Forthcoming
Events and Notable Performances
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work on this page to be continued (last up-dated 17.03.08)
2008- known
and expected performances
Merlin Theatre, Sheffield,
South Yorkshire
Robert Chamberlain, reciter; Elizabeth Read, flute; Anthony
Skilbeck, piano; Lucy
Wallace, 'cello
Harthill Moor - poem by Robert Chamberlain
with incidental music by Anthony Skilbeck
St.
Paul's Church, Worksop, Nottinghamshire
Concert by The Skilbeck Music Association. Anthony Skilbeck,
organ
Al
Post Comunio from "Messa d'organo"
for organ World
Premiere
Teicha,
near Halle. Marianne von Einsiedel and Almuth Grimmer
The Four Temperaments for organ and improvised
jazz piano. 2nd
performance
Rudolf
Steiner House, Park Road, London
Robert Chamberlain, reciter; Elizabeth Read, flute; Anthony
Skilbeck, piano; Lucy
Wallace, 'cello
Harthill Moor - poem by Robert Chamberlain
with incidental music by Anthony Skilbeck
Bournville,
Birmingham. Isaac Wong
(AGM of the British Carillon Society)
Passing Thought
number 6 for carillon World
Premiere
St. Paul's Church, Worksop, Nottinghamshire
Concert by The Skilbeck Music Association. Gerry Nugent,
saxophones. Anthony Skilbeck, organ
Aria - the "Tierce en taille"
from La resurrection
du phenix for organ
arranged by the composer for tenor saxophone and organ. World
Premiere of this arrangement
Paean '74 for organ
Entrata from "Messa d'organo"
for organ World
Premiere
St.
Paul's Church, Worksop, Nottinghamshire
Concert by The Skilbeck Music Association. Anthony Skilbeck,
organ
All'
Offertorio from "Messa d'organo"
for organ World
Premiere
All' Elevazione from "Messa
d'organo" for organ World
Premiere
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Civic Centre, Northumberland. Dr. Ian Brunt, City Carillonneur.
Passing
Thought Number 2
(February)
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Civic
Centre, Northumberland. Dr. Ian Brunt, City Carillonneur.
Passing
Thought Number 2
(January)
Performers
of Skilbeck's works
Jeffrey
Bossin, the American Carillonneur Berlin (http://www.carillon-berlin.de)
has given most of the premieres and numerous other performances
of my carillon music on Berlin’s Tiergarten carillon and on
carillons in the U.S.A., Birmingham, Barcelona, other places in
Germany and in the Netherlands.
Marianne von
Einsiedel has given many premieres and numerous other performances
of my organ works in the principal churches of Dresden (Kreuzkirche,
Unterkirche of the Frauenkirche, Hofkirche), in the surrounding
district (e.g.
in the Gottfried Silbermann Museum, Frauenstein) and in Thuringen.
Performances have also been given in Southwark Cathedral and The
University Church (St. Mary's), Oxford.
also
........
(Permission to use further names is being sought)
Known performers from
and including 1987
Dr. Ian Brunt
(English. City
Carillonneur, Civic Centre, Newcastle-upon-Tyne) Carillon
Professor David H.
Cox (English.
Now Dean of Arts, University College, Cork)
Ensemble Director
David Goode (English. Now Organist and Head
of Keyboard, Eton College) Organ
Bert Handrick (Dresden, Germany) Organ
Daniel Hyde
(English. Now Director of Chapel Music, Jesus College,
Cambridge) Organ
John R. Knox (English. Carillonneur, Old Bond
Street, London) Carillon
Dresdener Kreuzchor directed by Kantor Roderich Kreile (German)
David Maker (American) Carillon
Anna McKenzie (English) Clarinet
Loris Perego
(Italian. Chiesa
della Madonna Addolorata, Santa Maria Hoè)
Organ
John G. Pritchard (English)
Trombone
Gordon Slater (Canadian. Dominion
Carillonneur, House of Commons, Ottawa) Carillon
David Summers (English) Trombone
Known performers before
1987 .................
