Kenneth Hesketh

Kenneth Hesketh's vibrant setting of a joyful medieval macaronic carolWritten for Simon Halsey and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, here in a version for mixed voices and Organ.

A Masque (short for Masquerade) has been defined by Historians as 'A revel in which Mummers or masked folk come with torches blazing into the festive hall and call upon the company to dance and dice'...

A Masque (short for Masquerade) has been defined by Historians as 'A revel in which Mummers or masked folk come with torches blazing into the festive hall and call upon the company to dance and dice'...

A Masque (short for Masquerade) has been defined by Historians as 'A revel in which Mummers or masked folk come with torches blazing into the festive hall and call upon the company to dance and dice'...

The term 'Danceries' can be found in a copy of Playford's Dancing Master, an extensive collection of folk and popular tunes of the seventeenth century (and no doubt earlier). This publication was used...

Der Begriff "Danceries" findet sich in einem Exemplar von Playford's Dancing Master, einer umfangreichen Sammlung von Volks- und Unterhaltungsliedern aus dem siebzehnten Jahrhundert (und zweifellos au...

Eine Masque (kurz für Maskerade) wurde von Historikern definiert als "ein Fest, bei dem Mummers oder maskierte Leute mit brennenden Fackeln in den Festsaal kommen und die Gesellschaft zu Tanz und Würf...

The term 'Danceries' can be found in a copy of Playford's Dancing Master, an extensive collection of folk and popular tunes of the seventeenth century (and no doubt earlier). This publication was used...

A Festive Overture is bravura in nature, with important solos for upper winds and trumpets. The outer sections are busy and colourful and frame a more expansive, but no less urgent, middle section whi...

A Festive Overture is bravura in nature, with important solos for upper winds and trumpets. The outer sections are busy and colourful and frame a more expansive, but no less urgent, middle section whi...

Vranjanka was commissioned by Timothy and Hilary Reynish in memory of their son William.

Whirlegigg is the middle English word for a contraption that continuously spins. A great fascination with many inventors of the medieval period was to develop a perpetual motion machine constantly tur...

Whirlegigg is the middle English word for a contraption that continuously spins. A great fascination with many inventors of the medieval period was to develop a perpetual motion machine constantly tur...

The Gilded Theatre was commissioned by the National Youth Wind Orchestra of Great Britain on the occasion of its fortieth anniversary. They gave the first performance on 10th August 2008, at St. John'...

This second set of Danceries continues the format established in Danceries (Set I), namely in using material taken from Playford's Dancing Master, a collection of folk and popular tunes published in t...

This second set of Danceries continues the format established in Danceries (Set I), namely in using material taken from Playford's Dancing Master, a collection of folk and popular tunes published in t...

Jede der 'Drei Japanischen Miniaturen' stellt den Pianisten vor eine neue Herausforderung: Raffiniert und konzentriert wird in jedem Stück eine andere Spieltechnik entwickelt.

Dieses kurze Klavierstück gehört zu Heskeths erfolgreichsten Werken. Es stammt aus seiner Oper 'The Overcoat' und ist ein ideales Eröffnungsstück für jedes Konzertprogramm.

Auf seinem Programmzettel bezeichnet Hesketh ein Concetto (engl. 'conceit') als erweiterte Metapher, die ein Gedicht ganz oder teilweise durchdringen und somit zu einem umfassenderen Verständnis des T...