An album of tango music with Siân accompanied on piano by Sophia Rahman and other guests. It features music by established composers Astor Piazzolla and Alberto Ginastera, contemporary British Composers Graham Lynch and Michael Omer, German composer Peter Heeren and 'Strictly Composing' competition winners Michael Philips and Julian Pombo.Michael Omer will be accompanying Siân Philipps in one item from the CD entitled 'Tango for Armelle', which is taken from Michael's score for the recently released feature short 'Doremi', produced by Rafael Medina Adalfio (www.doremifilm.com)

ALBA violin and piano by Graham Lynch

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Graham Lynch - Spanish Café for Violin and Piano (2004) [Score-Video]      Michael Omer - Past Performances

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Commissioned by: Gaynor Barrett for '38 Devonshire Street'
Instrumentation: Violin & Piano
Duration: 10:13
Performance Details: Premiered May 7, 2009, at the Florence Hall, RIBA, Portland Place, London Michael Omer - Chamber Ensemble Works - Strings - Passing Through Birches

At first glance, a beautiful birch forest, which then imperceptibly draws us into its secret inner world. A world, which, as it closes in around us, and the clear azure sky recedes above us, begins to enchant and bewitch, as it pulls us further into a land of no return. But this is a place where world-weary melancholy may find hope and solace, where perhaps something lost is re-found, or a love reborn. Scored for violin and piano, and performed by Siân Philipps & Michael Omer

Martyn Hill (tenor)
Divertimenti
Antony Pay

Nancy Ruffer (flute)
Christopher O’Neal (oboe)
Siân Philipps (violin)
Yuko Inouë (viola)
Paul Silverthorne (viola)
Gemma Rosefield (cello)
Duncan McTier (double bass)
Kathron Sturrock (piano)

Looking Back (violin and piano, 2014, 1 movement 5′ 30″)A lyrical piece which looks at Orpheus, who yearns for Euridice and cannot resist the fatal backward look. Piano score and part are available, from Comus Edition. First performed by Siân Philipps and Per Rundberg in 2016 and recorded by them on Claudio Records CC6035-2 in 2024.” … pungent lyricism irradiating the music to fine effect: an admirable, concise work.” MusicWeb International 2024    Cortège? (violin and piano) 1 movt 5’30” Recorded on Meridian CDE 84513 by Siân Philipps and Sophia Rahman and published by Comus Edition  and available to hear on Spotify: