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	NEWS February 2012

	Royal Philhamronic Orchestra Guitar Concerto Premiere The first performance of Stephen Goss's new Guitar Concerto takes place on 5th February 2012 at the Derngate in Northampton. The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra will be joined by soloist Graham Roberts and conductor Simon Wright. The concert is already nearly sold out. Click on the link for more details and booking information.



	New commission from John Williams Guitarist John Williams has commissioned a new piece from Steve to mark the 50th Anniversary of the City of London Festival. The frist performance will take place on 10th July 2012. The piece will be for five performers including John Williams, Craig Ogden and percussionist Tristan Fry.



	*New videos of Caught Between* for cello and piano** Thomas Carroll and Graham Caskie have recently produced videos of three movements of Caught Between (2011). The films were directed and produced by SL Chai. Click here to watch the films.



	Commission from the 2012 London International Guitar Competition Steve has been commissioned to write the set piece for the semi-final and final rounds of the 2012 London Intenational Guitar Competition at King's Place in London on March 9th and 10th.



	The Albeniz Concerto included on EMI's Classical 2012 compilation CD The final movement of The Albeniz Concerto (2009) has been included on EMI's Classical 2012 compiation CD. The recording features soloist XUefei Yang with the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra conducted by Eiji Oue.



	New piano concerto for Emmanuel Despax S W Mitchell Capital LLP have commissioned a new piano concerto for the French pianist Emmanuel Despax. The piece will be completed by January 2013.



	Deutsche Grammophon commission new arrangements for Miloš Karadaglic's next CD Steve has beenmade some new arrangements for Miloš's latest album which was recorded January.



	Portraits and Landscapes Paris performance broadcast on Medici TV and Radio France Portraits and Landscapes was commissioned by S. W. Mitchell Capital LLP for the French pianist Emmanuel Despax. The first public performances took place in September 2011 at the Wigmore Hall in London and at the Auditorium of the Louvre in Paris. The Paris performance was broadcast live on Medici TV and broadcast on 4th October on Radio France. Emmanuel Despax and Stephen Goss discussed the new piece on In Tune on BBC Radio 3 on Monday 12th September. Click the Medici TV logo to see the video of the concert.



	The Barrios Guitar Quartet release a new recording of Gnossiennes after Erik Satie The Barrios guitar quartet just released a new recording of Stephen Goss's Gnossiennes after Erik Satie on their CD entitled Heat of the Day. They have also made a video of two of the movements.Click the CD cover image to see the film.



	YouTube and Spotify Some of Steve's music is available on YouTube and Spotify. Click the link to visit the playlists.



	The Olympianist To celebrate the London Olympics, Anthony Hewitt (The Olympianist), will cycle the length of Britain, from Land’s End to John O’Groats, with his piano trailing in a van, in aid of charity. At the end of each gruelling leg of the ride he will give a recital either outdoors on the van or in a venue where he is invited to perform. He has commissioned Steve to write 'Piano Cycle' which will receive its full premiere at the Swaledale Festival on May 19th 2012. The tour runs from 9th to 29th May 2012.



	Still the Sea and The Raw and the Cooked to be released on Naxos ChromaDuo's recordings of Still the Sea (2009) and The Raw and the Cooked (2004) for two guitars will be released on the NAXOS label in 2012. The dowmload will be available in March and the CD in July.



	River Winds for violin and piano First performances in Colorado in September and October 2011 River Winds was commissioned for The Playground Ensemble by Henry Sanger as a birthday present for his wife Joyce. The first performance was given by Sarah Johnson, violin, and Heidi Leathwood, piano, on 18th September at Matsu Kaze, Littleton, Colorado. The second performance took place at Denver's Newman Center for the Performing Arts on 13th October.



	Northern Lights The new CD of music by Stephen Goss received a four star review by Andy Gill in the Independent on 10th June Trio Batignano have just released a CD of music by Stephen Goss. The CD includes two new commissions, Northern Lights (for flute, saxophones, clarinets and guitar) and The Sea of the Edge (for solo flute) as well as reworkings of a number of his other pieces. The recording is now available from CD Baby. "Rendered here in woodwind tones and acoustic guitar, the ambient landscape compositions of Stephen Goss exist in the grey area where ECM chamber-jazz and Hathut minimalism shades into Windham Hill new-ageism. It's utterly captivating: the solo flute piece 'The Sea of the Edge' is as hauntingly desolate as the moon feature after which it's named, and the four-part suite 'Northern Lights' hangs like East Coast fog, clarinet and flute in sparse, unhurried collusion akin to a meditative Feldman work. And the transcription to flute, guitar and clarinet works particularly well on the eight-part 'Reflections on the Garden of Cosmic Speculation'. The Independent