Douglas Weiland

Douglas Weiland (born 1954 Malvern, Worcestershire, United Kingdom) is a modern-classical composer. His works range from the three Sir Neville Marriner commissions: Divertimento for Strings 1992, Clarinet Concerto 2002, Triple Concerto 2006 - and two Piano Trios commissioned for Altenberg Trio Wien, to several commissioned choral works and the series of chamber works produced for the Norfolk & Norwich Music Club as their Composer-in-Residence.^[1]

Formerly a violinist - Douglas was for 7 years a core player in the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields 16 (1978–85), and 5 years a founder member of the Australian Quartet (1985–1990) - he has been a full-time composer since 1990.^[2]

Weiland has produced numerous chamber, orchestral and choral works, commissioned for and performed by artists including: Sir Neville Marriner and the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Altenberg Trio Wien, Australian String Quartet, Marie-Noëlle Kendall, Andrew Marriner, Kenneth Sillito, Steven Isserlis, Susan Milan, and the young Hamer Quartet.^[3]

Three early major chamber works (1985–1988) were commissioned for William Hennessy's newly formed Australian String Quartet.

Weiland was Composer-in-Residence for the Norfolk and Norwich Music Club from 2003 - 2007.

Recent works include three double-choir Motets, and Fourth and Fifth Quartets Ops.50,51. In August 2014 he completed the large-scale Flute Concerto for Susan Milan.

Selected commissions / performances / broadcasts

• Third Quartet (op. 39) 2005 Norfolk & Norwich Music Club. Hamer Quartet world premiere ANAM 2007,^[4] European premiere 2008;
• Triple Concerto (op. 38) 2006 Sir Neville Marriner and Academy of St. Martin in the Fields / Altenberg Trio Wien;
• Third Solo Cello Suite "Isserlis Mikro-Suite" (op. 37) 2004 Norfolk & Norwich Music Club for Steven Isserlis;
• Clarinet Quintet (op. 33) 2003 Norfolk & Norwich Music Club for Andrew Marriner & ASMF Ensemble;
• Second Trio (op.32) "Pavey Ark" 2002 Norfolk & Norwich Music Club for Altenberg Trio Wien;
• Clarinet Concerto (op. 30) 2001 Sir Neville Marriner and Julian Burnside for Andrew Marriner;
• First Trio (op. 22) 1995 Rudolf & Gloria Bretschneider, perf. Raphael Trio^[5] and Altenberg Trio (Brahms Saal series - Musikverein);^[6]
• Motet ‘Holy Baptisme’ (op. 16) Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge / Richard Marlow (Trinity Chapel, January 1993);
• Divertimento for strings (op. 15) 1991 Sir Neville Marriner and Academy of St. Martin in the Fields (Queen Elizabeth Hall);^[7]
• Piano Quintet (op. 8) 1988 Australian String Quartet for ASQ & Marie-Noëlle Kendall released ABC Classics/Polygram 1992.;^[8]
• First String Quartet (op. 5) 1986 Australia Council for ASQ (>34 perf.^[9] incl. Wigmore Hall and La Fenice);
• Voice Quintet (op. 4) 1985. Premiere: ABC live broadcast from the 1986 Adelaide Festival;
• ‘Huge Griffons’ 1992 for RVW Trust/New London Children's Choir/Ronald Corp (St James's/LSO St Luke's/BBC Radio 3)

Recent works / commissions / projected works / forthcoming performances

• ‘Verses From Scripture’ (op. 40). commission for In Voco Parentis, Trinity College Chapel, Cambridge, June 2008^[10]
• Benedictus (op. 36/2) Bexhill Choral Society/Kenneth Roberts, cond., 4 October 2008 St Augustine's Bexhill-on-Sea
• Goethe ‘Blumengruß’ (op. 41) (choir/pf/orch)(25 Jahr-Jubiläum der Max Böhm Gesellschaft, Vienna, perf. 11 November 2008)
• Anthem ‘Vere Dominus Est’ (op.42) (SATB double choir a cappella)(David Lowe/Norwich Cathedral, comm. Christopher & Judith Lawrence 2008 for Norwich Cathedral's Festival Eucharist 10 May 2009)^[11]
• Piano Concerto (op. 31) for Marie-Noëlle Kendall^[12]
• Clarinet Concerto (op. 30) world premiere: Melbourne Chamber Orchestra / Sir Neville Marriner, conductor, Andrew Marriner clarinet, 19 November 2009, 7.30pm at the new Melbourne Recital Centre^[13]

References

1. "Composers Biography W - Wz". Retrieved 2008-08-05.
2. "Classical Composers Database". Retrieved 2008-08-05.
3. Usher, Robin (2007-03-17). "World first for local string quartet". The Age. Retrieved 2008-08-06.
4. "A New Force in Chamber Music". Retrieved 2007-02-27.
5. "Raphael Trio New York Biography". Retrieved 2008-08-05.
6. "Musikverein". Retrieved 2008-08-05.
7. O'Connell, Clive (2005-08-16). "Australia Pro Arte". The Age. Retrieved 2008-08-02.
8. "Marie-Noëlle Kendall Biography". Retrieved 2008-08-05.
9. O'Connell, Clive (2005-04-27). "Tinalley String Quartet". The Age. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
10. King's College IVP Archived January 9, 2006, at the Wayback Machine.
11. "Norwich Cathedral Special events". Archived from the original on October 7, 2011. Retrieved 2009-04-28.
12. Marie-Noëlle Kendall
13. Melbourne Chamber Orchestra

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