BIOGRAPHY
Jonathan Woolgar draws from a wide range of musical experience to create work that is communicative without compromise. His music has been played around the world by performers such as Héloïse Werner, Onyx Brass and the Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra, as well as broadcast several times on BBC Radio 3. He is a 2020-21 Royal Philharmonic Society composer, and current projects include a commission for the 2021 Cheltenham Music Festival.
NEWS
New recording online: “Cello Messages”
You can now listen to my most recent piece, Cello Messages, online. The 30-minute, five-movement piece was written for cellist Joe Davies and pianist Daniel Chappell and recorded in COVID-safe…
Read MoreRPS Composer 2020/21
I am very pleased to announce that I have been selected as a Royal Philharmonic Society Composer for 2020/21. As well as a chamber commission from the Cheltenham Music Festival…
Read MoreLockdown update: Cello Messages
Although it was disappointing for the LSO Panufnik Workshop to have been postponed due to COVID-19, I am pleased to say that I was kept busy in the lockdown by…
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WORKS
PROTO-SYMPHONY
for orchestra
Duration: 4 min. | First perf.: 8th March 2021
Cello Messages
for cello and piano
Duration: 30 min. | First perf.: 16th December 2020
Song-Messages
for soprano and piano
Duration: 10 min. | First perf.: 24th October 2019
Cantata-Roundelay
for soprano, tenor and cello
Duration: 9 min. | First perf.: 23rd May 2019