John Woolrich
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Composer David Matthews at Folkestone New Music
November 2025
November 2025
November 29, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Composer David Matthews at Folkestone New Music
November 2025
November 2025
John Woolrich: Stendhal's Observation
Claire Booth (soprano) and Jâms Coleman (piano)
Holywell Music Room, Oxford
Oxford International Song Festival
13 October 2025
Claire Booth (soprano) and Jâms Coleman (piano)
Holywell Music Room, Oxford
Oxford International Song Festival
13 October 2025
October 1, 2025 at 9:20 AM
John Woolrich: Stendhal's Observation
Claire Booth (soprano) and Jâms Coleman (piano)
Holywell Music Room, Oxford
Oxford International Song Festival
13 October 2025
Claire Booth (soprano) and Jâms Coleman (piano)
Holywell Music Room, Oxford
Oxford International Song Festival
13 October 2025
Conlon Nancarrow Prelude & Blues (arr. John Woolrich) (LS commission, World Premiere)
Conlon Nancarrow Toccata (arr. John Woolrich) (LS commission, World Premiere)
London Sinfonietta
Jonathan Berman conductor
Sat 11 Oct 2025
Teatro Juárez, Mexico
Conlon Nancarrow Toccata (arr. John Woolrich) (LS commission, World Premiere)
London Sinfonietta
Jonathan Berman conductor
Sat 11 Oct 2025
Teatro Juárez, Mexico
September 27, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Conlon Nancarrow Prelude & Blues (arr. John Woolrich) (LS commission, World Premiere)
Conlon Nancarrow Toccata (arr. John Woolrich) (LS commission, World Premiere)
London Sinfonietta
Jonathan Berman conductor
Sat 11 Oct 2025
Teatro Juárez, Mexico
Conlon Nancarrow Toccata (arr. John Woolrich) (LS commission, World Premiere)
London Sinfonietta
Jonathan Berman conductor
Sat 11 Oct 2025
Teatro Juárez, Mexico
John Woolrich: Once there was not
first performance of new songs with words by Zoe Gilbert
Song in her hallways.
Moonlight in her eaves.
The elm hollows herself and subsides.
Claire Booth (soprano) and Andrew West (piano)
Folkestone New Music
7.30pm Thursday 25 September
The Grand, Folkestone
first performance of new songs with words by Zoe Gilbert
Song in her hallways.
Moonlight in her eaves.
The elm hollows herself and subsides.
Claire Booth (soprano) and Andrew West (piano)
Folkestone New Music
7.30pm Thursday 25 September
The Grand, Folkestone
September 23, 2025 at 8:29 AM
John Woolrich: Once there was not
first performance of new songs with words by Zoe Gilbert
Song in her hallways.
Moonlight in her eaves.
The elm hollows herself and subsides.
Claire Booth (soprano) and Andrew West (piano)
Folkestone New Music
7.30pm Thursday 25 September
The Grand, Folkestone
first performance of new songs with words by Zoe Gilbert
Song in her hallways.
Moonlight in her eaves.
The elm hollows herself and subsides.
Claire Booth (soprano) and Andrew West (piano)
Folkestone New Music
7.30pm Thursday 25 September
The Grand, Folkestone
John Woolrich: Stendhal's Observation
Claire Booth (soprano) and Andrew West (piano)
Folkestone New Music
7.30pm Thursday 25 September
The Grand, Folkestone
Claire Booth (soprano) and Andrew West (piano)
Folkestone New Music
7.30pm Thursday 25 September
The Grand, Folkestone
September 18, 2025 at 7:41 AM
John Woolrich: Stendhal's Observation
Claire Booth (soprano) and Andrew West (piano)
Folkestone New Music
7.30pm Thursday 25 September
The Grand, Folkestone
Claire Booth (soprano) and Andrew West (piano)
Folkestone New Music
7.30pm Thursday 25 September
The Grand, Folkestone
John Woolrich: Unlit Suburbs
'....quintessential Woolrich - filled with ghosts, shadowy half-heard reminiscences, and marked by a laconic, black humour.'
