News
Buried Flame: Feature article in Choir and Organ
Choir and Organ magazine ran a 3-page feature article on Buried Flame, Ed's new work for choir, electronics and bass guitar, to be premiered by Bath Camerata and Nigel Perrin in Wells Cathedral on Good Friday. Please see 'Press and Comment' for full details.Buried Flame: World Premiere at Wells Cathedral, Good Friday 1 April 2010
The PRS Foundation has funded a commission from prize-winning Bath-based chamber choir Bath Camerata, directed by ex-King's singer Nigel Perrin. The new work will be premiered in Wells Cathedral on Good Friday, 2010 and features settings of poems written by prisoners incarcerated in Guantanamo Bay, interspersed with texts from Psalm 69.Ed Hughes feature at King's Place Out Hear series: Mon 27 September 2010
Ed's music will feature in an evening of music based on and influenced by photography and performed by New Music Players as part of the acclaimed 'Out Hear' series at King's Place, London. The event will feature the world premiere of the complete version of Ed's Chamber Concerto plus a showing of AUDITORIUM and a new work in collaboration with photographer and filmmaker Lizzie Thynne.Ed Hughes blog
Extracts and videos of several recent works are available on Ed's blogspot.
Lewes performance of Chamber Concerto - world premiere of first movement
The Musicians of All Saints, a Lewes-based chamber orchestra of professional musicians dedicated to the presentation of both new and unusual works together with a standard repertoire of better-known pieces, gave the world premiere of the first of a projected four movements of Ed's Chamber Concerto on Sunday 28 February 2010.
AUDITORIUM continues to tour internationally
AUDITORIUM, Ed's Glyndebourne Education commission to a film by Sophie Rickett, continues to tour internationally, with installations in Tokyo, Barcelona, London, Derby, Alsace and Berwick-on-Tweed in 2009.
Violin premiere and AUDITORIUM at the Courtauld Institute
Violinist Anna Blackmur gave the world premiere performance of Etude: On Time as part of an evening of events exploring the concept of Time in various different genres on Friday 22 May 2009. The evening also featured a film showing of AUDITORIUM, Ed's Glyndebourne Education commission to a film by Sophy Rickett.Cocteau in the Underworld: sold-out performance at Brighton Festival
Ed's new opera Cocteau in the Underworld, with a libretto by Roger Morris, played to a full house at the Brighton Festival on Monday 4 May. Presented as part of a series of 'Platform' events featuring work-in-progress, acts 1 and 3 were performed fully-staged in Brighton's Pavilion Theatre, directed by John Lloyd Davies with musical director David Angus. ROH2 OperaGenesis Workshop for opera Cocteau in the Underworld
Cocteau in the Underworld was workshopped by ROH2 OperaGenesis in November 2008, resulting in a fully-staged performance of 35 minutes of music. The workshop was directed by ROH Head of Opera Development John Lloyd Davies with musical director David Angus and pianist Liz Rowe.Below: Owen Gilhooly as Cocteau, 14 November 2008, The People Show, Bethnal Green (Photo: John Lloyd Davies) 
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Owen Gilhooly as Cocteau and Andrew Radley as Raymond in Cocteau in the Underworld workshop performance
The People Show, Bethnal Green, 14 November 2008 (Photo: John Lloyd Davies)
MP3s available on Critical Notice
MP3s of Light Cuts Through Dark Skies (New Music Players) and Orchid 3 (Stephen Gutman, piano) can be downloaded from the British Music Information Centre's new website showcasing the work of young UK composers: www.criticalnotice.comStrike / Battleship Potemkin DVD
The 3-DVD surround-sound box set of Strike and Battleship Potemkin with Ed’s new scores performed by New Music Players is still available.You can order a copy for the reduced price of £25 including postage (rrp £30) - send a cheque payable to ‘Liz Webb Management’ at 3 Morley Close LEWES BN7 1NQ. Also available on Amazon ('Eisenstein Collection') and in all good DVD shops.