David Hackbridge Johnson: Orchestral Music, Vol. 4

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Label
Toccata
Release Date
June 5, 2026
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      David Hackbridge Johnson
    • PERFORMER
      Jonathan Powell, Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      June 05, 2026
    • UPC
      5060113448033
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      TOCC0803
    • LABEL
      Toccata
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Fantasy-Scherzo: Moderato e misterioso

      Composer: David Hackbridge Johnson

      Ensemble: Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Jonathan Powell

      Conductor: David Hackbridge Johnson

    2. II. Waltz-Phantom: Allegretto

      Composer: David Hackbridge Johnson

      Ensemble: Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Jonathan Powell

      Conductor: David Hackbridge Johnson

    3. III. March-Dreamscape: Alla marcia

      Composer: David Hackbridge Johnson

      Ensemble: Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Jonathan Powell

      Conductor: David Hackbridge Johnson

    4. I. Preludio malinconico: Sostenuto e molto cantabile

      Composer: David Hackbridge Johnson

      Ensemble: Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: David Hackbridge Johnson

    5. II. Intermezzo mecuriale: Quasi presto

      Composer: David Hackbridge Johnson

      Ensemble: Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: David Hackbridge Johnson

    6. III. Scherzo-Fugue: Allegro di molto e con malizia

      Composer: David Hackbridge Johnson

      Ensemble: Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: David Hackbridge Johnson

    7. IV. Epilogue: Propulsivo e drammatico ma non troppo veloce

      Composer: David Hackbridge Johnson

      Ensemble: Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: David Hackbridge Johnson


David Hackbridge Johnson, born near London in 1963, is an all-round musician - not only a prolific composer but also a conductor, violinist, singer, pianist, jazz drummer and poet. Both works in this album, recorded under the baton of the composer, have extra-musical stimuli. The Piano Concerto evokes the Kafkaesque fantasy world and tragic fate of the Polish-Jewish writer and artist Bruno Schulz, a victim of Nazi oppression - and it also marks the early death of another uniquely gifted individual, since it was written for Jonathan Powell, whose last recording it became. The Symphony, taking it's lead from earlier composers like Bax, Britten and Vaughan Williams, is a response to the English landscape, as seen through the paintings of a number of artists whose work Hackbridge Johnson esteems - it's colours and moods changing as kaleidoscopically as nature itself.