Dreamtiger
Dreamtiger | |
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Chamber orchestra | |
| Years active | 1974–1984 |
| Past members | Founder Douglas Young, Kathryn Lukas, Peter Hill, Rohan de Saram |
Specializing in chamber music and Eastern influences in 20th-century music, British contemporary music ensemble Dreamtiger was created and directed by composer Douglas Young (born 1947)[1] in 1974[2] while he was studying at Trinity College in Cambridge.[3]
Membership
Named after a
Other members between 1974 and 1984 have included soprano Margaret Field,
Repertoire
Dreamtiger premiered several important works by avantgarde composers like
Dreamtiger and the Orient
Dreamtiger toured extensively in the UK in the early 1980s,[2] as well playing Stuttgart's Hospitalhof, West Germany, in 1982.[7] Their 1980 UK tour, organised by the Arts Council and Contemporary Music Network,[8] met with great audience success and critical appraise,[9] with a program comprising Maurice Ravel, Olivier Messiaen, Colin McPhee, George Crumb, Douglas Young, Xenakis and Toshiro Mayuzumi, prefaced by Rohan de Saram's demonstration of traditional Kandyan drums from his native Sri Lanka.
Douglas Young mentions two influences to explain his fascination for the Orient:
The Ensemble apparently ceased activity after 1984, but Douglas Young's fascination with the Orient endured. In 1984, he published an article titled Colin McPhee's Music: from West to East,[10] with an analysis of McPhee's Balinese Ceremonial Music, for two pianos (1934). In 1985, Young composed a piano piece inspired by McPhee and Eastern music, simply titled Bali.[11] Dreamtiger's unique LP, East-West Encounters, published 1982, is based on their 1980 repertoire and is a collection of Eastern-influenced works by 20th-century composers, including Colin McPhee's Balinese Ceremonial Music (1934), Olivier Messiaen's Cantéyodjayâ (1948), George Crumb's Vox Balaenae (1971) and Douglas Young's Trajet/Inter/Lignes (1981).[12]
Notes
- ^ Larner (1973)
- ^ a b c Hill (1986), liner notes
- ^ a b c Young (1980), program notes
- ^ a b Dreamtiger (1979), program notes
- ^ Dreamtiger (1981), program notes
- ^ a b Repertoire List
- ^ Baruch, concert review (1982)
- ^ Amalgamated in Sound and Music Archived 1 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine in 2009
- ^ Favorable concert reviews in The Guardian, The Times, Financial Times, The Sunday Times, The Morning Star and The Daily Telegraph.
- ^ Young, Tempo (New Series), pp.11–17
- ^ cf. Scores by Douglas Young. Retrieved 25 April 2012
- ^ Young (1982), liner notes
References
- Larner, Gerald (August 1973). "Douglas Young article". The Musical Times. 114 (1566): 787–790. JSTOR 957559.
- Dreamtiger (1979), George Crumb 50th Birthday Concert program notes, Guildhall School of Music & Drama, London
- Young, Douglas (1980), The Music of East and West program notes, Arts Council and Contemporary Music Network
- Dreamtiger (1981), East-West 2, concert series program notes, The English Bach Festival
- Baruch, Gerth-Wolfgang (22 June 1982). "Oswald und Dreamtiger". Stuttgarter Zeitung (in German).
- Young, Douglas (1982). East-West Encounters (long-playing record) (liner notes). Dreamtiger. Manchester, UK: Cameo Classics.
- Dreamtiger (1983), Repertoire List, manuscript
- Young, Douglas (1984). "Colin McPhee's Music: from West to East". Tempo. New Series. 150 (150). Cambridge University Press: 11–17. S2CID 143089191.
- Hill, Peter (1986). The Piano Music of Olivier Messiaen, vol.2 (long-playing record) (liner notes). Peter Hill. London, UK: Unicorn-Kanchana.
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