Nicholas Gotch | Composer

Nicholas Gotch is a London based composer and teacher who has received much critical acclaim in Britain and in Europe.

 

Press

Dance, Monster, To My Soft Song!

“Dance, Monster, to My Soft Song!’ inspired by the work of Paul Klee is concise and shows the composer’s acute sense of colour.”

— Ruch Muzyczny, Warsaw

“This concise composition, interlacing pulsing rhythmic music with more static harmonies displays the composer’s musical imagination in a strong light.”

— Dziennik Polski, Krakow

“A kinetic and colourful sextet.”

— Musical Times

 

Selected performances

 

Earthrise (for orchestra)

First performance: November 29th 2019, Arthur Rubinstein Lodz Philharmonic, Lodz, Poland. Conducted by Pawel Przytocki. Awarded 2nd prize at the 6th Grazyna Bacewicz International Composer Competition.

 

Fadensonnen (for orchestra)

First performance: May 18th 2008, Leighton Park School, Reading. West Forest Sinfonia, conducted by Philip Ellis.

Dormi Jesu (for a cappella choir)

First performance: November 23rd 2019, St James Church, London N1. Cantallini, conducted by Giles Ridley.

 

Fantazia (In Memoriam Michael Tippett) (orchestra)

First performance: May 9th 2002, Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, University of York. Orchestra of Opera North, conducted by Garry Walker.

Further performances : West Forest Sinfonia, 26th June 2011, St Paul’s Church, Wokingham.

Nottingham Philharmonic, 7th May 2011, Albert Hall, Nottingham.