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David Lancaster

@david-lancaster.bsky.social
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UK Composer, published by UYMP. Amateur medieval historian, photographer, cyclist. www.davidcomposer.com

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David Lancaster @david-lancaster.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
The Salus Trio is a unique and innovative ensemble, and they are including two of my pieces in their programme next week. 'Music Without Borders' includes my duo for flute and guitar 'Au Lapin Agile' and 'Mise en Abyme' for flute and recorder. Do come along if you can!
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David Lancaster @david-lancaster.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Available now from Elastic Stage, the latest recording for the Delta Saxophone Quartet, that includes my energetic 'Allegro Strangolato' and a handful of new arrangements. It's available on CD and lovely vinyl - don't miss out on this one! elasticstage.com/deltasax/rel...
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Hanging Around - elasticStage
HANGING AROUND The idea for this intriguing album came from the quartets Baritone Saxophonist Chris Caldwell when he heard The Stranglers classic, Golden Brown, on the radio whilst on a drive home to ...
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David Lancaster @david-lancaster.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
The fabulous Delta Sax Quartet will give the premiere of my Allegro Strangolato in an exciting programme that fuses contemporary music with the sounds of Bowie and The Stranglers! Cancel any plans you've made, tell your friends, and buy tickets for this one! us7.campaign-archive.com?u=6af7ab1b62...
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July Concert 🎶
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David Lancaster @david-lancaster.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
A studio session this week with my YSJ colleague Sarah-Jane Gibson, recording a couple of songs, including my 'Snow'. Sarah-Jane has an amazing voice and I'm looking forward to sitting down to edit these tracks in the next few weeks.
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David Lancaster @david-lancaster.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Coming up at Late Music in June, the fabulous @elysiansingers.bsky.social will give the first performance of my 'Henry Purcell' as part of a programme based around the poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins. latemusic.org/elysian-sing...
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The Elysian Singers - York Late Music Concerts
Saturday 6th June, 7.30pm. A celebration of Gerard Manley Hopkins
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David Lancaster @david-lancaster.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
It's great to get my hands on this new recording from Duncan Honeybourne and ASC Records & Prima Facie Records that includes my 'Montmartre' - music by Erik Satie along with new tributes from sixteen living composers. It is my second piece to be issued on CD this year, and maybe not the last!
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David Lancaster @david-lancaster.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Coming up in York on Saturday 11th April, the first UK performance of my Canzone Sospesa for cello and piano. It's previously been played in Italy and USA so it will be good to hear it closer to home, perfomed by Nicola Tait Baxter and Paul Nicholson. Do come along. latemusic.org/amabile-clar...
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Amabile Clarinet Trio - York Late Music Concerts
Saturday 11th April, 7:30pm - The Amabile Clarinet Trio return for a concert exploring music inspired by song, by relationships, and by the passing of time
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David Lancaster @david-lancaster.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Most of the music I wrote in the 90s was for the Redgrave Theatre, Farnham. Richard II was dazzling, full of fanfares and violence; rather than let it gather dust when the show ended I arranged my music into a new piece for band. Hear it this weekend in Cambridge. theatricalia.com/play/1x/rich...
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David Lancaster @david-lancaster.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
On a rainy day in York it's nice to learn that my Canzone Sospesa will be played in Hollywood by Christopher Healy (cello) and Dan West (piano) at Hollywood Piano, Pasadena on 24 Jan. Canzone Sospesa has already been heard in Milan and Washington DC; a UK premiere is on the cards for spring. #UYMP
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David Lancaster @david-lancaster.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
A big shout out to Chris Caldwell of the @deltasax.bsky.social who has been busy in the studio, recording my 'Compendium of Ingenious Mechanical Devices', and music by @philipglass.bsky.social. I can't wait to hear them!!!
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David Lancaster @david-lancaster.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
‪Back from Belgium, where Benjamin Maneyrol gave a stunning performance of my 'Jump Cut' at the wonderful Osmose Festival. Thanks also to curator Danielle Baas for such a warm welcome.
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David Lancaster @david-lancaster.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Off to Belgium next week to hear Benjamin Maneyrol perform my 'Jump Cut' at the Osmose Festival. Very much looking forward to hearing it again!
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David Lancaster @david-lancaster.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
It's always exciting to hear about performances that have taken place around the world! So it was great to hear that Kelly Ann Bixby (sop) and Brett Landry (marimba) performed 'Gentle' at a 'Le Salon' concert at the Lafayette School of Music in Louisiana in September. I wish I could have been there!
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David Lancaster @david-lancaster.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
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. www.europeanmovement.co.uk/keep_uk_in_e...
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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.
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David Lancaster @david-lancaster.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
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!
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David Lancaster @david-lancaster.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
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! www.uymp.co.uk/publications...
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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...
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David Lancaster @david-lancaster.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
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...
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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!
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David Lancaster @david-lancaster.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
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.
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David Lancaster @david-lancaster.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
At sunny Headingley today for day 1 of England v India test match. Hard work for our lads in the field...
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Delta Saxophone Quartet @deltasax.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Allegro Strangolato 🎶 Poolside first edits !😆 #worknotwork #worknotplay #splishsplashsplosh #hanginaround @david-lancaster.bsky.social 🍹 😎 🎶🎷
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David Lancaster @david-lancaster.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
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...
