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Andrew Digby (1967)
Andrew Digby is a freelance trombonist and composer from Sheffield (England), currently resident in Freiburg (Germany).
He studied from 1986 &endash; 90 at the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) in Manchester and 1991 &endash; 95 composition with Mathias Spahlinger at the Musikhochschule Freiburg. In 1997 he received the second prize of the "Kompositionspreis der Landeshauptstadt Stuttgart". He has received scholarships from the Akademie der Künste Berlin - Brandenburg (1998) and the Heinrich-Strobel-Stiftung of the SWR (2001). His music is performed (albeit infrequently) throughout Europe.
As trombonist he is a regular performer with many leading groups, including: ensemble recherche, Kammerensemble Neue Musik Berlin, Ensemble Modern, Apartment House; he also works as a soloist with composers as diverse as Peter Ablinger, Martin Bergande, Alan Hilario, Chris Newman, Horatiu Radulescu, Mathias Spahlinger and Karlheinz Stockhausen.
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032430 Sceaga (1996) for violin solo and chamber
orchestra -
duration
28'
[2(1.flt+picc, 2.alto flt+picc) 1 3(1.Bb clt, 2.bass-clt, 3.alto sax)
0. 0 1 1 0. piano, 2 percussion. strings &endash; ripieno 1 2 1 1,
concertino 6 4 2 2]
[parts for hire]
035431 Schlagquartett (2000) for four percussionists - duration
16'
Commissioned by Schlagquartett Köln
Premiere: december 2000 Alte Feuerwache, Köln (Schlagquartett
Köln)
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asidled
(1993)
c.8'
alto saxophone, 2 trombones, tuba, violin, viola, 2 doublebasses
first performance: 6th october 1993, breisach, spitalkirche
ensemble d. instituts f. neue musik d. MHS freiburg, johannes
schöllhorn
cornelius
cardew solo with accompaniment (1964) realisation for ensemble
(1994)
c.24'
for solo doublebass, with the accompaniment of:
flute (picc), oboe (cor angl), trombone, doublebass, piano,
percussion (1 performer)
first performance: 18th may 1994, freiburg, konzertsaal d. MHS
bernhard könig (solo), students of the MHS freiburg
ensemble
(1994)
c.5'
for viola, trombone, guitar, percussion (1 performer)
commissioned by johannes schöllhorn and cornelius schwehr
first performance: 15th june 1994, stuttgart, studio d.
landesgirokasse
detlef grooss, andrew digby, stefan goeritz, olaf tzschoppe; johannes
schöllhorn
lessness
(1994/97)
c.5'
text by samuel beckett lessness/sans (1969)
piéce écrite dans le cadre du programme voix nouvelles
de la fondation royaumont (1994)
1st version (1994) for soprano, contrabass-clarinette, doublebass
first performance: 10th september 1994, royaumont
accroche note (francoise kübler, armand angster, jean-paul
celéa); andrew digby
2nd version (1997) for soprano, bass-clarinette, violoncello
first performance: 24th may 1997, MHS freiburg
elisabeth yáñez, members of the ensemble recherche (uwe
möckel, lucas fels); alistair zaldua
verses
(1995)
c.24'
for orchestra:
4(3.picc, 4.picc+alto flute) 3(3.cor angl) 5(3.Eb-clt, 4.bass-clt,
5.alto sax) 3(3.contrabassoon).
2 3(1.Bb, 2.C, 3.Eb) 4(1.alto, 2.tenor, 3.basse, 4.basse+contrabass)
1. piano, harp, guitar, 4 percussion. strings 14 6 4 4
commissioned by the gesellschaft zur förderung der MHS freiburg
e.v.
first performance: 10th may 1996, freiburg, konzertsaal d. MHS;
orchestra of the MHS freiburg, arturo tamayo
sceaga
(1996)
c.28'
for violin solo and chamber orchestra:
2(1.flt+picc, 2.alto flt+picc) 1 3(1.Bb clt, 2.bass-clt, 3.alto sax)
0. 0 1 1 0. piano, 2 percussion. strings &endash; ripieno 1 2 1 1,
concertino 6 4 2 2
vase de ...
(1997/1998) c.18'
for oboe (oboe, oboe d'amore and cor anglais) and percussion (1
performer)
first performance: 2nd july 1998, berlin, galerie parterre; gudrun
reschke, adam weisman
looking at
photographs (1998) c.12'
flte (piccolo + alto flt), cor anglais (ob.d'amore + bass oboe), alto
sax (bass clt),
clarinet (bass clt), trumpet, tenor trombone (alto trbn), soprano,
percussion (1 performer), violin, viola, violoncello, doublebass
first performance: 15th january 1999, berlin, akademie der
künste; kammerensemble neue musik berlin, roland kluttig
degrés
(1999)
c.4'30
for trombone, viola and percussion (1 performer)
first performance: 28th march 1999, freiburg, bundschuhhalle
andrew digby (trombone), matthias fischer (viola), yuko suzuki
(percussion)
earle brown
folio (nov.'52), "synergy" realisation for ensemble
(1999)
c.9'
for flute (piccolo), clarinet (bass-clt), marimba, piano, viola,
violoncello
first performance: 13th may 1999, hannover, sprengelmuseum; das neue
ensemble hannover
verbaristische
szenarien (1999) c.8'
text by hans carl artmann verbaristische szenen (1954)
for mezzo-soprano and guitar
in nomine
(ignominy) (1999) c.1'
for alto flute, cor anglais, bass clarinet, violin, viola,
violoncello
first performance: 21st november 1999, hamburg, curiohaus; ensemble
recherche
schlagquartett
(2000)
c.16'
commissioned by schlagquartett köln
for four percussionists
first performance: 14th december 2000, köln, alte feuerwache;
schlagquartett köln
murmelgedichte
(2000-01)
c.5'00
texts by hartmut geerken nebel, schatten, burgaz (murmelgedichte)
(1965)
for mezzo soprano and harp
first performance (nebel, schatten): 12th may 2003, freiburg,
elisabeth-schneider-stiftung; christiane schmeling, marina
paccagnella
murakkaa
(2001)
c.30'
commissioned by the ensemble aventure, for ensemble (nine
performers):
clarinet (bass clarinet), trombone, mezzo soprano, percussion (1
performer), guitar, harp, viola, violoncello, doublebass
first performance (selection): 12th may 2003, freiburg,
elisabeth-schneider-stiftung; ensemble aventure, christian
hommel
evaporation
(2002)
c.4'30
commissioned by sebastian berweck
for piano solo
first performance: 19th february 2003, breisach, spitalkirche;
sebastian berweck
mit von der
partie (2002) c.20'
commissioned by canto battuto (switzerland)
for mezzo soprano and percussion (1 performer)
first performance: 15th april 2003, lyon; canto battuto &endash; eva
nievergelt, christoph brunner
Works in progress
fünf
pünkte in drei sätzen ("five points in three
sentences")
for trumpet, trombone, guitarre, violoncello, percussion (2
performers), piano; for the ensemble varianti (stuttgart)
new work, for clarinet, doublebass, accordion; for the ensemble aventure (freiburg)
new work, for clarinets (1 performer); for carl rosman (paris/cologne)
new work, for jazz orchestra; for the contemporary big band project (freiburg)
new work, for violoncello solo (with "bach" bow); for anton lukoszevieze (norwich)
