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John Palmer


John Palmer (composer)

John Palmer (1959) is a British composer, pianist and musicologist.

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John Palmer studied piano with Grazia Wendling and Eva Serman at the Lucerne School of Music (Musikhochschule Luzern), Switzerland, while attending courses in composition with Edison Denisov and Vinko Globokar. He continued his composition studies in London at Trinity College of Music, Royal Holloway, University of London and at City University London where he obtained a PhD in Composition in 1994. Further studies include composition with Vinko Globokar at the Dartington Summer School and privately with Jonathan Harvey, analysis with Jonathan Cross at the University of Bristol, and conducting with Alan Hazeldine at the Guildhall School of Music And Drama in London. From 1990 to 1995 he taught at the University of Oxford (Kellogg College). From 1995 to 2000 he was a Senior Lecturer in Composition and Director of Research at the University of Hertfordshire, England. In 2000 he was appointed Professor at the State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart, Germany. Since 1992 he has lectured at several universities and music colleges in Europe and given papers and talks at conferences in Europe and North America. Since 1987 Palmer's works has focused on orchestral, instrumental, vocal, chamber music, and electroacoustic composition.

Orchestra

  • Omen (1991) for orchestra and choir
  • There (1992) for string orchestra
  • Concertino (1994)
  • Hypothetical Questions (1992-2011)
  • Piano Concerto (2005) for piano (tuned microtonally), orchestra and choir
  • Double Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra (2016)
  • Not Two (2017) for orchestra
  • Ensemble

  • Asgard (1987- rev. 2001) for 2 speakers and ensemble (fl, cl, vl, vla, vc, pno, electronics)
  • Koan (1999) for shakuhachi and ensemble (fl, ob, clar, perc, pno, vl, vla, vc)
  • Waka (2003) for percussion and ensemble (fl, ob, cl, pno, vl, vla, vc)
  • Legend (2008) for harp and ensemble
  • You (2008) for trombone and ensemble
  • Transparence (2015) for viola and ensemble with electronics
  • Blurring definitions (2016) fl, cl, bs, perc, 2 vl, vla, vc, db
  • Chamber music

  • First String Quartet (1986)
  • Utopia (1989) soprano and wind quartet
  • Hellawes (1991) flute trio
  • Theorem (1995) violin, cello, piano
  • Second String Quartet (dream) (1996)
  • Encounter (1998) harpsichord, world percussion, electronics
  • Between (2000) violin and harpsichord
  • Transitions (2000) violin, clarinet, cello, piano
  • Still (2001) bass flute, 6 & 12-string guitar, viola
  • Nowhere (2003) clarinet, piano, electronics
  • Afterglow (2006) alto flute, piano, electronics
  • Transference (2010) flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano
  • Crossing dialogues (2013) violin, cello, vibraphone and piano
  • Of Shadows Unveiled (2013) flute, bass clarinet and piano
  • Towards the soul (2015) trombone quartet
  • Conditional action (2016) two flutes
  • Alba (2016) violin, viola, cello, piano
  • Instrumental

  • Hieroglyphs (1985–86) piano
  • Three Preludes (1987) piano
  • Poem for the Absurd (1987) piano
  • Musica Reservata (1989) piano
  • Shambhala (1990) piano
  • Satori (1999) harpsichord
  • Hinayana (1999) oboe
  • Mosaic (1998) harpsichord
  • Drang (1999) accordion
  • Without (2004) violin
  • Almost (2006) cello
  • Over (2006) violin
  • En avant (2006) piano
  • Se potessi (2011) piano
  • Eulogy (2013) piano
  • Verso l'alto (2014) viola
  • Three Haikus (2014) shakuhachi
  • Hypothesis (2017) percussion
  • Yahari (2017) guitar
  • Electroacoustic (including acousmatic)

  • Beyond the bridge (1993) cello and electronics
  • Renge-kyo (1993) piano and electronics
  • Encounter (1998) harpsichord, world percussions, electronics
  • '...as it flies...' (2001) tape
  • Transfiguration (1999–2006) trombone and electronics
  • I am (2002) tape
  • After silence 1 (2005) piano and electronics
  • Inwards (2005–06) bass flute and electronics
  • In the Temple (2006–07) tape
  • Present Otherness (2008) tape
  • Mémoires (2011) tape
  • Woanders (2016) piano and electronics
  • Awards

  • 1990 - Cornelius Cardew Competition, England: special mention for in memory of a friend, for soprano and piano.
  • 1992 - City of Lucerne Cultural Prize, Switzerland: first prize winner with Omen, for orchestra and choir.
  • 1994 - Bourges International Competition for Electroacoustic Music, France: second prize winner with Beyond the Bridge, for cello & electronics.
  • 1995 - Surrey Sinfonietta Orchestral Competition Contest, England: first prize winner with Concertino, for orchestra.
  • 1995 - 1st Tokyo International Competition for Chamber Music Composition: second prize winner with Theorem (piano trio).
  • 1996 - City of Klagenfurt International Composition Prize, Austria: second prize winner with Second String Quartet (Dream).
  • 2009 - Bourges International Competition for Electroacoustic Music, France: selection of Transient for soprano, prepared piano & electronics.
  • 2010 - Citta' di Udine International Competition for Composers, Italy: Special Mention and Medal of the President of the Italian Republic for Transference, for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano.
  • 2011 - Presque Rien International Competition Prize, Paris: prize winner with mémoires, for electroacoustic sounds.
  • Recordings

  • In the Temple - Animato Records ACD6144.
  • I Am - Animato Records ACD6143.
  • musica reservata - Animato Records ACD6136. Animato Records
  • beyond the bridge in Edition Memnosyne, Synthese 8, LD278058/59. mnemosyne label
  • phonai in Electroshock, 2 ELCD 006. electroshock label
  • epitaph in Electroshock, 3 ELCD 007. electroshock label
  • theorem in Living Artists Recordings, Vol.3. living artists label
  • present otherness in Sargasso SCD 28057
  • beyond the bridge, phonai, renge-kyo, spirits, vision. Sargasso SCD 28023
  • encounter, hinayana, epitaph, between. Sargasso SCD 28038
  • koan, still, satori. Sargasso SCD 28049
  • waka, '...as it flies...', nowhere. Sargasso SCD 28053
  • inwards, Drang, transient, tranfiguration, fado. Sargasso SCD 28059
  • without in Dots/Lines, Takao Hyakutome (2015)
  • verso l'alto in 20 Jahre Ensemble Plus, ORF Voralberg CD Label, 2016. (Limited Edition).
  • References

    John Palmer (composer) Wikipedia


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