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Steven Calver - Luminae (world premiere) PsapphaEnsemble 250 views Refraction is the bending of light through a substance. Different substances bend light at different angles. Each colour has a different wavelength, and bends at a differen...
Jae Hong Lee (b.1973) - Nocturne (world premiere) PsapphaEnsemble 122 views Upon hearing Mahler's Symphony No. 7, which is often referred to as "night music", I found within it optimistic and pessimistic elements. I feel it is in a romantic mood, ...
Soojung Park (b.1983) - Coexistence (world premiere).mov PsapphaEnsemble 231 views "The coexistence of one thing with another is the fact that they exist together at the same time or in the same place." When I was thinking of a title for this piece, there...
Jae Hong Lee - Argument (world premiere) PsapphaEnsemble 321 views Argument for violin, cello, and piano was written between 2009 and 2010. In this work, the three instruments represent three characters. At the start of the work the dialog...
Marc Tweedie (born 1986)- Gréasaîn PsapphaEnsemble 61 views Gréasaín (English: Webs) was written in during November and December 2008, and premiered by the Lawson Trio at Queen's University, Belfast in May 2009. The title refers...
Josh Kopecek - the warrior fallen (world premiere) PsapphaEnsemble 341 views The Warrior Fallen A study of the last moments of a warrior's life, as he reflects on his achievements and failures. It is divided into seven movements, each a different t...
Yvonne Eccles - Multiple Infection (world premiere) PsapphaEnsemble 284 views Multiple Infection opens with a chaotic, bold and energetic musical gesture played by the full ensemble. This idea recurs twice in the piece and each time presents signs of...
Chris Swithinbank - Wegen & Waldstille (world premiere) PsapphaEnsemble 581 views Wegen & Waldstille This translates (very poorly) as Pathways and Forest Stillness. Some interesting books on silence, stillness and creation are Sara Maitlands A Book of S...
Soojung Park - Looking over the Land (world premiere) PsapphaEnsemble 436 views I have got inspiration for Looking over the Land from the Chapter 2, Joshua of the Bible. This chapter shows that two spies for the Israel sneaked into the land of the enem...
Mauricio Pauly - La Prisa Educable PsapphaEnsemble 663 views La Prisa Educable for clarinet, cello, piano and pre-recorded sounds. La Prisa Educable was written in 2005 and premiered by the Ikarus Chamber Players at the Juilliard Sch...

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Specialising in the performance of music by living composers and that of the 20th and 21st centuries, Psappha was formed in 1991 by its Artistic Director Tim Williams. The ensemble has an extensive and exceptionally varied repertoire of hundreds of works and a reputation for technical assurance and interpretive flair. It won the Manchester Evening News Award for Opera in 2000 and has been shortlisted for a prestigious Royal Philharmonic Society award on two occasions.

Psappha has commissioned and premiered many works by a wide range of composers including the award-winning music-theatre work, Mr Emmet Takes a Walk, by its Patron Peter Maxwell Davies, released on the ensembles own label.

Psappha has appeared throughout the UK, at most of the country's major music festivals, including the BBC Proms, in special Henze and Maxwell Davies portrait series in London's South Bank, and in a residency at the St. Magnus Festival, Orkney in 2009.

It has made highly successful tours to North and South America, Australia, Belgium, France, Holland, Ireland, Jersey, Portugal and Spain. In addition to six recordings on various labels, it launched its own CD label in 2004 with Maxwell Davies's Eight Songs for a Mad King and Miss Donnithorne's Maggot.

Psappha is developing its online presence with a number of concerts available to view as webcasts and also the development of its composition Lab for 12 - 18 year olds. Education projects for people of all ages represent an important part of Psappha's schedule both in the UK and abroad. It was awarded the Swatch City Life Award for Best Concert Series and Education Work and is currently The University of Manchester's Contemporary Ensemble in Association.

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