Nicola LeFanu
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Premiere at Spitalfields Festival

'A Phoenix for Carla' for flute d'amour and alto flute will be premiered on June 10th by Carla Rees in a Rarescale concert at Hoxton Hall, 8.30pm. This virtuoso solo flute piece was commissioned by Stephen Massil to celebrate his gift to Carla of a flute d'amour.
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Spring performances

'Rosa Sine Spina' will be performed by the London Oriana Choir on March 8th (St Andrew's Church, Holborn) as part of their 2013 International Women's Day concert.The 'Late Music Series' in York (first Saturday of each month, Unitarian Chapel) includes 'Sea Sketches' for clarinet and piano (March 2nd), 'Finding' for baritone and piano (April 6th) and 'A Postcard and a Letter' for solo piano (May 4th).
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November performances

November 2nd: String quartet no3 : Yokohama, Japan (Toki quartet)November 3rd: 'And so the Night became..' for prepared piano: Los Angeles, USA (Richard Valitutto)November 14th: 'I am Bread' for soprano and piano: (New York Festival of Song, USA)November 23rd: 'Sea Sketches' for clarinet and piano: York, UK (Angus Meryon, Richard Saxel)
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Bassoon solo - new publication

'Sir Harlequin' for solo bassoon is published by Edition Peters: No.72292. It is a suite of nine movements, lasting in all about 14 minutes, but performers can select pieces to make a shorter suite. It is dedicated to Matthew Dodd, who has provided fingering suggestions (Heckel system) for the extended techniques.
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Quintet for bassoon /string quartet - Première

'Harlequin Memories' for bassoon and string quartet received a superb première at Spitalfields Festival on June 21st 2012, played by Bram van Sambeek and the Heath String Quartet. It was commissioned by Stephen Massil, to commemorate his father Bill Massil's centenary.Other June performances included the European premiere of 'Wind-blown Seeds' for String orchestra, played by Arcos Orchestra, director
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New York and Berlin performances

'Wind-blown Seeds' for string orchestra received a fine premiere in New York on May 16th; Arcos orchestra conducted by John Edward Kelly. They give the German premiere at the Konzerthaus, Berlin, on June 6th, and another performance in Munich, on June 12th.
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Performances May 5th

String Quartet no2 is having a number of performances by the Ligeti string quartet. On Saturday May 5th they play it in York, in the Late Music series: www.latemusic.org The concert is at 7.30 in the Unitarian Chapel, St Saviourgate. Also on May 5th, Carola Darwin (soprano) sings the scena 'But Stars Remaining' in a recital at the Crouch End Festival.
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Saxophone concerto: New CD

NEOS have released John Edward Kelly's superb performance of my Saxophone concerto. It is on NEOS10910 with Glazounov and Meyer concerti; Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic, conductor Micha Hamel, soloist John Edward Kelly.
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Dream Hunter success - reviews

Dream Hunter received beautiful performances at Wilton's Music Hall, and was acclaimed by some very good reviews:'an impressive new chamber opera by Nicola LeFanu.. Fuller's is a model libretto, inspiring responses and finding its fulfilment in LeFanu's sentient and highly charged music. Tracking the nerve system of each character, her score is both spiky with tension and, particularly in the voice
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Dream Hunter at Wilton's Music Hall Feb. 2nd, 3rd 4th

Dream Hunter is on at the wonderful Wilton's Music Hall, London E1 8JB: Thursday Feb. 2nd, Friday 3rd and Saturday 4th. Book now! 0207 702 2789. Hear a preview on BBC Radio 3, 'In Tune': Monday Jan. 30th at 4.30, and afterwards on iplayer.
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