Eclogue Chamber Ensemble of London & Peter Fisher

• Clive Jenkins (1926 - 1999): 3 Pieces for Oboe & Strings:
• 1 Jenkins: 3 Pieces for Oboe & Strings: No. 1, Pastorale. Andante 02:44
• 2 Jenkins: 3 Pieces for Oboe & Strings: No. 2, Air. Adagio 03:36
• 3 Jenkins: 3 Pieces for Oboe & Strings: No. 3, Scherzo. Giocoso 02:49
• Gerald Finzi (1901 - 1956): Eclogue, Op.10:
• 4 Finzi: Eclogue, Op.10 11:01
• Don Shearman (b. 1926): Venice in the Rain:
• 5 Shearman: Venice in the Rain 02:32
• Alan Ridout (1934 - 1996): Concertino for Flute & Strings:
• 6 Ridout: Concertino for Flute & Strings: I. — 02:49
• 7 Ridout: Concertino for Flute & Strings: II. — 01:26
• 8 Ridout: Concertino for Flute & Strings: III. — 03:30
• William Lloyd Webber (1914 - 1982): Frensham Pond (Arr. P. Cigleris for Clarinet & Strings):
• 9 Webber: Frensham Pond (Arr. P. Cigleris for Clarinet & Strings) 02:56
• Ronald Binge (1910 - 1979): The Watermill:
• 10 Binge: The Watermill 03:41
• Elias Parish Alvars (1808 - 1849): Concertino in E Minor for Harp & Orchestra, Op. 34:
• 11 Alvars: Concertino in E Minor for Harp & Orchestra, Op. 34: II. Romanza 04:57
• Cecilia McDowall (b. 1951): Y deryn pur (Arr. for Clarinet & Strings):
• 12 McDowall: Y deryn pur (Arr. for Clarinet & Strings) 08:10
• Don Shearman: Seventeen Going on Eighteen:
• 13 Shearman: Seventeen Going on Eighteen 03:20
• Joseph Horovitz (1926 - 2022): Concertante for Clarinet & Strings:
• 14 Horovitz: Concertante for Clarinet & Strings 08:10
• Robin Milford (1903 - 1959): Mr John Peel Passes By:
• 15 Milford: Mr John Peel Passes By 01:58
• Clive Jenkins: Piano Concertino:
• 16 Jenkins: Piano Concertino: I. Allegro 03:44
• 17 Jenkins: Piano Concertino: II. Moderato 04:16
• 18 Jenkins: Piano Concertino: III. Allegro 04:05
• Total Runtime 01:15:44

Info for Eclogue

SOMM Recordings is delighted to announce the release of Eclogue. British Chamber Music, a collection of British chamber music from the 19th to the 21st centuries including nine first recordings featuring the label debut of the Chamber Ensemble of London in their 25th anniversary year with director Peter Fisher. Illustrious guest artists - Margaret Fingerhut (piano), Gabriella Dall'Olio (harp), Peter Cigleris (clarinet), Judith Hall (flute) and Michael Stowe (oboe) - join the ensemble for a wide-ranging survey that includes Gerald Finzi's masterpiece, Eclogue. Receiving first recordings are two works by Clive Jenkins - his Piano Concertino of 2018, performed by it's dedicatee, Margaret Fingerhut; and Three Pieces for Oboe especially arranged by the composer for this recital - and the recently deceased Joseph Horovitz's Concertante for Clarinet and Strings. Also new to album are Alan Ridout's three-part Concertino for Flute and Strings, Cecilia McDowall's y deryn pur ('the gentle dove'), two extracts from Don Shearman's Eine Kleine Leichtmusik ('A Little Lightmusic') and a new arrangement by Peter Cigleris of 'Frensham Pond' from William Lloyd Webber's Country Impressions. Among the rarities featured are the Romance from Elias Parish Alvars' Concertino for Harp and Orchestra, and Robin Milford's Mr John Peel Passes By, alongside Ronald Binge's ever-popular The Watermill, familiar to television viewers as the theme for a BBC adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett's The Secret Garden. Formed by violinist and director Peter Fisher in 1997, the Chamber Ensemble of London consists of handpicked players from leading London-based orchestras and chamber music ensembles and performs widely throughout the capital.

Chamber Ensemble of London Michael Stowe, Peter Fisher, , violin, director

The Chamber Ensemble of London
up to 14 string players - is directed by the violinist Peter Fisher, amongst a handful of the world's finest musicians as The Times noted following a Royal Albert Hall concert in 2005.

The Ensemble has given dozens of classical concerts at St Martin-in-the-Fields, St James’s Piccadilly and the Purcell Room. For many years it was associated with the Wavendon Festival run by Sir John Dankworth and Dame Cleo Laine, which meant it also played light music and jazz as well as the standard baroque and classical repertoire. Versatile programming, often using special arrangements and new music, has led to engagements with the London Film Museum in County Hall, the Banqueting House and the Victoria & Albert Museum. CEOL has also played for several music societies and at festivals outside London.

Peter Fisher
British violinist Peter Fisher is an artist of remarkable versatility and insight who possesses a tone quality of great beauty and lyricism.

His extensive repertoire ranges from the Baroque to Jazz and, exceptionally among his generation, he has a strong affinity with the romantic music of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Equally at home in the role of soloist, chamber musician and director, Peter established the Chamber Ensemble of London in 1997, consisting of handpicked players from the leading London-based orchestras and chamber music ensembles.

Peter plays regularly with Dorothy Linell, lutenist and plucked instrument player, pianist Peter Hewitt and with the Trio Petrus piano trio consisting of the three Peters: Fisher, Hewitt and cellist Peter Adams. Peter Fisher has also had very successful partnerships with pianists Alvin Moisey, Michael Dussek and Nadia Lasserson.

More recently he has formed a duo with pianist Margaret Fingerhut which is receiving considerable acclaim, as is also his new musical partnership with harpist Gabriella Dall'Olio.

In June 2012 Peter gave a performance (recorded in one take) on cable TV of a work by his teacher, JAROSLAV VANECEK (1920-2011): 'Spanish Rhapsody' for unaccompanied violin. Op. 9. ('To the memory of Pablo de Sarasate').

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