News from the Sorabji Archive

April 2011: Donna Amato’s new recording of Sorabji’s Symphonia Brevis (Piano Symphony no.5) is issued by Altarus. It is issued on a 2CD set.
October 2010: Fredrik Ullén’s new recording of Sorabji’s Transcendental Studies (44—62) is due out on BIS. See the list of studies for more details.
11 August 2010: Marc-André Roberge announces his new Sorabji Resource Site, full of valuable information regarding Sorabji’s life, compositions, and much else.
1 July 2010: Marc-André Hamelin has a new website, at http://www.marcandrehamelin.com/.
18 June 2010: Jonathan Powell gives the first complete performance of Sequentia Cyclica in Glasgow University Concert Hall, starting at 2.30pm.
6 June 2010: Kevin Bowyer gives the first complete performance of Organ Symphony no.2 in Glasgow University Memorial Chapel, starting at 1.00pm. There will be a subsequent complete performance in Amsterdam (see the list below, and the forum for more details).
August 2009: Fredrik Ullén’s new recording of Sorabji’s Transcendental Studies (26—43) is out on BIS. See the list of studies for more details. The third volume has also been recorded.
5 February 2009: Alistair Hinton announces completion of the project to scan all of the Archive’s holdings of Sorabji’s manuscripts, new editions, etc. All paper master copies will be put up for auction in due course. (Expressions of interest to Alistair Hinton are welcome.)
26 September 2008: It is our sad duty to report that the pianist and Sorabji pioneer Yonty Solomon has died. His Sorabji performances included world premières of the Toccata, Piano Sonata no.3, Gulistan, St Bertrand de Comminges, Concerto per suonare da me solo and Rosario d’Arabeschi, as well as the first broadcast performances of the Trois poèmes pour chant et piano and Trois fêtes galantes de Verlaine with Jane Manning.; His contribution was also marked by a beautiful recording of Le Jardin Parfumé.; Announcement from the Royal College of Music
22 April 2008: Kevin Bowyer announces details of The Sorabji Organ Project, a vast 5-year project to produce new critical typeset editions of Sorabji’s three mammoth organ symphonies, to give performances of each, along with commercial recordings of them. The project is funded by The Glasgow University Trust. More details can be found at the link above, and at Kevin Bowyer’s webpage.
26 November 2007: Sean Vaughn Owen announces the completion of his PhD thesis on Sorabji’s life, with substantial genealogical findings that alter previously accepted biographical details.
21 July 2007: It is our sad duty to report that the pianist, scholar and translator Charles Hopkins died on 21 July.; Read a tribute to Charles Hopkins by Alistair Hinton.

New editions available from the Archive

Sorabji editions: Simon Abrahams has completed his edition of Piano Symphony No. 5 Symphonia Brevis.; Jonathan Powell’s new edition of Sorabji’s transcription of Schlußszene from Richard Strauss’s Salome is now available.; Thomas Smetryns and Lukas Huisman have edited the 104 Frammenti Aforistichi (Sutras) for piano solo.; Simon Abrahams has completed his edition of Villa Tasca.; Alex Abercrombie has completed his edition of Sequentia Cyclica on “Dies Irae”.; Alex Abercrombie has completed his edition of Piano Sonata no.5 Opus Archimagicum.
Hinton editions: Editions prepared by Simon Abrahams of Alistair Hinton’s Piano Sonata No.3, Op.15 and Piano Sonata No.4 (Ballade), Op.18 are now available.

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