Sarah Parkin (soprano) & Lara Dodds-Eden (piano)
7pm Thursday 4 September
Kollectiv, Folkestone CT20 1RN
'....quintessential Woolrich - filled with ghosts, shadowy half-heard reminiscences, and marked by a laconic, black humour.'
Sarah Parkin (soprano) & Lara Dodds-Eden (piano)
7pm Thursday 4 September
Kollectiv, Folkestone CT20 1RN
September 1, 2025 at 10:01 AM
John Woolrich: Unlit Suburbs
'....quintessential Woolrich - filled with ghosts, shadowy half-heard reminiscences, and marked by a laconic, black humour.'
Sarah Parkin (soprano) & Lara Dodds-Eden (piano)
7pm Thursday 4 September
Kollectiv, Folkestone CT20 1RN
'....quintessential Woolrich - filled with ghosts, shadowy half-heard reminiscences, and marked by a laconic, black humour.'
Sarah Parkin (soprano) & Lara Dodds-Eden (piano)
7pm Thursday 4 September
Kollectiv, Folkestone CT20 1RN
Reposted by John Woolrich
Canadian/French soprano Sarah Parkin is singing and talking about singing at Folkestone New Music
7pm 4 September
Kollectiv, Folkestone CT20 1RN
7pm 4 September
Kollectiv, Folkestone CT20 1RN
August 28, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Canadian/French soprano Sarah Parkin is singing and talking about singing at Folkestone New Music
7pm 4 September
Kollectiv, Folkestone CT20 1RN
7pm 4 September
Kollectiv, Folkestone CT20 1RN
Reposted by John Woolrich
Cecilia Livingston's Kalypso is 'about the Odyssey, but it’s also my own love letter to Harold Arlen’s Stormy Weather'.
Sarah Parkin (soprano) and Lara Dodds-Eden (piano)
Folkestone New Music
7pm 4 September
Kollectiv, Folkestone CT20 1RN
Sarah Parkin (soprano) and Lara Dodds-Eden (piano)
Folkestone New Music
7pm 4 September
Kollectiv, Folkestone CT20 1RN
August 30, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Cecilia Livingston's Kalypso is 'about the Odyssey, but it’s also my own love letter to Harold Arlen’s Stormy Weather'.
Sarah Parkin (soprano) and Lara Dodds-Eden (piano)
Folkestone New Music
7pm 4 September
Kollectiv, Folkestone CT20 1RN
Sarah Parkin (soprano) and Lara Dodds-Eden (piano)
Folkestone New Music
7pm 4 September
Kollectiv, Folkestone CT20 1RN
Reposted by John Woolrich
This caricature of Schubert is attributed to his friend, Franz von Schober.
The Salomé Quartet is playing Schubert's Quartettsatz:
7.30pm Friday 25 July
Biggin Hall, Dover
7.30pm Saturday 26 July
St Leonard’s Church, Hythe
The Salomé Quartet is playing Schubert's Quartettsatz:
7.30pm Friday 25 July
Biggin Hall, Dover
7.30pm Saturday 26 July
St Leonard’s Church, Hythe
July 21, 2025 at 6:36 AM
This caricature of Schubert is attributed to his friend, Franz von Schober.
The Salomé Quartet is playing Schubert's Quartettsatz:
7.30pm Friday 25 July
Biggin Hall, Dover
7.30pm Saturday 26 July
St Leonard’s Church, Hythe
The Salomé Quartet is playing Schubert's Quartettsatz:
7.30pm Friday 25 July
Biggin Hall, Dover
7.30pm Saturday 26 July
St Leonard’s Church, Hythe
Reposted by John Woolrich
Puccini's Crisantemi is an elegy for a friend. He composed it in 1890 in just one night.
White chrysanthemums are a symbol of death in Italy.
