Journal Entries

Forthcoming Recordings 1. UK Release April 5 2010 (Digital release April 4) (i) BCGBD06 – I Send You This Cadmium Red Radiophonic conversation between John Berger and John Christie, with

On February 19 and 20 Ralph van Raat gave the premiere of my piano concerto in Holland. The performance in Utrecht on February 19 was broadcast live and streamed online

During the course of working with Ralph van Raat on the piano concerto, we talked about other pieces. Strictly I have written almost nothing for solo piano, but Ralph wants

Karen Brookman, Derek Bailey’s widow, had alerted me that on television (BBC One) the show “Celebrity Mastermind” would have Stewart Lee – the comedian, and co-author of Jerry Springer, The

1966 The first time I played with Lee Konitz was in 1966 and the existence of a tape of one of those performances is listed in the Lee Konitz Discography.

I’ve just received from France a recording of the solo piano concert that I performed at the Pompidou Centre on November 9 2009. There is a photo on the cover

Welcome to my web site, which has been substantially redesigned with many new features. I will deal personally with most aspects of the site and give regular journal notes on

The Premises Studio, LondonMy wife Anya has been working on a new film in Moscow for some time, provisionally called “Our Tchekhov”, and we spent the day together recording the

Les Percussion Claviers de Lyon, Salle Varèse, Conservatoire de Lyon, FranceI had been commissioned to write a piece for tuned percussion quintet by my old friend Gérard Lecointe, who plays

My friend Daniel Caux died last summer and his wife Jacqueline made a documentary film in homage to him. Daniel was a great writer, broadcaster, critic, curator with whom, I

Charity Concert for “Marginalised” at Union Chapel, Islington, London This was the first time that I have performed Jesus’ Blood with my own ensemble in London since 1993, and the

Singer Pur, Villa I Tatti, Florence, ItalyI had written a madrigal (Book Four no.1) for the Villa I Tatti (The Harvard Centre for Italian Renaissance Studies) in 2004 and I

Leeds Lieder+, The Venue, LeedsI had been commissioned to write four songs for the Leeds biennial lieder festival, Leeds Lieder+, and I set four poems by the Scottish poet George

CBC Radio 2 – Concerts On Demand: Melanie Doane with the Art of Time Ensemble: Canadian Songbook III Recorded: May. 27, 2009 Venue: Enwave Theatre, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, ON