"Red Bird" by Andrew Toovey - Paul Barton, FEURICH 218 piano

I think you will like the music of Andrew Toovey. Andrew is a contemporary composer born in 1962. He lives and currently teaches at the Alperton Community School in London. Andrew is happy for his music to be uploaded with the score to YouTube, so in my video I ve included the score for you to follow after my recording. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Andrew Toovey YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/AndrewToovey _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ From BOOSEY & HAWKES: http://www.boosey.com/composer/Andrew+Toovey Andrew Toovey studied with Jonathan Harvey, Morton Feldman and Michael Finnissy * Confrontational idiom contrasting raw vigour, melancholic stasis and folklike melody * Inspiration often drawn from contemporary art, heard in the stark juxtaposition of blocks of instrumental colour * Technical demands of works welcomed by a generation of young virtuoso performers including pianist James Clapperton and members of composer s own ensemble IXION * Works performed at Huddersfield, Bergen and Banff Festivals and Darmstadt Summer School * Interpreters include Ensemble Modern, BBC Symphony Orchestra and Music Theatre Wales Works by Andrew Toovey include: Ate (1986) for chamber ensemble Winter Solstice (1988) for high voice and seven instrumentalists Black Light (1989) for chamber ensemble Adam (1989) for mixed ensemble "Toovey s music is unapologetically complex, though personal and powerful too." — The Times _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Andrew Toovey - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Toovey _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "Red Bird" was inspired by a woodblock print by the artist Ken Kiff: http://www.marlboroughfineart.com/artist-Ken-Kiff-39.html