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Eleanor Alberga : Remember
"Remember is dedicated to the memory of my mother. With slow and simple phrases at the start, the music progresses with metric subdivisions and then settles back to the ideas at the beginning. Although the content, shape and form of the piece exists in its own right, the Jamaican folksong "Come Lisa "weaves like a thread appearing and disappearing throughout the fabric of the composition. The overall character is plaintive, lyrical, gentle yet passionate"

Biography

Jamaican-born Eleanor Alberga is regarded as one of the most exciting and inventive composers on the contemporary music scene. She first started writing for the London Contemporary Dance Theatre and interest in these performances resulted in a wide range of commissions for concert music, encompassing solo works, chamber music, orchestral pieces, and electronic scores. Her music has now been heard at London's South Bank Centre, the Royal Albert Hall, and St John's, Smith Square, as well as in other major venues throughout the UK and abroad. She has had works performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the London Chamber Symphony, the European Women's Orchestra, Lontano, and the Bournemouth Sinfonietta.

Eleanor's musical background is richly diverse, combining rigorous classical training as a pianist and singer on a scholarship at the Royal Academy of Music with her experience as a member of the internationally acclaimed Jamaican Folk Singers, and three years as a dancer with an authentic African dance company. She is pianist in a duo with her husband, violinist Thomas Bowes.

Other works of limited technical difficulty by Eleanor Alberga