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. ^ a b Rickards, Guy (October 2011). "Review - Lydia Kakabadse". Tempo. 65: 84–90. JSTOR 41482757.
  2. ^ Cooman, Carson (September–October 2016). "Lydia Kakabadse - Cantica Sacra". Fanfare.
  3. ^ a b "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 Women in 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. 20 September 2019. 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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