Joe Duddell

Delicada y elegíaca, muy alejada de la indulgencia celebratoria, Duddell ambientó la Oda al inglés de Grace Nichol con ingeniosa sencillez (Tom Service, The Guardian)

Parallel Lines was written for the acclaimed marimba player Colin Currie and brilliantly exploits his energy and panache. 10 minutes of fast, accessible music - an ideal showcase for any hungry marimb...

With a title that makes reference to the band REM, Duddell's Nightswimming subtly gathers its own momentum and direction, moving away from the nocturne which is suggested in the opening. Despite - or...

Duddell's short string quartet made up of four mere bagatelles is a treat for both players and audiences. First performed by the Psophos Quartet at the 2007 Presteigne Festival and recently transcribe...

The title Still Life, whilst being a term borrowed from painting, refers to the two temporal states of the piece, status and motion, which are juxtaposed and superimposed throughout.The static section...

All Stars Aligned was originally to be a set of variations on a theme that is almost hidden in the opening bars. However, the piece took on much more of a fantasia feel and shape as I wrote it and it...

Joe Duddell's Magnificat and Nunc Dimtis was commissioned by Presteigne Festival of Music and the Arts with funding from Kevin Jones and Laura Woodside-Jones and received its first performance by the...

One of three works Duddell has written for percussionist Colin Currie, Snowblind highlights the melodic possibilities when writing for percussion. Throughout its three movements, Duddell takes the per...

Joe Duddell's music is not bound to any one genre: he has taken on projects with dubstep pioneers, like Nero, alongside commissions for concertos. His ethereal work for solo organ contrasts intricate...

Delicada y elegíaca, muy alejada de la indulgencia celebratoria, Duddell ambientó la Oda al inglés de Grace Nichol con ingeniosa sencillez (Tom Service, The Guardian)

Parallel Lines was written for the acclaimed marimba player Colin Currie and brilliantly exploits his energy and panache. 10 minutes of fast, accessible music - an ideal showcase for any hungry marimb...

With a title that makes reference to the band REM, Duddell's Nightswimming subtly gathers its own momentum and direction, moving away from the nocturne which is suggested in the opening. Despite - or...

Duddell's short string quartet made up of four mere bagatelles is a treat for both players and audiences. First performed by the Psophos Quartet at the 2007 Presteigne Festival and recently transcribe...

The title Still Life, whilst being a term borrowed from painting, refers to the two temporal states of the piece, status and motion, which are juxtaposed and superimposed throughout.The static section...

All Stars Aligned was originally to be a set of variations on a theme that is almost hidden in the opening bars. However, the piece took on much more of a fantasia feel and shape as I wrote it and it...

A fresh, lyrical choral work which will haunt your memory. The text was derived from various sources such as the Bible, poetry and lyrics from pop songs which are paraphrased or alluded to not only in...

Joe Duddell's Magnificat and Nunc Dimtis was commissioned by Presteigne Festival of Music and the Arts with funding from Kevin Jones and Laura Woodside-Jones and received its first performance by the...

One of three works Duddell has written for percussionist Colin Currie, Snowblind highlights the melodic possibilities when writing for percussion. Throughout its three movements, Duddell takes the per...

Ruby was commissioned for the 2003 BBC Proms and was also played by the finalist in the BBC Young Musician of the Year in 2004. It was written in close collaboration with Colin Currie, its dedicatee a...

Ruby was commissioned for the 2003 BBC Proms and was also played by the finalist in the BBC Young Musician of the Year in 2004. It was written in close collaboration with Colin Currie, its dedicatee a...

Commissioned for the BBC Proms Chamber Concerts in 2000, Vaporize is alive with rhythmic energy and sharp syncopations. Dedicated to John McCabe after Duddell was impressed with the opening chorale of...

The music's air of simplicity clearly stands for gifted craft, from the recurring harp arpeggios of the fist movement to the rhythmic drive of the second and the barefaced major chord that ended the t...

Joe Duddell's music is not bound to any one genre: he has taken on projects with dubstep pioneers, like Nero, alongside commissions for concertos. His ethereal work for solo organ contrasts intricate...