Lydia Kakabadse

Lydia Kakabadse (born 1955) is a British composer of vocal, choral and chamber music.[1] Her musical style is tonal and modal with influences from chant and early polyphony, Orthodox liturgical music and other non-western music.[2][3] It also incorporates the Arabic scale with traditional Western harmonies.[4]

Her choral piece Odyssey was commissioned by the Hellenic Institute of Royal Holloway, University of London.[5][6] In 2015 she was commissioned to write a choral piece, I Remember[3] by her old school, Forest Preparatory School in Altrincham, for performance at an inter-school music event.[7] Two short pieces were performed at the Three Choirs Festival in Gloucester Cathedral in 2019,[8] and her chamber work Concertato was performed at the Chatsworth Arts Festival later the same year.[9] Her chamber work Russian Tableaux was broadcast by BBC Radio 3 to mark International Women's Day in 2015 and 2017.[10]

Compositions

Kakabadse's work includes:[11]

  • Arabian Rhapsody Suite
  • As I Sat at the Café
  • A Vision
  • Cantica Sacra
  • Cantus Planus
  • Concertato
  • Courage
  • Dance Sketches
  • Eldorado
  • Haunted Houses
  • I Remember
  • Kontakia
  • Odyssey
  • Recitativo Arioso + Variations
  • Russian Tableaux
  • Sancte Ioseph
  • Spectre of the Maiden Scorned
  • Spellbound
  • The Coachman's Terror
  • The House Where I was Born
  • The Mermaid
  • Theotokia
  • The Phantom Listeners
  • The Ruined Maid
  • The Song of the Shirt
  • The Way through the Woods

Recordings
  • The Phantom Listeners (2011), Naxos[1]
  • Cantica Sacra (2016), Divine Art
  • Concertato (2017), Divine Art
  • Ithaka (2019), Divine Art.

References
  1. Rickards, Guy (October 2011). "Review - Lydia Kakabadse". Tempo. 65: 84–90. JSTOR 41482757 – via JSTOR.
  2. Cooman, Carson (September–October 2016). "Lydia Kakabadse - Cantica Sacra". Fanfare.
  3. "Lydia Kakabadse - Banks Music Publications". www.banksmusicpublications.co.uk. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  4. Gumert, Lynn (Spring 2018). "Lydia Kakabadse - Concertato". Journal of the International Alliance for Womenin Music. 24: 25–26.
  5. Thraves, Lucy (19 October 2018). "Royal Holloway's Hellenic Institute closes 25th anniversary celebrations with world premiere". Rhinegold. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  6. "The Hellenic Institute 25th anniversary closing concert - Royal Holloway Staff Intranet". intranet.royalholloway.ac.uk. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  7. "Bellevue North Schools Music Festival". www.forestschool.co.uk. Forest Preparatory School. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  8. "Services". 3choirs.org. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  9. "Chineke! Chamber Ensemble at Chatsworth Arts Festival". Chineke! Foundation. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  10. "BBC Radio 3 - Words and Music, The Seven Ages of Woman". BBC. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  11. Lydia Kakabadse. British Music Collection. Accessed January 2020.
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