New Music PlayersPatron: Jonathan HarveyNMP is a top UK ensemble specialising in modern music. Founded by British composer Ed Hughes, its commissions and many premieres have included composers such as Howard Skempton, Rolf Hind, James Wood, Michael Finnissy.
NMP features some of the UK’s finest and most versatile musicians; core members are also members of the BBC Symphony Orchestra; Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden; Manchester Camerata; the English Chamber Orchestra; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment; Mistura and a wide variety of new/early music ensembles and jazz outfits.
NMP feature on several recordings including a world première recording of five New Music Players commissions on the London Independent Records label and a disc of works by Japanese composer Jo Kondo. In 2007 they featured on a major DVD release of Ed Hughes's recent scores for two classic 1920s silent films by Sergei Eisenstein - Battleship Potemkin and STRIKE! and performed Ed Hughes's score for 'I was born but...' (Ozu, 1932) on a new BFI DVD due for release in January 2011. See right for further details. NMP is managed by LIZ WEBB MANAGEMENT The Players: Rowland Sutherland, flutes Fiona Cross, clarinet Susanne Stanzeleit, violin Michael Atkinson, cello Richard Casey, piano Tim Palmer, percussion Patrick Bailey, conductor Roger Montgomery, conductor and french horn | News:
NMP performed Xenakis's stunningly virtuosic A Colone and Medea with the New London Chamber Choir directed by Clement Power at the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival on 27 November 2011.The performance featured Fiona Cross (clarinet), Ben Hudson (contra), Byron Fulcher (trombone), Michael Atkinson (cello), Lucy Hare (bass) and Tim Palmer (percussion)
more details >> NMP in Cardiff and Oxford: March 2012 >> |
