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Danse macabre für Klavier zu 4 Händen
Camille Saint-Saens / Arr. Wendy Hiscocks
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Wendy Hiscocks arranger
Composer-pianist Wendy Hiscocks was born in Wollongong near Sydney and began playing the piano at an early age. In her teens she started composing, and went on to study composition with Peter Sculthorpe at University of Sydney. Her career started with a two-year residence as composer and composition teacher at a major Perth school that resulted in the establishment of composition as an accredited subject in the West Australian school syllabus.
Since moving to London in 1988 she has received commissions, premieres and broadcasts from distinguished soloists, ensembles and choirs from around the world. These have included Jesus College Choir, Cantab., Sydney Chamber Choir, Philharmonic Chorus (Adelaide), Schubert Ensemble (London), Krommer and Terpsychords Quartets (Switzerland), Kallmunz Festivalorchester (Germany), Bande Stagione (Germany); singers Elizabeth Connell (Britain), Rachel Nichols (Britain) and Keith Hempton (Australia); pianists Roy Howat (Britain), Piers Lane (Australia-Britain), Vladimir Stoupel (Russia-Germany), Scott McCarrey (USA), Cordelia Williams (Britain); string players Miwako Abe, Carolyn Lam, Sophie Rowell (Australia) and Matthias Feile (Germany-Britain).
In March 2010 the British Film Institute commissioned Wendy Hiscocks to compose and perform a score for the silent film Alice in Wonderland (1903). In August 2010, Shades of the Alhambra will be premiered by Michael Collins (cl), Louise Hopkins (vc) and Kristian Chang (pf) at the Australian Chamber Music Festival in Townsville.
Wendy Hiscocks's recent appearance in an ABC TV documentary on the Australian painter Lloyd Rees includes a performance of her choral work Grace and has been broadcast in 2008 and 2009. As pianist she has appeared internationally at venues ranging from London's Purcell Room to festivals on various continents such as the Kusatsu International Summer Academy and Festival in Japan and Australia's Port Fairy Festival. She performs piano duos and duets, chamber music and accompanies singers in a large range of repertoire, including her own compositions. She has recorded piano duet and duo music by Chabrier with Roy Howat for the French label Stil and her piano duet arrangement of Saint-Saëns's Danse Macabre was published by Edition Peters in 2007.
Since moving to London in 1988 she has received commissions, premieres and broadcasts from distinguished soloists, ensembles and choirs from around the world. These have included Jesus College Choir, Cantab., Sydney Chamber Choir, Philharmonic Chorus (Adelaide), Schubert Ensemble (London), Krommer and Terpsychords Quartets (Switzerland), Kallmunz Festivalorchester (Germany), Bande Stagione (Germany); singers Elizabeth Connell (Britain), Rachel Nichols (Britain) and Keith Hempton (Australia); pianists Roy Howat (Britain), Piers Lane (Australia-Britain), Vladimir Stoupel (Russia-Germany), Scott McCarrey (USA), Cordelia Williams (Britain); string players Miwako Abe, Carolyn Lam, Sophie Rowell (Australia) and Matthias Feile (Germany-Britain).
In March 2010 the British Film Institute commissioned Wendy Hiscocks to compose and perform a score for the silent film Alice in Wonderland (1903). In August 2010, Shades of the Alhambra will be premiered by Michael Collins (cl), Louise Hopkins (vc) and Kristian Chang (pf) at the Australian Chamber Music Festival in Townsville.
Wendy Hiscocks's recent appearance in an ABC TV documentary on the Australian painter Lloyd Rees includes a performance of her choral work Grace and has been broadcast in 2008 and 2009. As pianist she has appeared internationally at venues ranging from London's Purcell Room to festivals on various continents such as the Kusatsu International Summer Academy and Festival in Japan and Australia's Port Fairy Festival. She performs piano duos and duets, chamber music and accompanies singers in a large range of repertoire, including her own compositions. She has recorded piano duet and duo music by Chabrier with Roy Howat for the French label Stil and her piano duet arrangement of Saint-Saëns's Danse Macabre was published by Edition Peters in 2007.