If any names have been inadvertently omitted,
or performances of which I have been unaware,
please see the Welcome or Contact Details page.
Notable
first and other known performances of Skilbeck’s works
List not yet completed
2007
Tiergarten
Carillon, Berlin. Jeffrey Bossin Carillonneur Berlin
Blizzard
Winter Bells from “The Seasons on
Peacock Island, Berlin”.
St.
Paul's Church, Worksop, Nottinghamshire
Concert by The Skilbeck Music Association. Anna McKenzie,
clarinet. Anthony Skilbeck, organ
Chorale prelude on "Cradle Song" for
organ
Dream for clarinet and pianoforte World
Premiere
The Lighthouse for clarinet and pianoforte
World
Premiere
St. Paul's
Church, Worksop, Nottinghamshire
Concert by The Skilbeck Music Association. Anthony Skilbeck,
organ & harmonica
Elegy '73 for organ World
Premiere
The Military Cemetery for three speakers,
organ and optional harmonica World
Premiere
Speakers: Hayden Lee; John Marsden; Roy Smalley
Brockwitz
Kirche, near Meissen. Marianne von Einsiedel
The
Four Temperaments organ solo version World
Premiere
Gelassenheit
for organ
St. Paul's
Church, Worksop, Nottinghamshire
Concert by The Skilbeck Music Association. Jeffrey Bossin,
Carillonneur Berlin
Verses for carillon - a recording
broadcast from the tower loudspeakers.
All Saints’ Parish
Church, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire. 3-manual Walker organ of 1906.
Anthony Skilbeck
La resurrection du phoenix for organ (fourth
performance)
Dresden,
Marianne von Einsiedel and Almuth Grimmer
The Four Temperaments for organ and improvised
jazz piano. World
Premiere
Tiergarten Carillon, Berlin. Jeffrey Bossin Carillonneur
Berlin
Tidal Estuary World Premiere
Eintritt &
Autumn Branches from “The Seasons on Peacock Island,
Berlin”.
Winter Bells from “The Seasons
on Peacock Island, Berlin”.
Spring: The Fountain and Castle Ruins from “The
Seasons on Peacock Island, Berlin”
Summer: the Rose Garden & Abschied from
“The Seasons on Peacock Island, Berlin”.
Notre-Dame
des Neiges, Alpe d'Huez. Anthony Skilbeck
La resurrection du phoenix for organ (fourth
performance)
St. Paul's
Church, Worksop, Nottinghamshire
Concert by The Skilbeck Music Association
La resurrection du phoenix for organ (third
performance)
Peace Tower Carillon,
House of Commons, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Gordon Slater, Dominion Carillonneur
Passing Thought Number 1 (Four performances
during July and August)
St. Paul's
Church, Worksop, Nottinghamshire
Concert by The Skilbeck Music Association
Five Fanfares for organ World
Premiere
The Church of Our Lady of the Rosary and St. Therese of Lisieux,
Birmingham.
Dr. Michael Boyd:
Passing Thought Number 3 for
carillon World
Premiere
John R. Knox:
Passing
Thought Number 1
Passing
Thought Number 2
Passing
Thought Number 7
Doncaster Minster (5-manual
Edmund Schulze organ). Anthony Skilbeck, organ
The Rainbow
(Excerpt from the third movement of the
Organ Sonata "Edmund Schulze builds an organ for
St. George's
Church, Doncaster).
Tiergarten Carillon,
Berlin. Jeffrey Bossin
Spring: The
Fountain and Castle Ruins from “The Seasons on Peacock
Island, Berlin”.
St. Paul's Church, Worksop, Nottinghamshire
Concert by The Skilbeck Music Association
Prayer for organ
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Civic
Centre, Northumberland. Dr. Ian Brunt, City Carillonneur.
Passing
Thought Number 1
Passing
Thought Number 2
World
Premiere
All Saints’ Parish Church, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire. 3-manual
Walker organ of 1906.
