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John Casken

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Casken’s music – harmonically and texturally dense – refusing to resolve – is… rather vibrantly earthy, relentlessly hymning the sheer physicality of the original poem’s concept: nature, tree, cross – experiencing what the human participants in the drama endure.

Arnold Whittall, on The Dream of the Rood, The Musical Times

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Forthcoming Performances

    • 28 March 2023
    • Misted Land, Wigmore Hall, London,
    • 9 May 2023
    • The Shackled King, Newbury Spring Festival, Newbury,
    • 17 June 2023
    • Lust of Roots, St Mary’s Church, Wooler, Wooler,
    • 29 July 2023
    • Lust of Roots, St Andrew’s Church Corbridge, Corbridge,
    • 1 February 2024
    • Inevitable Rifts (World Premiere), Cosmo Rodewald Hall, The University of Manchester, Manchester,
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    The control with which Casken allows tonally-founded harmonies to rise, Alban Berg-like, to the surface, is as remarkable as the fastidiousness of his orchestration, all of which serve to hold concept and craft in ideal balance

    David Fanning, on Apollinaire’s Bird, The Telegraph

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