsinsoundscapes/

  48. Three Summer Sketches: II. Mineral Point

    This is the second movement of Geoffrey Gordon's Three Summer Sketches, for solo piano, commissioned for pianist Jeri-Mae Astolfi by the Wisconsin Arts Board, and recorded on the Ravello label. Buy the whole disc here: http://www.ravellorecords.com/wisconsinsoundscapes/

  49. Three Summer Sketches: I. Black Earth

    This is the first movement of Geoffrey Gordon's Three Summer Sketches, for solo piano, commissioned for pianist Jeri-Mae Astolfi by the Wisconsin Arts Board, and recorded on the Ravello label. Buy the whole disc here: http://www.ravellorecords.com/wisconsinsoundscapes/

  50. QUINTET for Clarinet and Strings: Third Movement

    This is the world premiere performance of the third movement of Geoffrey Gordon's QUINTET for Clarinet and Strings, played by the JACK Quartet and New York Philharmonic principal clarinet, Anthony McGill. The New York Times called the work, commissioned by the American Music Project, "darkly...

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US/UK composer Geoffrey Gordon’s contributions to the contemporary music repertoire have been and continue to be exceptional. Intense and luxuriant harmony, passionate melody and superb handling of instrumentation and sonic textures define his music. His works include orchestral, chamber and vocal works, recognised and performed by the world's top musicians and ensembles. His music has been called "darkly seductive" (The New York Times), "complex, richly-satisfying " (BBC Music Magazine), “stunning” (Philadelphia Inquirer), “iridescent and glowing” (Chicago Tribune), “taut and exhilarating” (Classical Ear), “haunting” (Strings Magazine), "gripping" (Bachtrack), "fierce and uncompromising" (MusicWeb International) and “magnificent” (Fanfare). The Philharmonia identifies “his infectious style" and “an ear for melody”; the New York Times his “zest for sonic experimentation”. Recently and upcoming, the BBC Philharmonic will premiere Mr. Gordon's new bassoon concerto, Anima Mia, durin

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