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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
John Casken
* Snapshot *
Forthcoming Performances
- 14 October 2022
- Lust of Roots, Clothworkers Centenary Hall, University of Leeds, Leeds,
- 3 December 2022
- Light Into My Dark (World Premiere), Whitworth Hall, Manchester,
- 26 January 2023
- The Shackled King, Wigmore Hall, London,
- 28 March 2023
- Misted Land, Wigmore Hall, London,
- 9 May 2023
- The Shackled King, Newbury Spring Festival, Newbury,
John Casken
* The Fuller Picture *
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