John Casken

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John Casken's 2009 setting of the Robert Browning poem 'Night and Morning' for tenor and piano was the starting point for a new song cycle, Lines from a Wanderer, exploring man's desire to travel, to...

This Easter anthem by British composer John Casken is an expert example of contemporary choral writing and would be ideal for amateur choirs looking for exciting new repertoire.

C'è un senso di inquietudine nel paesaggio immaginario di Misted Land di John Casken, mentre forme familiari assumono un aspetto nuovo e talvolta grottesco e spaventoso. Frammenti di melodie folkloris...

Un manto può essere molte cose e, oltre a significare un indumento protettivo, può anche essere associato all'incoraggiamento dell'energia e della creatività femminile, alla guarigione e all'amore con...

Sitting in a room, we hear the ticking of the clock, but it doesn't seem right. The speed is wrong (for a clock) and it is quite irregular. From a far corner someone starts to sing a quiet song while...

Nearly Distant è un pezzo di bravura virtuosistica per quartetto di sassofoni di uno dei principali compositori inglesi.

This short string quartet is the third that Casken has written for the renowned Lindsays. It is an ideal introduction to the contemporary string quartet, well within the capabilities of student quarte...

Stolen Airs takes as its starting point an episode from Sylvie and the Songman, an opera I am writing in collaboration with the novelist Tim Binding. The Songman has developed the technique of stealin...

Il poema di Norman MacCaig "Celtic Cross" mi ha ispirato a scrivere Serpents of Wisdom. La poesia descrive i simboli di un'epoca passata, scolpiti nella pietra, che si intrecciano e si confondono. Mi...

Amethyst Deceiver è un breve brano ispirato all'idea di un misterioso paesaggio boschivo in cui prendono vita strane cose. I finferli ametista sono piccoli funghi viola che si vedono raramente, ma han...

Après un silence was originally written as a work for violin and piano. The piano part was subsequently orchestrated in such a way that the work may be performed with a chamber orchestra or with an en...

These six short pieces might more readily be described as fantasies, each with its own sound-world but linked by shared material. The mood of each of these short movements is guided by an imaginary la...

The text (by the composer) concerns the life and work of the French painter, Paul Gauguin: his early period when he was full of doubts and uncertainty, his discovery of exotic climes, and his eventual...

Composed for Northern Sinfonia Chorus and Gavin Osborn.

John Casken's Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis was commissioned to mark the return of the Lindisfarne Gospels to the North East of England, where Casken lives. The book, dating from the 7th century, is on...

Commissioned by the National Youth Choirs of Great Britain, this a cappella choral showpiece sets poems about the sea by Katrina Porteous.Voices gently rock and then tumble violently, mimicking the re...

This short solo piano piece is a variation on a theme by Rameau. Casken has created in this work a broad Gaelic sound world along with sultry Debussian colours.The piece was written for the British pi...