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Roger has begun work orchestrating on the soundtrack to a new David Dimbleby series for the BBC. Sax Circus is Roger's latest project for an octet of members of the National Saxophone Choir (NSC) and will be given it's first performance at the World Saxophone Congress in Bangkok in July. Roger has recently completed orchestrations for the soundtrack to the third series of Robin Hood, which is currently airing on BBC1. Flight to the Iolite was very well received in performances by the National Symphony Orchestra and the Orchestra of Opera North at Lesley Garrett's gala concerts. 7 Wonders was recently premiered by the National Saxophone Choir (NSC) at the CBSO centre in Birmingham with further performance dates already scheduled. Roger has been orchestrating music by Chris Nicolaides for The Victorians, a new BBC primetime series presented by Jeremy Paxman. The 12-part series Francesco's Mediterranean Voyage is now available on DVD following a successful airing on BBC2 last summer. The soundtrack features some of Roger's orchestrations. Recent comments
‘It is so rare to hear a new piece of truly celebratory music that lifts everyone's spirits and communicates so directly on every level. Thank you.’ [Conductor Philip Ellis on Flight to the Iolite.]
‘It's punchy, well-constructed and brilliantly conceived… to be offered a work of this quality is a rare privilege’ [NSC's Musical Director, Nigel Wood, on Introduction & Riffs.]
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Music, I feel, must be emotional first and intellectual second. Maurice Ravel | ||