Following the huge success of the 2011 Music@Malling Festival, Thomas will conduct a one-off Christmas concert on 17th December 2011 conducting the highly-acclaimed ensemble, Chamber Domaine. Featuring music by Mozart and Sibelius in a candle-lit venue, this concert promises to be the perfect occasion to enjoy some festive music in an exquisite setting. Programme: Sibelius – Romance Mozart – Divertimento in D K. 136 Sibelius – Rakastava Interval Sibelius – Valse Triste Mozart – Divertimento in...
Opera Holland Park announces 2012 season including Thomas Kemp conducting Così Fan Tutte
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November 2011Opera Holland Park has announced that Thomas Kemp will conduct a new production of Così Fan Tutte as part of their 2012 season. Directed by Harry Fehr and starring Elizabeth Llewellyn and Andrew Staples, this production promises to be an exciting event in the summer musical calendar. The cast list and production team is as follows: Conductor...
Thomas Kemp releases world premiere recordings of chamber music by Mark-Anthony Turnage
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November 2011Currently in the editing studio, Thomas Kemp’s world-premiere recordings of chamber works by Mark-Anthony Turnage will be released on Resonus Classics in January. The disc features tenor Nicky Spence performing A Constant Obsession as well as Grazioso! A high-octane instrumental work which takes its name from the first brand of guitar played by Led Zeppelin’s...
This weekend Thomas Kemp launches the inaugural Music@Malling Festival: an international festival of music that draws together the community with an exciting programme of events that bring international artists to historical local venues in West Malling, Kent. Running this year from September 30th until October 2nd, the festival will be an annual event that brings unique...
Bingham - Landscapes, real and imagined. Fifty Shades of Green, The Moon over Westminster Cathedral, The Cathedral of Trees, Chapman's Pool, The Shadow Side of Joy Finzi, The Lost Works of Paganini - L'Usignolo, The Mystery of Boranup, Shelley Dreams, See and keep silent, My Father's Arms Known and admired particularly for her choral output, Judith Bingham...
Bingham 'Landscapes real and imagined' review - Gramophone. A generous and varied showcase for this most communicative of composers. The second release from Adam Binks's enterprising, wholly digital Resonus Classics label comprises this absorbing anthology devoted to the nine chambers, vocal and instrumental pieces by Judith Bingham (b 1952).
International classical music magazine The Strad have reviewed Chamber Domaine's recent recording of Judith Bingham’s colourful chamber works, entitled Landscapes, Real and Imagined. Chamber Domaine's Artistic Director Thomas Kemp took on a performing role in this particular recording. The Strad reviewer David Kettle described the release as a 'welcome collection of chamber works by a...
Thomas Kemp is the founder and conductor of Chamber Domaine - a musical ensemble with a mission: to explore the links between our musical past and present and to investigate issues of style as related to changing fashions in performance. In this exclusive audio podcast Kemp enters into a fascinating debate with Edward Seckerson about Gustav...
It’s a beautiful sunny day in April when I settle down to call violinist‐turned‐conductor Thomas Kemp. I cannot help but feel slightly nervous – he has established himself as one of Britain’s most versatile musicians, in demand nationally and internationally. Born in 1971, Kemp read music at St Catharine’s College, Cambridge before going on to study...
In May Thomas will conduct the world premiere recordings of Mark-Anthony Turnage's A Constant Obsession, Grazioso, and Greek Suite. Chamber Domaine will be recording no less than seven world premiere recordings by one of the most distinguished and innovative British composers. The recording sessions will be in June/July 2011 for release in October 2011. Watch...