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I'M
Emma-Ruth Richards.
composer
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"Accomplished" - Sunday Times
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"a composer of exceptional refinement and subtlety [with] a gift for writing deeply expressive pieces [...] lucid, impassioned and compelling"
- Musical Opinion, Paul Conway
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"Highly charged and simply beautiful" - Opera North, Bachtrack
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"magic happened" - The Scotsman, Ken Walton ****
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"a composer at the top of her game"
- Musical Opinion, Paul Conway
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"The Sail of a Flame, an incisively worked song cycle, is texturally interesting, with spidery pizzicati and eerie bowed percussion" - Simon Thompson, The Times ***
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Emma-Ruth Richards is a composer much in demand in the UK and overseas, acclaimed for her understanding of both instrumental and vocal writing, earning her a role as a favourite among musicians and singers.
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WORKS
Orchestra / Large Ensemble
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Vocal (inc. Opera)
Chamber / Small Ensemble
Solo / Duo
CONCERTS
UPCOMING CONCERTS
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November 17th 2020
Secure the Ghosts [Aria]
Eliza Boom, soprano
Nicola Chalmers, librettist
Somi Kim, repetiteur
Alisdair Kitchen, filmmaker
12:42, National Opera Studio, London
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Tenebris Litterarum [Dark Letters]
Carducci String Quartet
Presteigne Festival co-commission 2020
Watch online at Presteigne Digital
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Red Anemones
solo soprano
Rachael Ridout, soprano
Royal Academy of Music, London
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The Art of Precious Scars
Albany Piano Trio
Redbridge Music Society, Ilford
Tickets
PAST CONCERTS / BROADCASTS
2020
16 Oct Soul Cry [de Stamparare], Catherine Pluygers, London New Wind Festival, Janet Craxton Studios
27 Aug Tenebris Litterarum [Dark Letters], Carducci Quartet, string quartet, Presteigne Festival 2020
June Soul Cry [de Stamparare], Katherine Needleman, oboe, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, LIVESTREAM
7 Jun Soul Cry [de Stamparare], Nicholas Daniel, oboe, Camerata Pacifica 'Concert at Home'
4 May 1) Ikon, 2) Interruptions (solo clarinet), Mark van der Wiel, London Sinfonietta, LIVESTREAM Introduction to Contemporary Clarinet
26 Apr Soul Cry [de Stamparare], Nicholas Daniel, oboe, Camerata Pacifica 'Concert at Home'
18 Apr Dark Radiance, Tim Gill, cello, London Sinfonietta, LIVESTREAM
15 Mar Until a Reservoir No Longer Remains, Guy Johnston & Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello duet, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, London
14 Mar Until a Reservoir No Longer Remains, Guy Johnston & Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello duet, Stoller Hall, Manchester
13 Mar Until a Reservoir No Longer Remains, Guy Johnston & Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello duet Red Brick Auditorium, Halifax Philharmonic Club,
7 Mar Until a Reservoir No Longer Remains, Guy Johnston & Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello duet, Royal Academy of Music, London
3 Apr The Sail of a Flame BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Lucy Schaufer (mezzo soprano) BBC RADIO 3 Broadcast
11 Jan The Sail of a Flame BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Lucy Schaufer (mezzo soprano), Thomas Dausgaard (cond.), Glasgow City Halls
2019
3 Nov Soul Cry [de Stamparare], Nicholas Daniel (oboe), Sound Scotland Festival, St Andrew's Cathedral, Aberdeen
31 Oct Soul Cry [de Stamparare], Nicholas Daniel (oboe), Aberdeen Art Gallery, Aberdeen
21 Jul Dark Radiance, Ovidui Marinescu (cello), Carnegie Hall, New York
10 Jul Violated Blossoms, Cheltenham Festival, Elizabeth Karani (soprano) and Gabriel Cabezas (cello)
8 Jun Traffick (exerpt) National Opera Studios, Michael McCarthy (dir.), RADA Studios, London
7 Jun Traffick (exerpt) National Opera Studios, Michael McCarthy (dir.), RADA Studios, London
April Soul Cry [de Stamparare], Christa Garvey (oboe), University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire
10 Feb No One Holy Besides You, Emmanuel Chapel Choir, Emmanuel College, Cambridge
2018
21 Oct Soul Cry [de Stamparare], Nicholas Daniel (oboe), Camerata Pacifica, The Huntington, San Marino
19 Oct Soul Cry [de Stamparare], Nicholas Daniel (oboe), Camerata Pacifica, Temple Beth Tora, Ventura
18 Oct Soul Cry [de Stamparare], Nicholas Daniel (oboe), Camerata Pacifica, Hahn Hall, Santa Barbara
17 Oct Soul Cry [de Stamparare], Nicholas Daniel (oboe), Camerata Pacifica, Zipper Hall, Los Angeles
27 Aug Soul Cry [de Stamparare], James Turnball (oboe), Presteigne Festival, Presteigne
20 Aug Portrait Concert 2 (Ikon, Piranesi's Fantasies, Perpetual Becomings, After Gormley, In Aer, 6 Little Songs) Zelkova Quartet, Dominic Degavino / Dominic Ciccotti (pn.), Alex Roberts (cl.), Stella Tahtinen (sop.), Meera Maharaj (fl.), Lucy Nolan (hp.), Stoller Hall, Manchester
18 Aug Portrait Concert 1 (String Quartet, Dark Radiance, Fantasia, Duo 1, ‘in memoriam Pierre Boulez’, Piano Trio) Zelkova Quartet, Henry Cash (pn.), Stoller Hall, Manchester
15 May Hora de la Cerc, Camerata Pacifica, The Huntington, San Marino
13 May Hora de la Cerc, Camerata Pacifica, Temple Beth Tora, Ventura
11 May Hora de la Cerc, Camerata Pacifica, Hahn Hall, Santa Barbara
10 May Hora de la Cerc, Camerata Pacifica, Zipper Hall, Los Angeles
14 April Soul Cry [de Stamparare], James Turnball (oboe), British Double Reed Society Convention, Hampshire
16 Feb Sciamachy, Britten Sinfonia, (Lead by Jacqueline Shave) cond. Stephen Cleobury,
Saffron Hall, Cambridge
CONTACT
For hire or purchase of scores please contact Dan Goren at Composers Edition:
https://composersedition.com/contacts
Tel : +44 (0) 330 223 0558
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To enquire about a commission, or for private teaching /education work please contact:
Tel: +44(0)7977 487907
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United Kingdom