David Lancaster

Open Letter: Keep the UK in the ECHR Sign the European Movement UK's open letter now if you agree that the UK must remain in the ECHR.

When you discover that politicians want to relieve you of your hard-won humans rights (but they love flags!) it makes you wonder how they can seriously consider themselves 'populist'. Once again I smell dishonesty, and call it out for what it is.
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Heading for Aylesbury today to hear the wonderful Amabile trio give the second performance of my Anatomy of Angels! It seems like an age since the première in York last year and I can't wait to hear it again!

Bridges, Lines and Stones Bridges, Lines and Stones by David Lancaster, For brass band This work is exclusively available to buy and download online. . Thanks to the pioneering - if often somewhat corrupt - enterprises of Geor...

I'm thrilled that my newly-published 'Fox' (from 'Bridges, Lines and Stones') will be part of the programme given by The Harrogate Band in their joint concert with Black Dyke Band at St Wilfred's, Harrogate tonight, and very much looking forward to hearing it again!

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Change the law to fix music streaming It's time to change the laws around streaming services so that musicians get their fair share! Join me in signing to Musicians' Union petition to fix streaming!

It's time to change the laws around streaming services so that musicians get their fair share! Join me in signing to Musicians' Union petition to fix streaming! www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/ch...

At last I've reached the double bar line of a new duo for flute and treble recorder, for Sarah McNulty and Carmen Troncoso. Mise en Abyme (the phenomenon in art and literature where something contains an image of itself, repeating into infinity) will be performed in October - details to follow.

At sunny Headingley today for day 1 of England v India test match. Hard work for our lads in the field...

Would rather see an ageing Jimmy, to be honest. Is this what we retired him for?

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Can't wait to hear it! Take it easy, Chris. #inthedeepend #divein #touchthebottom

Thanks for your fabulous piece Jenny. I'm thinking about how to take this project forward from here - there need to be more performances of all this wonderful music.

5-31-25 Pushing The Envelope: Music Decidedly Left of Center Podcast Episode · Pushing The Envelope: Music Decidedly Left Center · 07/06/2025 · 1h 59m

It's amazing that my 'Swan' is included in this diverse 'Left of Center' podcast from the US. The 'Bowie, Berlin and Beyond' recording by the Delta Sax Quartet has taken my music to some interesting places. (Let me know if you still want a copy - not many left!) podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/5...

Duncan Honeybourne (piano) - York Late Music Concerts Saturday 7th June, 1:00pm A series of new commissions commemorating the 100th anniversary of the death of Erik Satie

I have curated a concert to mark the 100th anniversary of Erik Satie's death, and commissioned some of my favourite composers to write new pieces in tribute. Also lots of real Satie! Do come along on Saturday 7th June. latemusic.org/duncan-honey...

YouTube video by University of York Music Press David Lancaster - Grotesques

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Take a listen (and watch!) of @david-lancaster.bsky.social's wonderful 'Grotesques' for wind quartet!

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To buy the score, head to: www.uymp.co.uk/publications...

No pictures can capture the incredible range of music and dance we witnessed on Saturday at Late Music Concerts, York, or the sublime fluency of the performances, but here are just a few shots from our rehearsal. Thanks to @musicontheedge.bsky.social and our fabulous dancers from NSCD.

A trip to Headingley today to see Messrs. Bairstow, Root and Brook in action. Wish I had brought a hat.

Trio Agile & Antonio Bukhar Ssebuuma - Freedom Dances - York Late Music Concerts Saturday 3rd May, 7:30pm Bringing together the freedoms of dance, music and rhythm, the Trio Agile combine their experimental flair and improvisatory talent with Antonio Bukhar Ssebuuma.

Coming up on Saturday, the first performance of my 'Compendium of Ingenious Mechanical Devices' for bass clarinet, percussion and dance, part of an astonishing weekend of new music at Late Music in York. latemusic.org/the-lapins-t...

Thanks to Harrogate Band for a fabulous performance of Fox on Saturday. This was I was commissioned in 2019 but due to the pandemic we had to wait until now to hear it - it was well worth the wait! Thanks to Craig Ratcliffe for directing with such precision and authority. Let's do it again sometime!

Me too. I'm off to Santiago de Compostela for the first time next week, and unfeasibly excited.

There are two performances of my music this weekend: on Saturday Fallen will be performed by Norwich singers, then on Sunday Gentle will form part of a recital given by Elayna Parandi (soprano) and Anna Day (marimba) at Indiana Wesleyan University, USA - no tariffs were paid! @uymp.bsky.social

Saturday's office: conducting the fabulous York RI Band in a concert that included Derek Bourgeois' 'Diversions' and a first concert performance for my 'Epithalamium'.

A super concert yesterday from the fabulous @elysiansingers.bsky.social who gave a beautifully shaped performance of 'The World's Last Night'.

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The World’s Last Night by David Lancaster - York Late Music Concerts My first serious encounter with the poetry of John Donne came when the Oxford Harmonic Choir commissioned me to compose a new piece for their concert in June 2019, to precede their performance of Moza...

This Saturday at Late Music the @elysiansingers.bsky.social will give the first performance of 'The World's Last Night', a setting of John Donne. I've written about it for the Late Music website with all the details of Saturday's performance. Come along if you can! latemusic.org/the-worlds-l...

Of course! It's the tradition. But only the shells.

I really enjoyed hearing 'Unity' at the NLCS Festival of Music yesterday, and start the journey home a very happy composer with lots of new friends.

Day 2 in Singapore, and the first rehearsal of 'Unity' - with orchestra alone. It's going to be great! Also the cathedral, cocktails at Raffles, curry at Lau Sa Pat, and a light show at the Marina Bay.

I'm thrilled to be part of this amazing project, and can't wait to see and hear the outcomes.

I'm in Singapore for the first performance of my piece 'Unity' for choir and orchestra on Sunday at the NLCS Festival of Music. Today is a time for sightseeing and recovering from jetlag; rehearsals start tomorrow.

YouTube video by Elysian Singers - Topic Feathers

On our new 5-star-reviewed disc we premiered the beautifully chilly Feathers by @david-lancaster.bsky.social. Thrilled now to be premiering his setting of John Donne's The World's Last Night + music by Pärt, Whitacre, Ešenvalds & more.
Sat 1 March
York Late Music Festival.
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This coming Friday (31st January) sees the first performance of Au Chat Noir, for flute and viola, given by Emma Colston (flute) and Rachel Miller (viola) at the Bakehouse Theatre in Greenwich, London, at 12:00 noon. It's a short tribute to Erik Satie on the 100th anniversary of his death.