Anthony Skilbeck
Prayer World
Premiere
St. Paul's
Church, Worksop, Nottinghamshire
Concert by The Skilbeck Music Association
Hymn-Prelude on "Aus der tiefe" and "Buckland"
World
Premiere
The carillon of 24 Old Bond Street (opposite the Burlington Arcade),
London. John R. Knox.
Passing Thought Number 1
World
Premiere
St. Paul's Church, Worksop, Nottinghamshire
Concert by The Skilbeck Music Association
(Anthony Skilbeck and students, both adults and children)
Passacaglia and Pastorale ("Barzago"
organ pieces). World
Premiere
2006
St.
Paul's Church, Worksop, Nottinghamshire.
Christmas Concert (December 30th) by The Skilbeck Music Association
(Anthony Skilbeck and students, both adults and children).
Hymn-Prelude on "Away in a manger"
St. Paul's Church, Worksop, Nottinghamshire.
Early December concert by The Skilbeck Music Association
(Anthony Skilbeck and students, both adults and children).
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme
Autumn Forest (two performers -
organ, hammer dulcimer, rainmaker, midi controller and sound module)
Third performance
St. Mary’s Church, Tickhill, South Yorkshire.
The Skilbeck Music Association. Organ and pianoforte recital.
Based on the topics of Shakespeare, Love, and the Natural World.
Vigano Siciliano for organ
St. Jan
Krtitel, Kamenicky Senov, Czeh Republic.
Marianne
von Einsiedel.
Gelassenheit
for organ
St. Paul's
Church, Worksop, Nottinghamshire.
October concert by The Skilbeck Music Association
(Anthony Skilbeck and students, both adults and children).
A Superimposition (541 years after Legrant's composition)
for organ. World Premiere
The Labyrinth (801 years after being laid) for
organ. World Premiere
St. Paul's
Church, Worksop, Nottinghamshire.
September concert by The Skilbeck Music Association
(Anthony Skilbeck and students, both adults and children).
Arcane Trumpet Tune Number Three "Puck
up to his tricks" for organ.
Trumpet Tune for organ
Frauenkirche,
Dresden (Kern-Orgel of 2006). Marianne von Einsiedel.
Gelassenheit (at an evening service).
Kreuzkirche,
Dresden (Jehmlich-Orgel. 4 manuals). Marianne
von Einsiedel.
Sternstunde (second performance) and Gelassenheit
St. Paul's Church, Worksop, Nottinghamshire.
August concert by The Skilbeck Music Association
(Anthony Skilbeck and students, both adults and children).
Paean '74 for organ. World Premiere
Trumpet
Tune for organ
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Civic Centre, Northumberland. Dr. Ian Brunt, City Carillonneur.
A Passage of Time (Sunset, Nocturne,
Daybreak)
The Bournville
Carillon, Birmingham. Jeffrey Bossin Carillonneur Berlin.
Verses
Doncaster Minster (5-manual
Edmund Schulze organ). Anthony Skilbeck, organ.
A Flight of Ideas (First
movement of the Organ Sonata "Edmund Schulze builds an organ
for
St. George's Church, Doncaster). World
Premiere
Thuringian Forest (Second
movement). World
Premiere
The Rainbow (Excerpt from
the third movement). World
Premiere
Church of Christ the King
(3-manual Walker organ), Gordon Square, London.
Anthony Skilbeck, organ.
Vigano
Siciliano
All Saints’
Parish Church, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire.
Skilbeck Music Association.
Organ and pianoforte recital.
Based on the topics of Shakespeare, Love, and the Natural World.Easter,
the Natural World, Handel and Mozart.
The Battle is Over
(organ) World Premiere
Dawn in the Garden of the Resurrection
(organ) English Premiere
Spring: The Fountain and Castle Ruins from “The Seasons
on Peacock Island, Berlin”.
Originally for carillon, played here in the composer's arrangement
for pianoforte solo. English Premiere
2005
Tiergarten Carillon,
Berlin. Jeffrey Bossin.
