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1: Pearl Of Freedom (19:58)
: Arabesques ()
6: Weighing The Earth (5:12)
7: Flare (5:35)
8: Sheikh Zayed's Parade (4:42)
9: The Tower (10:42) |
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| Description: | Described in The Guardian (2019) as one of today's leading composers for voice, Joanna Marsh is a British composer who since 2007 has divided her time between Dubai and the UK. For her debut album on Signum, Marsh showcases a collection of works that have been inspired by her life and travels, particularly with the Middle East where she now lives. Her life in the Middle East has lead to many unique musical opportunities including writing an orchestral work to celebrate the building of the Burj Khalifa. Most recently she was commissioned by Dubai Opera to write an orchestral work for the first BBC Proms in Dubai in March 2017. This lead to her writing the 6 minute work Flare, for the BBC Symphony Orchestra, based on a short story called Oil Field, by Saudi writer Mohammed Hasan Alwan. Joanna has been Composer in Residence, at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge from 2015 through to 2020 and during that time has written a number of choral works for the college choir and the college organ. She is a Co-Founder of Choir Fest Middle East in Dubai, an annual celebration of the region's choral music scene which is reached it's eighth edition in March 2020. She is also Founder and Artistic Director of the Dubai Opera Festival Chorus a large body of singers that was set up for the BBC Proms in Dubai and continues to undertake concert performances of various types across the UAE. |
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Chamber Ensemble
16.113
- Accordion 10- Bassoon 18- Brass 50- Bugle 41- Cello 323- Clarinet 129- Double Bass 20- Early Instrum. 138- Flute 234- Guitar 106- Harp 33- Harpsichord 24- Lute 18- Mandolin 16- Mixed Ensemble 77- Oboe 56- Organ 38- Other 12.231- Other Ensemble 223- Percussion 13- Piano 494- Piano Quartet 28- Piano Trio 166- Recorder 58- Saxophone 53- String Ensemble 93- String Quartet 443- String Quintet 21- String Trio 58- Trombone 20- Trumpet 53- Tuba 3- Viola 71- Violin 605- Wind Ensemble 51- Woodwind 40- octet 3Other Classic 3.451Symphonic Music 14.527
