Jonathan David Little

Contemporary Classical Concert Music Haslemere UK Melbourne AUS United Kingdom

About Jonathan David Little

The evocative music of award-winning composer, JONATHAN DAVID LITTLE, BMus(Hons), ThA, PhD, FLCM, FISM, FRSA, is notable for its mystical beauty, intensity, richness and intricacy. ...

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Australian Composers (Wirripang) - Music Publisher Edwin Mellen Press Books Website (Book 1 of 2) Edwin Mellen Press Books Website (Book 2 of 2) Mellen Books on Amazon.com - on Orchestration 1 Mellen Books on Amazon.com - on Orchestration 2

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YOUTUBE Channel - Jonathan David Little RECORDINGS [CD's] on Navona Records +COMPOSER BIO / RESUME & REVIEW HIGHLIGHTS "CONVERSATIONS WITH COMPOSERS": Jonathan David Lit BBC "ENCORE CHORAL" AWARD ANNOUNCEMENT

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As a follow-up to his successful 2012 CD "POLYHYMNIA" – featuring three European orchestras – JONATHAN DAVID LITTLE, a former Collard Fellow in Music, has released a new album of choral and "polychoral" works on the US Navona label. Entitled "WOEFULLY ARRAYED", this CD features three choirs from the US and UK, contains diagrams of all the choral forces involved, and an essay on ‘Polychorality’ by Hugh Keyte. It is sponsored by an inaugural Australia Council ‘International Arts Project Award’. FIRST ADVANCE REVIEW (and IN-DEPTH INTERVIEW), in FANFARE (USA): "Woefully Arrayed is a masterpiece … A superb disc, one that simply gets better on each and every listening. There is a radiance to Little’s writing that seems shot through with spiritual light and which speaks on a very deep level to the listener. ... On a personal level, I haven’t experienced such revelation in choral terms since the Tallis Scholars’ first recording of the Allegri Miserere." – Colin Clarke, “Little, Woefully Arrayed …”, in Fanfare (Nov/Dec 2017) (USA) REVIEW in AUDIOPHILE AUDITION (USA): "This album is a delight on all fronts. … Little achieves unique and beautiful effects through spacing and arrangement of vocal groups. It seems that Little’s techniques are well grounded in both very careful construction of harmonies and voicing as well as in acoustics and the physics of sound. … In fact, two of the most fantastically beautiful works in this collection—Gloria, op.18 and Wasted and Worn, op. 6, also have atypical and unique placement of the singers. … Of the six selections herein, I would be hard pressed to pick a favorite … When I hear music of this sort it reminds in the best possible ways of when I have actually had the pleasure of hearing music by Tallis or Dunstable in a large old marble clad cathedral … Very enjoyable, highly recommend!" - Daniel Coombs, “Jonathan David LITTLE: Sacred and Secular Choral & Polychoral Works”, in Audiophile Audition, August 1st, 2017 (USA) OTHER RECENT ORCHESTRAL AND CHORAL SUCCESSES: (January, 2017) Composer Jonathan David Little recently received Special Distinction for his orchestral showpiece, "Terpsichore", in America’s 2017 Nissim Prize – one of the concert music world’s most esteemed awards. He was personally congratulated from New York by ASCAP’s Head of Concert Music, Cia Toscanini. (October, 2016) In 2016, Jonathan was winner of a Royal Philharmonic Society / BBC Radio 3 ‘ENCORE Choral’ Award, and was also invited to participate in a BBC Singers’ Choral Music Workshop, led by Judith Weir.

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"Ecstatic Minimalism" - "Archaic Futurism" - "Picturesque Archaism" [Worldwide critical definitions of musical style]