Winter Bells
St. Mary’s
Church, Tickhill, South Yorkshire.
The Skilbeck Music Association. Organ and pianoforte recital.
Based on the topics
of Trafalgar remembrance and autumn.
Trees and Sky (pianoforte) World Premiere
Autumn Forest (two performers - organ, hammer
dulcimer, rainmaker, midi controller and sound module) Second
performance
Trumpet Tune (organ)
Kirche von Wilschdorf
(near Dresden), Germany. Marianne
von Einsiedel.
Tierce en taille
Air Number Three in Bb major (organ pieces)
Hofkirche (Gottfried
Silbermann’s last organ. 3 manuals), Dresden,
Germany. Marianne von Einsiedel.
Tierce en
taille
Air Number Three in Bb major
Dawn in the Garden of the Resurrection
(organ pieces)
Tiergarten Carillon,
Berlin. Jeffrey Bossin
Autumn Branches
from “The Seasons on Peacock Island, Berlin”.
Kreuzkirche (Jehmlich-Orgel.
4 manuals), Dresden. Marianne von Einsiedel
Gelassenheit
(organ)
All Saints’ Parish
Church, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire.
The Skilbeck Music Association. Organ and pianoforte recital.
Based on the topics
of good humour and autumn.
Autumn Forest
(two performers - organ, hammer dulcimer, rainmaker, midi controller
and sound module) Scherzo English Premiere
Trumpet Tune (organ)
Arcane Trumpet Tune Number Three "Puck
up to his tricks" World Premiere (organ)
Der
Kirche zu Rudolstadt - Volkstedt, Thuringen, Germany. Marianne von
Einsiedel, with the composer present.
Caprice
Gelassenheit (organ pieces)
St. Gertrudiskirche,
Saalfeld/Graba, Thuringen, Germany. Marianne von Einsiedel, with
the composer present.
Pastorale
(bitonal)
Gelassenheit (organ pieces)
Stadtkirche "Zum
Lobe Gottes", Konigsee, Thuringen, Germany. Marianne von Einsiedel,
with the composer present.
Gelassenheit
Caprice
(organ pieces)
Hofkirche (Gottfried
Silbermann’s last organ. 3 manuals), Dresden.
Marianne von Einsiedel, with the composer present.
Pastorale (bitonal)
Gelassenheit
Tiergarten Carillon,
Berlin. Jeffrey Bossin
Pond
from “Woodland Echoes”.
St. Peter's Church, St.
George's Town, Bermuda. Recital by Hywel Brown (violin,
clarinet and recorder) and the composer (organ).
Scherzo World
Premiere
Trumpet Tune (organ pieces)
Carillon des Lichtboogtoren,
Almere, Netherlands. Jeffrey Bossin
Waldinneres bei
Mondschein from “Two Pieces for Carillon after
Caspar David Friedrich".
Carillon des Martinitoren,
Groningen, Netherlands. Jeffrey Bossin
Waldinneres
bei Mondschein from “Two Pieces for Carillon after
Caspar DavidFriedrich".
Hofkirche (Gottfried
Silbermann’s last organ. 3 manuals), Dresden. Marianne von
Einsiedel
Arcane Trumpet
Tune Number One
Pastorale (bi-tonal).
Tiergarten Carillon,
Berlin. Jeffrey Bossin
Stream
from “Woodland Echoes".
Tiergarten Carillon,
Berlin. Jeffrey Bossin
Summer: The
Rose Garden
Abschied from “The Seasons on Peacock
Island, Berlin”.
Tiergarten Carillon,
Berlin. Jeffrey Bossin
Cuckoo
from “Woodland Echoes".
Tiergarten Carillon,
Berlin. Jeffrey Bossin
Spring: The
Fountain and Castle Ruins from “The Seasons on Peacock
Island, Berlin”.
Tiergarten Carillon,
Berlin. Jeffrey Bossin
Stream
from “Woodland Echoes”
St. Paul’s Church,
Worksop.