Salomé Quartet
7.30pm, Friday 25 July
Biggin Hall, Dover
7.30pm, Saturday 26 July
St Leonard’s Church, Hythe
White chrysanthemums are a symbol of death in Italy.
Salomé Quartet
7.30pm, Friday 25 July
Biggin Hall, Dover
7.30pm, Saturday 26 July
St Leonard’s Church, Hythe
July 11, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Puccini's Crisantemi is an elegy for a friend. He composed it in 1890 in just one night.
White chrysanthemums are a symbol of death in Italy.
Salomé Quartet
7.30pm, Friday 25 July
Biggin Hall, Dover
7.30pm, Saturday 26 July
St Leonard’s Church, Hythe
White chrysanthemums are a symbol of death in Italy.
Salomé Quartet
7.30pm, Friday 25 July
Biggin Hall, Dover
7.30pm, Saturday 26 July
St Leonard’s Church, Hythe
'All the hallmarks that make John Woolrich’s music so alluring are evident in his string quartet ‘Ending Up’...a wistful lyricism tugged at by disruptive undercurrents.'
Salomé Quartet
7.30pm 25 July
Biggin Hall, Dover
7.30pm 26 July
St Leonard’s Church, Hythe
Salomé Quartet
7.30pm 25 July
Biggin Hall, Dover
7.30pm 26 July
St Leonard’s Church, Hythe
July 10, 2025 at 6:40 AM
'All the hallmarks that make John Woolrich’s music so alluring are evident in his string quartet ‘Ending Up’...a wistful lyricism tugged at by disruptive undercurrents.'
Salomé Quartet
7.30pm 25 July
Biggin Hall, Dover
7.30pm 26 July
St Leonard’s Church, Hythe
Salomé Quartet
7.30pm 25 July
Biggin Hall, Dover
7.30pm 26 July
St Leonard’s Church, Hythe
Reposted by John Woolrich
Little Tich’s Big Boots routine inspired the second of Stravinsky’s Three Pieces for String Quartet.
Salomé Quartet
7.30pm 25 July
Biggin Hall, Dover
7.30pm 26 July
St Leonard’s Church, Hythe
Salomé Quartet
7.30pm 25 July
Biggin Hall, Dover
7.30pm 26 July
St Leonard’s Church, Hythe
July 9, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Little Tich’s Big Boots routine inspired the second of Stravinsky’s Three Pieces for String Quartet.
Salomé Quartet
7.30pm 25 July
Biggin Hall, Dover
7.30pm 26 July
St Leonard’s Church, Hythe
Salomé Quartet
7.30pm 25 July
Biggin Hall, Dover
7.30pm 26 July
St Leonard’s Church, Hythe
Zephyr Wills is playing John Woolrich's Three Pieces for Viola.
7pm Thursday 12 June
Kollectiv, 69 The Old High Street, Folkestone
7pm Thursday 12 June
Kollectiv, 69 The Old High Street, Folkestone
June 6, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Zephyr Wills is playing John Woolrich's Three Pieces for Viola.
7pm Thursday 12 June
Kollectiv, 69 The Old High Street, Folkestone
7pm Thursday 12 June
Kollectiv, 69 The Old High Street, Folkestone
Reposted by John Woolrich
Il parait que Frank Zappa avait 3 modèles dans la vie : Don Harris, Johnny Guitar "Watson" et Pierre Boulez. Fasciné par la musique et l'art de la direction du chef, il a composé pour lui et l'ensemble Intercontemporain "The Perfect Stranger" ➡️ https://l.francemusique.fr/qIc
March 26, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Il parait que Frank Zappa avait 3 modèles dans la vie : Don Harris, Johnny Guitar "Watson" et Pierre Boulez. Fasciné par la musique et l'art de la direction du chef, il a composé pour lui et l'ensemble Intercontemporain "The Perfect Stranger" ➡️ https://l.francemusique.fr/qIc
Reposted by John Woolrich
You can hear Howard Skempton's 24 Preludes and Fugues, played by William Howard, at Folkestone New Music.
