Emily Hall

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Emily Hall (born 1978) is a composer of classical music, electronica and songs. Her music has been performed by the Duke Quartet, the London Symphony Orchestra, the Brodsky Quartet, the London Sinfonietta, and the Philharmonia; it has been broadcast on BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio 4 and France Culture. Roxanna Panufnik said of her (and 21st century female classical composers in general): "Hip young things like Tansy Davies and Emily Hall will exert a great influence on the new music scene in the next ten years."[1]

Biography

Hall read music at the University of York then studied orchestration with Yan Maresz in Paris. She studied with Julian Anderson for her Masters in Composition at the Royal College of Music. She is a founding member of c3, the Camberwell Composers Collective. Hall was the recipient of the 2005 Royal Philharmonic Society Composition Prize.[2]

The world premiere of her opera Sante took place on Wednesday May 24, 2006, co-produced by Aldeburgh Productions and the London Sinfonietta, directed by Tim Supple.[3] It utilised African melody and rhythm.[4]

Works

Vocal music

  • Sante (opera): 70 minutes. First performance: Aldeburgh Productions/ London Sinfonietta May 2006 LSO St Luke's
  • Song Cycle settings of Toby Litt. First performance: Robert Murray/ Malcom Martineau June 2007 Aldeburgh Church
  • A Simple Neo-Georgian Summer setting of Toby Litt. Recorded by NMC

String quartets

  • from listening to trees: 11 minutes. First performance: Barbirolli Quartet October 25, 2008 Haslemere
  • braid: 6 minutes. First performance: Brodsky String Quartet July 2007 Lichfield Cathedral
  • time back for time given: 5 minutes. First performance: Duke Quartet June 2004 Cheltenham Festival

Orchestral

  • Put Flesh On! for cello, electronics and orchestra: 12 minutes. First performance: LCO and Olly Coates and Sound Intermedia October 2008
  • Plinth: 5.5 minutes. First performance: LSO November 2007 Barbican

Instrumental

  • no currency (solo piano): 6.5 minutes. First performance: Sarah Nichols June 2006 Blue Elephant Theatre
  • Put Flesh On! for cello and electronics: 8 minutes. First performance: Olly Coates at Faster than Sound June 2008
  • for zoe (cello): 5 minutes. First performance: Zoe Martlew at The Crypt Camberwell

Small chamber

  • join: bassoon and piano or cor anglais and piano or flute and harp: 6 minutes. First performance: c3 2004
  • how we begin to remember: trumpet/ accordion/ double bass: 6 minutes. First performance: c3 November 2006
  • hotel twiga: percussion and accordion: 5 minutes. First performance: c3 November 2006
  • cry baby: 2 electric guitars: 5 minutes. First performance: c3 November 2005
  • 26 horsepower: clarinet/ viola/ piano: 5 minutes. First performance: c3 November 2007

Large chamber

  • think about space: 5 minutes. First performance: London Sinfonietta 2005
  • 26 Horsepower: 6.5 minutes. First performance: St Pauls Sinfonia November 2007

References

  1. ↑ Shave, Nick (October 2009). "The Shape of Sounds to Come". BBC Music Magazine (Andrew Davies) 18 (1): 26–32. 
  2. ↑ Anon (2005). "Emily Hall Biography". Royal Philharmonic Society. Retrieved 15 May 2011. 
  3. ↑ Anon (2006). "Emily Hall". London Symphony Orchestra program notes. Retrieved 23 January 2010. 
  4. ↑ Anon (1 March 2004). "Sante and Augustine - Presentation". genesisfoundation.org. Retrieved 22 October 2009. 

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