Gipps: Piper of Dreams / Koch, Bliss, McHale

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Label
Chandos
Release Date
August 30, 2024
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Ruth Gipps
    • PERFORMER
      Juliana Koch, Julian Bliss, Michael McHale
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      August 30, 2024
    • UPC
      095115229026
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      CHAN 20290
    • LABEL
      Chandos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Andante doloroso - Allegro - Andante doloroso -

      Composer: Ruth Gipps

      Performer: Juliana Koch, Michael McHale

    2. II. Adagio -

      Composer: Ruth Gipps

      Performer: Juliana Koch, Michael McHale

    3. III. Allegro moderato - Doloroso - Tempo I - Meno mosso - Andante doloroso - Adagio

      Composer: Ruth Gipps

      Performer: Juliana Koch, Michael McHale

    4. I. Elfin Oak

      Composer: Ruth Gipps

      Performer: Juliana Koch, Michael McHale

    5. II. Fat Pidgeon

      Composer: Ruth Gipps

      Performer: Juliana Koch, Michael McHale

    6. III. Chestnut Trees

      Composer: Ruth Gipps

      Performer: Juliana Koch, Michael McHale

    7. Sea-weed Song, Op. 12c

      Composer: Ruth Gipps

      Performer: Juliana Koch, Michael McHale

    8. I. Gulls

      Composer: Ruth Gipps

      Performer: Juliana Koch, Michael McHale

    9. II. Sea Anemone

      Composer: Ruth Gipps

      Performer: Juliana Koch, Michael McHale

    10. III. Stormy Beach

      Composer: Ruth Gipps

      Performer: Juliana Koch, Michael McHale

    11. I. Allegro moderato - Presto - Tempo I - Presto

      Composer: Ruth Gipps

      Performer: Juliana Koch, Michael McHale

    12. II. Adagio - Poco agitato - Tempo I

      Composer: Ruth Gipps

      Performer: Juliana Koch, Michael McHale

    13. III. Finale

      Composer: Ruth Gipps

      Performer: Juliana Koch, Michael McHale

    14. The Piper of Dreams, Op. 12b

      Composer: Ruth Gipps

      Performer: Juliana Koch

    15. I. Moderato - Allegro moderato - Moderato - Allegro moderato

      Composer: Ruth Gipps

      Performer: Juliana Koch, Julian Bliss, Michael McHale

    16. II. Adagio - Tempo I

      Composer: Ruth Gipps

      Performer: Juliana Koch, Julian Bliss, Michael McHale

    17. III. Allegro ritmico, quasi rumba

      Composer: Ruth Gipps

      Performer: Juliana Koch, Julian Bliss, Michael McHale

    18. Threnody, Op. 74

      Composer: Ruth Gipps

      Performer: Juliana Koch, Michael McHale


Ruth Gipps made her musical talents apparent from an early age, and they were encouraged by her very supportive mother. She entered the Royal College of Music in 1937, aged 16, studying oboe and piano, in addition to composition (with Ralph Vaughan Williams and Gordon Jacob). Whilst at college, she performed Brahms's Second Piano Concerto, and her tone poem Knight in Armour (CHAN 20078) was presented by Sir Henry Wood at the Last Night of the Proms in 1942. As the war continued, Gipps left London to become principal oboe with the City of Birmingham Orchestra, where she also performed as pianist and had several of her works programmed. Returning to London after the war, Gipps found fewer opportunities as a performer, and less interest in her orchestral scores. She concentrated on composing more chamber music, alongside a successful teaching career. This album of her chamber music for oboe (and cor anglais) features works composed from 1938 to 1990, representing Gipps's entire compositional life. In demand as a soloist all over Europe, Juliana Koch was appointed Professor of Oboe at the Royal College of Music, London, in 2018 and is Principal Oboe of the London Symphony Orchestra.