Recording of the album Howard Blake - chamber music (2006). Gay Byam grounds (flute), Joseph Spooner (cello) and Rowena Bass (harp). Recorded at Mickleton Church, Gloucestershire September 21st 2005. Released 2006 on Meridian CDE 84553. Available from Meridian and Amazon
29th October 2015 | Valeria Kurbatova harp, St. Mary's Church, The Boltons 7.15pm
A concert in aid of the Royal Lifebooat Institution |
21st August 2014 | Amy Umiah flute, Pierre Dumange cello, Valeria Kurbatova harp, British Isles Nusic Festival, Ardingly College |
The Trio for flute, cello and harp is an arrangement of a 1962 work for flute, clarinet and piano. It survives the transition delightfully. French in orientation, cleanly and clearly lyric, generous in its melodic grace, it is a work of perfectly poised charm. Farewell My Gentle Harp is another vehicle for Martyn Hill, a Gaelic lament and truly lovely. Meanwhile Penillion for flute and harp – other versions exist – is inspired by Welsh music, though gently. I’ve heard it in its incarnation for violin and piano, and it’s perhaps not too surprising that this flute and harp version sounds far less ‘Carpathian’ in one or two of the variations, and rather more sweetly emollient.
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Jonathan Woolf, Musicweb-international, 10/1/2010