LEGEND

Instrumentation

Flute & Piano

Other Information

Legend started life in 2006 as a piano solo entry in the National Eiseddford of Wales where it won first prize and was given its first performance. Written in ternary [ABA] form, the opening section consists of a gentle, floating melody. The middle section is restless and unsettled until a return to the opening tempo alows the music to subside ready for a reprise of the first section. The performers on the recording are Clare-Louise Appleby [flute] and Julian Hellaby [piano].

Clare-Louise Appleby [flute]. Clare-Louise graduated from Birmingham Conservatoire with a Bmus (Hons) and MA. She has performed with many national orchestras and ensembles including Birmingham Royal Ballet and The Royal Shakespeare Company as well as on television and radio. Clare-Louise is visiting lecturer in flute at the Universities of Warwick, Coventry and Wolverhampton. In December 2005 she was awarded honorary membership of Birmingham Conservatoire in recognition of services to music. She has worked with artists as diverse as Judy Dench and pop star Mika.

Julian Hellaby [piano]. Julian studied with the distinguished British pianist, Denis Matthews, before further training at the Royal Academy of Music under Guy Jonson, where he was awarded several piano prizes. He has performed as solo pianist, concerto soloist, chamber musician and accompanist throughout the UK, Europe, the Middle East and South Africa, including performances in the Wigmore Hall and the Purcell Room, as well as for music clubs and university concert series. More recently, he formed a piano duo partnership with pianist Peter Noke with whom he has performed internationally and carried out two national tours. His university work covers a broad span of undergraduate and postgraduate activities from music history and dissertation supervision (undergraduate, masters and doctoral) through to performance, performance practice and improvisation classes. Julian is an examiner, trainer and moderator for the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music, and has presented seminars for the Board in Hong Kong, Jakarta, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Turkey and throughout the UK and Ireland. He is also mentor to the Board’s CT ABRSM professional development course and has mentored at the Birmingham, Cambridge, Nottingham, Oxford, Hong Kong and Singapore centres. He has also written several articles of a pedagogical nature for the ABRSM. He has given public lectures for a number of organisations, adjudicated at music festivals and given masterclasses. He also has extensive experience of piano teaching at all levels. His book on musical interpretation was published by Ashgate in 2009.