Evelyn Glennie And Trio HLK, Howard Assembly Room. It’s Music, But Not As We Know It! Pioneering Scottish ensemble Trio HLK, comprising Richard Harrold (piano), Richard Kass (drums), and Ant Law (guitar), teamed up with Dame Evelyn Glennie, to give an extraordinary performance at the Howard Assembly Room in Leeds. Trio HLK’s music is almost impossible to categorize. Their debut … Read More
Evelyn Glennie and Trio HLK – Howard Assembly Room, Leeds, 16/11/2018 By Simon Godley The musical collaboration between Evelyn Glennie and Trio HLK is a relatively new one, but it is already reaping very rich rewards. Last year the celebrated percussion soloist was invited by the experimental trio of pianist and composer Richard Harrold, 8-string electric guitarist Ant Law and … Read More
A collection of RSC Troilus & Cressida theatre reviews. Evelyn is happy to announce the release of the CD recording of her score for the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Troilus and Cressida, directed by Gregory Doran. This was made at the Varda Studio for the RSC’s own label. The recording also includes selected speeches from the play and music by Humphrey … Read More
A selection of reviews on Dreamachine by Michael Daugherty. The CD is now available to purchase here Dreamachine by Michael Daugherty CD review by James Manheim| Read full review here “…success may be due to the presence of Dame Evelyn Glennie in the 2014 percussion concerto Dreamachine; Glennie is not quite the presence on recordings that she was in her … Read More
Mirage? Concertos for Percussion, CD Review. Jazzdagama, 11th March 2018 by Raul da Gama. Mirage? Concertos for Percussion: Antonio Vivaldi – Piccolo Concerto in C Major RV 433; Christos Hatzis – Mirage? Arcangelo Corelli – Sonata in D Minor Op. 5 No. 12; Michael Oesterle – Kaluza Klein. Manitoba Chamber Orchestra – Anne Manson (cond) Evelyn Glennie (perc). Label – MCO … Read More
The Out of the Silence CD is now available to purchase in our shop here Out of the Silence by John McLeod review by Ken Walton : TheScotsMan | Read full review here “The most recent piece on this disc dedicated entirely to the Edinburgh-based composer is the title track, Out of the Silence, which in turn celebrates the macho, … Read More
Out of the Silence – RSNO/John McLeod/Dame Evelyn Glennie. CD review: The Herald by Keith Bruce. THIS is without doubt a major release in terms of contemporary Scottish orchestral music, yet there is a sense of our national orchestra playing catch-up. It is the Scottish Chamber Orchestra that will premiere McLeod’s new viola concerto, Nordic Fire, in October, and the … Read More
The Core-Tet Project – CD Review, Jazz Word, July 21st 2018. (Extract) ‘Rusty Locks, with a Caribbean-styled steel-pan-like pulse from Glennie is nearly a Latin-Jazz piece expressed in pizzicato pops from both string players and a comprehensive syncopated ostinato from Stevens. Other tracks, such as “Black Box Thinking”, where Glennie’s percussion doubles into full-kit expansion from kettle drum-like resonation, the … Read More
Trio HLK and Evelyn Glennie, The Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh – 13 May 2018, Concert review. (Photo credits: Adam Bulley.) By F Mactaggart for Scottish Jazz Space, May 16, 2018. The sense of excitement is palpable as Scottish Trio HLK arrive briskly on stage at 8pm sharp, and persists undimmed until they take their modest final bows to the thrilled home crowd … Read More
