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STRINGS Magazine

Cover Story | May - June, 2024

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​"This spring, Quint premiered an exciting

new violin concerto, a piece he commissioned

from acclaimed Belize-born British composer

Errollyn Wallen.

In quick succession, he  performed the piece

in several cities with multiple orchestras, including the

Calgary Philharmonic, the Kansas City Symphony, and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra."

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REVIEW: SAN FRANCISCO CLASSICAL VOICE | August 2024:

Errollyn Wallen Violin Concerto | West Coast Premiere

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​ "The following work, Errollyn Wallen’s Violin Concerto (2024), drew on the considerable strengths of soloist Quint. The concerto opens in shimmering suspense, and then soloist and orchestra creep in with darkly foreboding tones and chimes. Ultimately, Quint leapt about the strings acrobatically, maintaining his glowing tone all the while. This is a star vehicle, but the orchestra is marshalled cleverly and assertively, too."

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REVIEW: LONDON TIMES |  April 2024:

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Errollyn Wallen Violin Concerto | UK Premiere​

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"Errollyn Wallen’s Violin Concerto proved exhilarating and playful... Written for violinist Philippe Quint, who also played it here, it moves from an incredibly delicate opening into music that’s strident and impassioned but also very playful. Quint himself brought unabashed lyricism to it, clearly having a whale of time, and almost dancing his way through the ebullient finale after bringing gorgeous richness to the ripe melody of the slow movement, the concerto’s definite

 

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REVIEW: CALGARY HERALD | March 2024:

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Errollyn Wallen Violin Concerto | World Premeire

"Impressive and eclectic concerto premiered for appreciative Calgary audience"

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REVIEW: KC STUDIO | March 2024:

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Errollyn Wallen Violin Concerto | US Premiere

"Both Quint and Pintscher thrive in new music situations, and Wallen’s work was well fit to this program of color and collage, with a variety of quick-shifting musical content."

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A Monumental Partnership: A Conversation with Philippe Quint | March 2024

Over the past three years, Philippe has worked closely with Errollyn on the piece’s development. “[Errollyn] wanted to write a piece that would be meaningful to me and her,” Philippe recalled, and the finished composition follows through on this, drawing inspiration from stories from Philippe’s childhood and lullabies sung by his grandfather.

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PRESS RELEASE | MUSICAL AMERICA

Philippe Quint to Premiere a New Violin Concerto by Belize born UK composer Errollyn Wallen 

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