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RAVE REVIEWS FOR A FREAK IN BURBANK AT BBC PROMS 2010!
Albert Schnelzer’s successful concert opener A Freak in Burbank was performed at a Proms Concert on 23 August in Royal Albert Hall and has been given rave reviews from several recognized UK magazines and newspapers.
According to the Financial Times:
"The Swedish composer Albert Schnelzer is little known in the UK, but A Freak in Burbank may change that. Schnelzer says the idea was to see if the spirit of Haydn might survive in an American suburb and, though it is not easy to hear that in the finished piece, the restlessly busy, witty, lightly-scored music lives in an imaginative world of its own."
Read more reviews in The Guardian, The Independent, Classicalsource.com, The Telegraph, Intermezzo.
The Proms concert was followed by a sold-out composer’s portrait at the Royal College of Music on 24 August presenting Albert Schnelzer’s chamber works. The concert featured among others the Tippett Quartet and the percussion duo Oduo. More information: Composer Portrait RCM
GOTHENBURG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA COMMISSION CELLO CONCERTO
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, The National Orchestra of Sweden, has just announced that they will commission a large scale cello concerto for swedish cellist Claes Gunnarsson. Claes Gunnarsson is considered as one of the leading cellists in Scandinavia and has appeared as a soloist in most of the European countries, New Zealand and China. He has also been guest solo cellist in the London Symphony Orchestra. The cello concerto will be premiered during the 2011/2012 season.
A FREAK IN BERLINER PHILHARMONIE, COPENHAGEN AND CANADA
The Swedish Chamber Orchestra and conductor Thomas Dausgaard will bring A Freak in Burbank on their German Tour in 2011, stopping at Kölner Philharmonie (2 March), Stadthalle Wuppertal (3 March), Berliner Philharmonie (4 March) and NDR Rundfunkhaus Hannover (5 March).
The coming season Dausgaard will also conduct the work with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, during the Nordic Music Days in Copenhagen this September, and with the NAC Orchestra in Ottawa, Canada, in May 2011.
A Freak in Burbank was inspired by a biography on American film director Tim Burton. It was premiered in 2008 and has since been performed more than 20 times by nine different orchestras.
THE ENCHANTER - OBOE CONCERTO FOR FRANCOIS LELEUX
Albert Schnelzer’s oboe concerto The Enchanter will receive its world premiere by the Swedish Chamber Orchestra/Lionel Bringuier in Örebro on 11 November. It will be followed by the UK premiere with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra/John Storgårds in Glasgow and Edinburgh on 19 and 20 November respectively. The concerto is a joint commission from the two orchestras for world renowned French oboe player Francois Leleux. More information: http://www.sco.org.uk/concerts/2010-11/new-romantics-ii
SUCCESSFUL COLLABORATION WITH THE BRODSKY QUARTET
In 2009 Albert Schnelzer received a commission from the Nordland Music Festival in Norway to write a string quartet for the renowned Brodsky Quartet. The world premiere took place during the festival in Bodø on 6 August 2009 and the UK premiere in Cadogan Hall in London on 15 October 2009. Hillary Finch from The Times wrote: "a new work destined for London: the String Quartet No 2 by the young Swedish composer Albert Schnelzer. He celebrates the spectres of Shostakovich, Berg, Ravel — yet speaks with a confident and passionately lyrical voice all his own. "
WORLD PREMIERE WITH THE TROMSØ CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Emperor Akbar - for string orchestra, will have it's world premiere with the Tromsø Chamber Orchestra on 21 October 2010. This work is based on String Quartet No. 2 that Albert Schnelzer originally wrote for the Brodsky Quartet.
PREDATORY DANCES VOTED BEST CD OF THE YEAR
Albert Schnelzer's new portrait CD "Predatory Dances" was voted "Best CD of the Year" by Dagens Nyheter and was also chosen as "Highlights of the Year" in CD revyn SR P2. It has previously been given top reviews by all leading newspapers in Sweden including DN, Svenska Dagbladet, Musikrevyn i SR P2 etc. Read the review from SvD here. The CD was also also awarded "Debut CD of the Year" by Helsingborgs Dagblad.
The CD can be ordered from the following sites: www.amazon.co.uk, www.hmv.com, www.cdon.eu & www.naxosdirect.se.
GEHRMANS MUSIKFÖRLAG
Albert Schnelzer is published and represented by Gehrmans Musikförlag AB. International agencies for Gehrmans outside the Nordic contries is Boosey & Hawkes and Breitkopf & Härtel.
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