DANSERIES ANCIENNES pour Orchestre de Mandolines by John Craton performed by Het CONSORT - Part I

The Danseries anciennes by John Craton is a composition originally written for mandolin orchestra. It was composed at the behest of the Dutch mandolin Chamber Orchestra Het CONSORT and dedicated to Marianne Timmerman-Hollander and her husband Alex Timmerman, founder and conductor of the orchestra. The Danseries anciennes is a concert suite based on Medieval Dances of France. In total there are five dances; Estampie, Pavane et Gaillard, Basse dance et Tourdion, Carole et Bransle gay and Piva. Here in Part I you will hear the first two movements, the 'Estampie' and 'Pavane et Gaillard'.
Finished composing on August 23, 2008, the Danseries anciennes was premiered on September 18th 2009 by Het CONSORT in the Saint Nicolas Church in Bancigny, France. The French public, who indeed felt connected with their musical heritage, applauded the composition with great enthusiasm!
With the Danseries anciennes John Craton again proved to be a wonderful composer for mandolin orchestra! Surely many orchestras around the World will play the Danseries anciennes!

American composer John Craton was born in 1953 in Anniston, Alabama, and began his career on the violin at the age of 10. He began piano at age 14 and made his first attempts at composing at age 11. Craton studied violin under the late concert violinist Robert Louis Barron and John Maltese; piano under Louis Culver and Ouida Susie Francis; and music theory and composition under Gerald Moore and Henry Fusner. He received his B.A. from Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee, and his M.A. from Indiana University, Bloomington.
Cratons music has been performed by such artists and ensembles as Sebastiaan de Grebber, John Tabler, Ferdinand Binnendijk, Ljubomir Velickovic, Gertrud Weyhofen, Eva van den Dool, Christiaan Saris, The Townsend Opera Players, the Dutch Mandolin Chamber Orchestra Het CONSORT conducted by Alex Timmerman, Het Orkest van het Oosten, and the Amsterdam Symphony Orchestra. His works comprise a highly diverse register of compositions and include operas, orchestral works, concertos, chamber music, and song cycles. His style tends toward polyphonic harmony and has been compared to the works of Ralph Vaughan Williams and Gustav Holst. A number of his works are currently available in print from Wolfhead Music.
This video was made during a concert in the church of Bancigny, France, on September 18th, 2009 and is a production of Het CONSORT, Zwolle. Netherlands.

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[bellissima417]

Peut-on trouver ces morceaux en vente sur CD?

Merci

[gusjan2]

Wonderful performance (and chappel !)

[jo3br3nt]

Sounds great, Alex (and Consort)!