WALLEN
Birthday Portmanteau for Guitar

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Commissioned by IGF, the International Guitar Foundation to celebrate Howard Skempton’s 60th birthday.
First performance by Tom Kerstens during the International Guitar Festival, London, 5 May 2007, Purcell Room, Southbank Centre.
Errollyn Wallen (b. 1958) has been Composer-in-Residence at Dartington International Music Festival, Huddersfeld Festival and Trinity College of Music, and Visiting Composer-in-Residence at Birmingham Conservatoire. Wallen received an MBE in 2007 and a CBE in 2020 for services to music. Works include: English Folk Songs: From Eleanor to Sweet William (text by Wesley Stace) for Birmingham Contemporary Music Group; a Cello Concerto and the Concerto Grosso commissioned by Orchestra of the Swan; the Spirit Symphony, commissioned by the BBC (winner of the BBC Radio 3 Listeners/British Composer Award, 2005); and The Errollyn Wallen Songbook, comprising twelve songs for voice and piano.
Errollyn Wallen (*1958) war Composer-in-Residence beim Dartington International Music Festival, beim Huddersfeld Festival und am Londoner Trinity College of Music sowie Visiting Composer-inResidence am Birmingham Conservatoire. 2007 wurde ihr für ihre Verdienste um die Musik der britische Orden eines MBE verliehen, 2020 der eines CBE. Zu ihren Werken zählen: English Folk Songs: From Eleanor to Sweet William (Text: Wesley Stace) für die Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, ein Cellokonzert und das Concerto Grosso als Auftragswerke für das Orchestra of the Swan, die Spirit Symphony für die BBC (Sieger beim Hörerpreis von BBC Radio 3/British Composer Award 2005) sowie das Errollyn Wallen Songbook mit zwölf Liedern für Gesang und Klavier.