To mark the 40th anniversary of the government’s Music and Dance Scheme (MDS), young musicians from the UK’s five specialist music schools release the results of an unprecedented collaboration, written and performed during lockdown.
Gwilym demonstrates that music has no boundaries as he explores sounds ranging from suspended choral harmonies by Eric Whitacre and celestial spirals on the harp, to a rarely heard piano quartet by William Walton and three intriguing minutes from Argentinian composer Astor Piazzolla. Plus two very different sides of JS Bach and an irresistible Russian waltz.
New Album with LSO Percussion Ensemble featuring Gwilym’s suite of music for percussion and piano out on 6th March 2020
Gwilym’s solo album Near and Now voted no 6 in Jazzwise’s 2019 Best of Year Charts.
The new record features ten compositions by Metheny, who is joined by long-time drummer, Antonio Sanchez, Malaysian/Australian bassist Linda May Han Oh, and British pianist Gwilym Simcock as well as the Hollywood Studio Symphony conducted by Joel McNeely. Meshell Ndegeocello (vocals), Gregoire Maret (harmonica), and Luis Conte (percussion) are special guests on From This Place, Metheny’s first album of new material since 2014’s Kin (←→).
Gwilym Simcock Move! (world première of new version)
Matthew Brown New Work
This concert will be livestreamed
Available online for one month
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30
Aug
2026 |
United Kingdom | Sandbach | Swan and Chequers | |
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Gwilym Simcock with Nick Smart
5:00pm
Admission: Free admission.
16 Hightown
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03
Sep
2026 |
United Kingdom | Ambleside | Zeffirellis | |
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Gwilym Simcock, Hermine Deurloo, Mike Walker trio
7:30pm
Compston Road
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06
Sep
2026 |
United Kingdom | London | Royal Albert Hall | |
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Concerto for Soprano Sax, Horn and Cello
Gwilym Simcock
Triple Concerto for Soprano Saxophone, Horn and Cello(20 mins)
BBC Radio 3 co-commission: world premiere
7:30pm
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10
Sep
2026 |
Bulgaria | Sofia | Bulgaria | |
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Concerto for Soprano Sax, Horn and Cello
Co commission with BBC Radio 3. Concerto for Soprano Saxophone, Horn and Cello with Jess Gillam, Ben Goldscheider and Sheku Kanneh- Mason
7:00pm
1 Aksakov Str
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30
Sep
2026 |
United Kingdom | Birmingham | CBSO | |
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Concerto for Soprano Sax, Horn and Cello
Co commission with BBC Radio 3. Concerto for Soprano Saxophone, Horn and Cello with Jess Gillam, Ben Goldscheider and Sheku Kanneh- Mason
2:15pm
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