1pm Thursday 27 March
The Grand, Folkestone
1pm Thursday 27 March
The Grand, Folkestone
March 22, 2025 at 1:41 PM
You can hear Howard Skempton's 24 Preludes and Fugues, played by William Howard, at Folkestone New Music.
1pm Thursday 27 March
The Grand, Folkestone
1pm Thursday 27 March
The Grand, Folkestone
John Woolrich: Pianobook 7
William Howard (piano)
1pm Thursday 27 March
The Grand, Folkestone
William Howard (piano)
1pm Thursday 27 March
The Grand, Folkestone
March 18, 2025 at 11:43 AM
John Woolrich: Pianobook 7
William Howard (piano)
1pm Thursday 27 March
The Grand, Folkestone
William Howard (piano)
1pm Thursday 27 March
The Grand, Folkestone
Reposted by John Woolrich
Marie Schreer (violin), Chloe Harrison (horn) and Milda Daunoraite (piano) play new music by Luca Zucchi, Adam Zolty and Alexander Papp
7.30pm Thursday 13 March
Folkestone New Music
The Grand, Folkestone
7.30pm Thursday 13 March
Folkestone New Music
The Grand, Folkestone
March 10, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Marie Schreer (violin), Chloe Harrison (horn) and Milda Daunoraite (piano) play new music by Luca Zucchi, Adam Zolty and Alexander Papp
7.30pm Thursday 13 March
Folkestone New Music
The Grand, Folkestone
7.30pm Thursday 13 March
Folkestone New Music
The Grand, Folkestone
Reposted by John Woolrich
They Sing for the Composer https://www.wikiart.org/en/francisco-goya/they-sing-for-the-composer
March 4, 2025 at 8:29 AM
They Sing for the Composer https://www.wikiart.org/en/francisco-goya/they-sing-for-the-composer
Reposted by John Woolrich
Debussy wrote his Sonata for flute, viola and harp in 1915. He wrote: "It is frightfully mournful and I don't know whether one should laugh or cry - perhaps both?”
You can hear it, played by Ensemble Pelléas,
at 7.30pm on Thursday 6 March
Folkestone New Music
The Grand, Folkestone
You can hear it, played by Ensemble Pelléas,
at 7.30pm on Thursday 6 March
Folkestone New Music
The Grand, Folkestone
March 1, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Debussy wrote his Sonata for flute, viola and harp in 1915. He wrote: "It is frightfully mournful and I don't know whether one should laugh or cry - perhaps both?”
You can hear it, played by Ensemble Pelléas,
at 7.30pm on Thursday 6 March
Folkestone New Music
The Grand, Folkestone
You can hear it, played by Ensemble Pelléas,
at 7.30pm on Thursday 6 March
Folkestone New Music
The Grand, Folkestone
Reposted by John Woolrich
Hans Abrahamsen is coming to Folkestone.
He will be interviewed by Philip Cashian before a concert, including his Horn Trio, played by Royal Academy of Music students coached by Hans for tonight’s event.
7.30pm Thursday 13 March
Folkestone New Music
The Grand, Folkestone
He will be interviewed by Philip Cashian before a concert, including his Horn Trio, played by Royal Academy of Music students coached by Hans for tonight’s event.
7.30pm Thursday 13 March
Folkestone New Music
The Grand, Folkestone
March 2, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Hans Abrahamsen is coming to Folkestone.
He will be interviewed by Philip Cashian before a concert, including his Horn Trio, played by Royal Academy of Music students coached by Hans for tonight’s event.
7.30pm Thursday 13 March
Folkestone New Music
The Grand, Folkestone
He will be interviewed by Philip Cashian before a concert, including his Horn Trio, played by Royal Academy of Music students coached by Hans for tonight’s event.
7.30pm Thursday 13 March
Folkestone New Music
The Grand, Folkestone
Ensemble Pelléas in Folkestone
Debussy: Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp
John Woolrich: Favola in Musica III
and music by Harrison Birtwistle, Barbara Strozzi, John Dowland, Anna Clyne and much more.
