Album: Quirk - The Concertos by Karl Jenkins (2008)
Genre: Classical
Record Label: EMI
Format: Album

Description: The latest Karl Jenkins release features world premiere recordings of four recent concertos. "Over The Stone", a double harp concerto; "La Folia" for marimba; "Quirk", a concertante for flutes, keyboards, percussion and "Sarikiz", a violin concerto. The album is rounded off with the re-recording of the first movement of "Palladio", a concerto grosso that Jenkins composed in 1996. The performers include London Symphony Orchestra principals Gareth Davies (piccolo, flute, alto flute and bass flute), John Alley (piano, harmonium, celeste, honky-tonk piano) and Neil Percy (xylophone, vibraphone, marimba, whistle, bamboo chimes, rainstick, temple blocks, various drums and cymbals), as well as harpist Catrin Finch and violinist Marat Bisengaliev with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Karl Jenkins.

Artist Background: Karl Jenkins is a Welsh musician and composer. He was born on 17 February, 1944 in, Penclawdd, Glamorgan, Wales. After attending the University of Wales, Cardiff, he began postgraduate studies at the Royal Academy of Music, London, England. It was in jazz that he initially made his mark. In the days of Jazz Polls he was a prolific poll winner, playing at Ronnie Scott's club before co-forming Nucleus, which won first prize at the Montreux Jazz Festival. This was followed by a period with Soft ... Part of the Penclawdd, Glamorgan, Wales music scene. Associated with Classical movement.

Related Artists: Adiemus, Carl Orff, David Arkenstone, Era

Music Scene: Part of the Penclawdd, Glamorgan, Wales music scene. Associated with Classical movement.

Tags: Classical, 2000s, Album, EMI


The latest Karl Jenkins release features world premiere recordings of four recent concertos. "Over The Stone", a double harp concerto; "La Folia" for marimba; "Quirk", a concertante for flutes, keyboards, percussion and "Sarikiz", a violin concerto. The album is rounded off with the re-recording of the first movement of "Palladio", a concerto grosso that Jenkins composed in 1996. The performers include London Symphony Orchestra principals Gareth Davies (piccolo, flute, alto flute and bass flute), John Alley (piano, harmonium, celeste, honky-tonk piano) and Neil Percy (xylophone, vibraphone, marimba, whistle, bamboo chimes, rainstick, temple blocks, various drums and cymbals), as well as harpist Catrin Finch and violinist Marat Bisengaliev with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Karl Jenkins.

Quirk - The Concertos

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