Trumpet Tune
(organ)
Gottfried-Silbermann-Museum,
Frauenstein, Germany. Marianne von Einsiedel.
Dawn
in the Garden of the Resurrection
Dolente
(organ pieces)
2004
St. Mary’s Church,
Tickhill, South Yorkshire.
The Skilbeck music Association. Organ and pianoforte recital.
Legend
(two performers - organ, midi controller and sound module) World
Premiere
Hymn-Prelude on "Cradle Song" (organ)
2003
Weinbereskirche,
Trachenberge, Dresden, Germany. Marianne von Einsiedel.
In the Church of Sant'Orso, Aosta (organ) World
Premiere
Chiesa della
Madonna Addolorata, Santa Maria Hoè (LC), Italy. Loris Perego.
In the Church of Sant'Orso, Aosta (organ) Italian
Premiere
2002
Kirchsaal der Johanneskirchgemeinde,
Dresden.
Marianne von Einsiedel (organ) and
Almuth Grimmer (pianoforte including improvisation on the Skilbeck
pieces listed)
Pastorale (bitonal)
Dawn in the Garden of the Resurrection
Caprice
Dolente (originally for pianoforte)
(November) The Civic
Centre, Newcastle upon Tyne. Dr. Ian Brunt
A Passage of Time (Sunset, Nocturne, Daybreak) (carillon)
St. John’s, Smith
Square. David Goode
The Time is Right (In Westminster also) (organ)
(October) The Civic Centre,
Newcastle upon Tyne. Dr. Ian Brunt
A Passage of Time (Sunset, Nocturne, Daybreak) (carillon)
The Church of Our Lady
of the Rosary and St. Therese of Lisieux, Birmingham. John R. Knox
A Passage
of Time (Sunset, Nocturne, Daybreak) (carillon)
Tewkesbury Abbey. The
composer
Chorale Fantasia on “Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme”
Gelassenheit
(organ pieces)
2001
Tewkesbury Abbey. The
composer
Harbour, Ocean, Stars and Dreaming (organ)
1999
Kreuzkirche, Dresden.
The Kreuzchor dir. Kantor Roderich Kreile
A Psalm Trilogy (3 settings for double choir)
This work was repeated on three occasions during the Choir’s
tour in the U.S.A.
1996
Holy Trinity, Millhouses
& the Anglican Cathedral, Sheffield. Daniel Hyde
Caprice (organ)
1994
Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin.
Donal Bannister
Turmoil (trombone)
1993
The University of Sheffield.
David Summers (student)
Turmoil (trombone)
The University of Sheffield.
The composer
Suite for Pianoforte (i Prelude;
ii Nocturne; iii Variations for left hand alone; iv Fugue)
The University of Sheffield.
Students dir. by Professor David Harold Cox
Music for Wood (two oboes, bassoon, xylophone and six
other wooden percussion instruments)
See "Ensembles of more than eight performers"
1992
The University of Sheffield.
The composer
La resurrection du Phoenix (organ – inspired by French
baroque sounds)
The University of Sheffield. Student ensemble directed by Professor
David Harold Cox
Narrator of texts: Bishop Kenneth Skelton
Watershed
(Music for Metal)
See "Ensembles of more than eight performers"
Welbeck Abbey Underground Ballroom. Clumber (Theatre) Players
with singers and instrumentalists
Incidental music for Ben Jonson's masque"The King's Entertainment
at Welbeck" of 1633
See "Ensembles of more than eight
performers"
1990
Spinkhill,
Derbyshire. John G. Pritchard & the composer
On Tallis’s Third Mode Melody (trombone and organ)
1988
The University of Sheffield.
The composer
Suite for Pianoforte (i. Prelude; ii. Nocturne;
iii. Vars. for l.h. alone; iv. Fugue)
1971
Purbeck
Festival of Music, Langton Matravers Church, Dorset
Organ Quintet (organ, flute, violin, viola, ‘cello)
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