Folkestone New Music
7.30pm Thursday 6 March
The Grand, Folkestone
Debussy: Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp
John Woolrich: Favola in Musica III
and music by Harrison Birtwistle, Barbara Strozzi, John Dowland, Anna Clyne and much more.
Folkestone New Music
7.30pm Thursday 6 March
The Grand, Folkestone
February 16, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Ensemble Pelléas in Folkestone
Debussy: Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp
John Woolrich: Favola in Musica III
and music by Harrison Birtwistle, Barbara Strozzi, John Dowland, Anna Clyne and much more.
Folkestone New Music
7.30pm Thursday 6 March
The Grand, Folkestone
Debussy: Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp
John Woolrich: Favola in Musica III
and music by Harrison Birtwistle, Barbara Strozzi, John Dowland, Anna Clyne and much more.
Folkestone New Music
7.30pm Thursday 6 March
The Grand, Folkestone
Reposted by John Woolrich
Wiebke Pöpel’s ‘My Way’
-a film portrait of the German composer Helmut Lachenmann which explores his curiosity about death and the hereafter through references to natural life cycles: fires, rocks and forests.
Folkestone New Music
7pm 27 February
Kollectiv, Folkestone
-a film portrait of the German composer Helmut Lachenmann which explores his curiosity about death and the hereafter through references to natural life cycles: fires, rocks and forests.
Folkestone New Music
7pm 27 February
Kollectiv, Folkestone
February 11, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Wiebke Pöpel’s ‘My Way’
-a film portrait of the German composer Helmut Lachenmann which explores his curiosity about death and the hereafter through references to natural life cycles: fires, rocks and forests.
Folkestone New Music
7pm 27 February
Kollectiv, Folkestone
-a film portrait of the German composer Helmut Lachenmann which explores his curiosity about death and the hereafter through references to natural life cycles: fires, rocks and forests.
Folkestone New Music
7pm 27 February
Kollectiv, Folkestone
Reposted by John Woolrich
An introduction to the music of Helmut Lachenmann.
Mark Simpson will introduce and perform Dal Niente (Intérieur III), followed by a showing of Wiebke Pöpel’s award-winning film portrait of Lachenmann, 'My Way'.
Folkestone New Music
7pm Thursday 27 February
Kollectiv, Folkestone
Mark Simpson will introduce and perform Dal Niente (Intérieur III), followed by a showing of Wiebke Pöpel’s award-winning film portrait of Lachenmann, 'My Way'.
Folkestone New Music
7pm Thursday 27 February
Kollectiv, Folkestone
February 7, 2025 at 10:55 AM
An introduction to the music of Helmut Lachenmann.
Mark Simpson will introduce and perform Dal Niente (Intérieur III), followed by a showing of Wiebke Pöpel’s award-winning film portrait of Lachenmann, 'My Way'.
Folkestone New Music
7pm Thursday 27 February
Kollectiv, Folkestone
Mark Simpson will introduce and perform Dal Niente (Intérieur III), followed by a showing of Wiebke Pöpel’s award-winning film portrait of Lachenmann, 'My Way'.
Folkestone New Music
7pm Thursday 27 February
Kollectiv, Folkestone
Reposted by John Woolrich
Here are David Juritz and Adrian Bradbury playing a programme of Betsy Jolas, Ligeti and Ravel at Folkestone New Music.
February 7, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Here are David Juritz and Adrian Bradbury playing a programme of Betsy Jolas, Ligeti and Ravel at Folkestone New Music.
Reposted by John Woolrich
Stephen Plaistow 1937-2025
BBC producer, pianist, writer and friend to new music.
BBC producer, pianist, writer and friend to new music.
February 4, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Stephen Plaistow 1937-2025
BBC producer, pianist, writer and friend to new music.
BBC producer, pianist, writer and friend to new music.