Carey Blyton & Friends
80th Anniversary Concert
19th May 2012
Various composers
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Review excerpts
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Carey was essentially a miniaturist, but the range and beauty of his creations were very evident here. |
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| —Brian Hick, Lark Reviews, 20th May 2012
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…the delightful concert at The Warehouse […] on May 19, marking what would have been Carey Blyton’s 80th birthday, brought not only a representative selection of Blyton’s music but also music by his friends and pupils, performed by musicians who clearly found themselves instinctively in sympathy with his art. The result was an unalloyed delight … An excellent and, in its way, moving evening of music. |
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| —Robert Matthew-Walker, Musical Opinion (July–August 2012 p51–52)
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…Blyton’s impressive Lachrymae […] was most excellently conveyed by the evening’s main artists, Alison Smart (soprano) and Katharine Durran (piano). |
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| —Robert Matthew-Walker, Musical Opinion (July–August 2012 p52)
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Blyton’s songs found admirable interpreters in these two musicians; as did those by the other composers represented. |
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| —Robert Matthew-Walker, Musical Opinion (July–August 2012 p52)
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…there was enough variety in the programme to display the many facets of this interesting composer… |
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| —Malcolm Rudland, Peter Warlock Society Newsletter 91
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…the concert displayed much of Carey’s playfulness, pastiche and humour. |
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| —Malcolm Rudland, Peter Warlock Society Newsletter 91
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…fertile adventurous musical mind with a keen sense of humour. |
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| —Malcolm Rudland, Peter Warlock Society Newsletter 91
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