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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
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David Lancaster @david-lancaster.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
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...
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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
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UYMP @uymp.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
🚨 NEW SCORE VIDEO ALERT 🚨 Take a listen (and watch!) of @david-lancaster.bsky.social's wonderful 'Grotesques' for wind quartet! www.youtube.com/watch?v=jULn... To buy the score, head to: www.uymp.co.uk/publications...
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David Lancaster - Grotesques
YouTube video by University of York Music Press
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David Lancaster @david-lancaster.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
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.
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David Lancaster @david-lancaster.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
A trip to Headingley today to see Messrs. Bairstow, Root and Brook in action. Wish I had brought a hat.
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David Lancaster @david-lancaster.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
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...
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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.
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David Lancaster @david-lancaster.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
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!
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David Lancaster @david-lancaster.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
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
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David Lancaster @david-lancaster.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
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'.
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David Lancaster @david-lancaster.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
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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ALCS @alcs.co.uk · 04/02/2025
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David Lancaster @david-lancaster.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
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...
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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...
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David Lancaster @david-lancaster.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
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.
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David Lancaster @david-lancaster.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
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.
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David Lancaster @david-lancaster.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
I'm thrilled to be part of this amazing project, and can't wait to see and hear the outcomes.
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David Lancaster @david-lancaster.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
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.
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The Elysian Singers @elysiansingers.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
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. youtu.be/0xzPEzcnj6c?...
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Feathers
YouTube video by Elysian Singers - Topic
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David Lancaster @david-lancaster.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
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.
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David Lancaster @david-lancaster.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Musical Opinion mag arrived today with a super review of 'The Anatomy of Angels' from its performance at Late Music York. It had 'an assured neo-classical drive and polish that gave much pleasure; this accomplished score was heard to full advantage in the Amabile's glowing committed performance'.
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The Elysian Singers @elysiansingers.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Our 1 March concert at York Late Music Festival features the premiere of a piece by @david-lancaster.bsky.social following his ethereal Feathers on our Beauty for Ashes album. Also, Whitacre’s stunning setting of When David Heard in 18-part harmony +’music by Arvo Pärt. latemusic.org/product/elys...
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David Lancaster @david-lancaster.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
It's seven years since @deltasax.bsky.social released the fabulous 'Bowie, Berlin and Beyond' album, and it's being played more than ever! Thanks to @vespertinelyric.bsky.social for including my Swan in her Lyric FM broadcast on Saturday! www.rte.ie/radio/lyricf...
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David Lancaster @david-lancaster.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
I'm so looking forward to hearing Sarah-Jane Gibson performing 'Snow' this evening, and Lara Brown playing 'Angelus' in the Winter concert at YSJ; my kind students and colleagues are helping me celebrate 30 years at YSJ! The concert starts at 7:30 in the Creative Centre if you're at a loose end!
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David Lancaster @david-lancaster.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
There's a super recording of my 'Perle' just released by Erica Sinclair, as part of the Poppy Harp project 2024. youtu.be/voCOZKLTMQs?...
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Perle by David Lancaster. Performed by Erica Sinclair
YouTube video by PoppyHarp
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David Lancaster @david-lancaster.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
I'm delighted to say that my clarinet trio 'The Anatomy of Angels' - that received a brilliant first performance by Amabile earlier this month - is now published by UYMP. www.uymp.co.uk/publications... And here's a link to their wonderful recording. soundcloud.com/david-lancas...
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The Anatomy of Angels
The Anatomy of Angels by David Lancaster, for clarinet, violoncello and piano This work will be available soon.. "My piece is cast in five short, contrasted movements (the five angels, perhaps?), play...
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Alexandra Wilson @amwilson.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
"Lead a horse to water and it will drink. When people were given quality arts programming on television, they consumed it. In fact, they craved more". thecritic.co.uk/make-high-cu...
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Make high culture popular again | Alexandra Wilson | The Critic Magazine
Channel-surfing idly a few nights ago, I stumbled across a TV show from 1975 that the BBC had dug out of the archives. It was a programme so outlandish that it was hard to believe such a thing had…
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David Lancaster @david-lancaster.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Here's a Starter Pack for New Music and Other Classical Entities from @mythopoetica.bsky.social go.bsky.app/9dWiDWS
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David Lancaster @david-lancaster.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
My saxophone quartet Swan - recorded by the fabulous Delta Sax Quartet - hit the airwaves in Ireland this week on the Vespertine programme of Lyric FM. The show features an incredible mix of music and it's an honour to be part of it! Thank you Vespertinelyric.bsky.social www.rte.ie/radio/lyricf...
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Vespertine with Ellen Cranitch
Let Ellen Cranitch be your guide on a night-time voyage, crossing time and space to share a selection of classical, jazz, roots and contemporary music.
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David Lancaster @david-lancaster.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
I'm just putting finishing touches to a new piece for choir and orchestra, commissioned for the NLCS Festival of Performing Arts in Singapore - first performance in February next year. And, of course, I'll pop over for the festival and am very excited to be seeing Singapore for the first time.
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David Lancaster @david-lancaster.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
My first Bluesky post: just to say that I'm very happy to be here and looking forward to making new connections and refreshing old ones, in a caring, supportive and positive environment. Now back to work, this music won't write itself.
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