Fiona Frank - Concerts 2023

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Fiona Frank - Concerts 2023
    2023 Concert in Iceland on World Earth Day.

    One of Fiona's pieces featured in a special concert in Iceland on World Earth Day. The River Wye formed the inspiration behind this piece, 'Flow Gentle River!', which was performed along with works from the Icelandic community. The concert was on 22nd April 2023 at Dynjandi Concert Hall, 31 Skipholti, Iceland University of the Arts, and was conducted by Suzanne Rome and Majella Clarke.

  • Iceland concert for Earth Day 20230422.jpg


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    May 2023: 'Concerto Monografico' of Fiona's Chamber music.

    St Woolo's Sinfonia played a concert of Fiona's pieces at St Michael's, Tintern on 12th May 2023. This included a piece for 'cello solo, a duo for oboe and 'cello, string trios, and a full performance of all six movements of the Oboe Quartet.


  • Poster for Tintern Concert 20230512

  • StMichaels, Tintern: The Altar
  • Fiona and Sonia 2019
  • Outside StMichaels, Tintern

  • Smiles all round- St Woolos Sinfonia principals oboe quartet and Fiona receive applause

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    June 2023: 'The Last Judgement'

    Fiona's Solo Cantata. 'The Last Judgement' was sung again by Madison Marie McIntosh, in Florida on 30th June.

  • pics for Madison concert Florida 30 june 2023
  • On June 30, Mo. Trevor Maloney, and mezzo-sopranos Chrishawn Michelle Floyd and Madison Marie McIntosh performed a concert of sacred music to benefit those affected by Hurricane Ian, at Trinity Presbyterian Church (Trinity Clearwater), Florida. This performance included beloved classics; reprises of pieces by Garrett Brown, Fiona Frank, Akihiro Masuda, and Man-Ching Donald Yu; and world premieres of pieces by Trevor Maloney, Patricio Molina, Harrison Sheckler, and Stephane Tesan.

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    Fiona's piece for piano solo, "Flower Moon Eclipse in Scorpio", was performed by Maggie S Lorelli, at the Belvedere overlooking the sea of Baja Sardinia, on 19th July 2023.
  • Flower Moon poster for soul of women project Maggie S Lorelli, July 23

  • Maggie Lorelli writes:
    "On Wednesday, July 19, I will play at sunset in the wonderful Belvedere on the sea of Baja Sardinia, in the heavenly scenery of the Costa Smeralda. I will present my project #SoulofWomen, a reading-concert dedicated to Women in Music. I chose music that touch the strings of the soul, and that particularly represents me. Among the contemporaries I will also perform music by composers dear to me: Carlotta Ferrari, Fiona T Frank and Gaby Kapps. The event is promoted by the Municipality of Arzachena and falls into the calendar of #arzachenaeventi and the District Consortium of Baja Sardinia"
    "On July 19th I will hold my reading-concert "Soul of Women" in a dreamy location on Costa Smeralda, at sunset, in the Belvedere in Baja Sardinia. Thanks to the Communes of Arzachena and Baja Sardinia, and to the District Consortium of Baja Sardinia"
    "Pure magic playing in this wonderful Belvedere on the sea of the Emerald Coast with all the colours of the sunset. So many people listen to me"

    Flower Moon in Scorpio at the concert at the Belvedere, Baja Sardinia


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    August 2023: 'Mystical Swan in Blue'

    Charles Matthews played Fiona's 'Mystical Swan in Blue' in a lunchtime concert at St Woolos, Newport, on 12th August.

    St Woolos Concert, Charles Matthews, 12 August 2023

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    Charles repeated his performance of 'Mystical Swan in Blue' at Warwick Unitarian Chapel on 19th August.

  • Charles Matthews' Concert poster for Warwick

  • Charles playing Mystical Swan in Blue
  • Fiona at concert rehearsal
  • Warwick: audience and Fiona


  • Fiona & Charles
  • Fiona and Charles

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    November 2023 : Flower Moon Eclipse in Scorpio.


    In a reading-concert on 19 November 2023, "Soul of Women", dedicated to the Giornata mondiale contro la violenza sulle donne (International Day against violence towards Women, 25 November), Magge S Lorelli played Fiona's piece for piano solo, "Flower Moon Eclipse in Scorpio" at the Museo Nazionale degli Strumenti Musicali in Rome.

    "I will tell stories of musicians forgotten by history as women, themselves victims of existential and creative annihilation of maleist and patriarchal patterns. Some of the violence too. Human relationships don't improve, we're struggling to remain human. We are making mistakes, and we have to talk a lot looking at each other in the face, with our hearts in our hands".
    -Maggie S Lorelli


    Museo Nazionale degli Strumenti Musicali and flyer for the concert

    Ancient instruments and poster for the concert

    Maggie Lorelli playing the Piano

    Maggie Lorelli with a Flower and talking to a relative of one of the other composers

    "Flower Moon Eclipse in Scorpio" also featured in another reading-concert by Magge S Lorelli dedicated to the Giornata mondiale contro la violenza sulle donne (International Day against violence towards Women, 25 November) on 23 November 2023, at the Palazzo Venezia in Naples.

    Piano, venue, Flyer for Maggie Lorelli concert at Palazzo Venetzia in Naples

  • Maggie Lorelli concert at Palazzo Venetzia in Naples

  • Maggie Lorelli at the reading-concert for the Giornata mondiale contro la violenza sulle donne
 at Palazzo Venetzia in Naples

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    November 2023 : Towards a Shining Light 50 for 50.


    Fiona is one of 50 composers from 25 countries around the world selected to provide a musical self-portrait, in a project to write for an acoustic trio (piano, viola and clarinet), in an interesting initiative - the "Towards a Shining Light 50 for 50" project devised by Paul Kopetz. Her 1-minute-long self-portrait is used as part of a large 50-minute work, augmented by a chosen picture. This unprecedented project brings together music creatives with an amazing diversity of cultural and ethnic backgrounds and compositional styles, ranging from traditional/contemporary Classical and Film music to innovative jazz, fusions, and experimental music. The self-portraits were presented in early December 2023 as one continuous collage, in live performances by trios in Australia (Ensemble Flex), The Netherlands (Pelgrim Trio) and the USA (Lamont Trio). Does music represent unity or diversity? In 1 minute of music, can a composer speak directly to a listener of who they are?



  • Collage of the visual portraits of the 50 composers
  • Fiona's piece in the performance list


  • The premiere performance was by Ensemble Flex in Australia, on 18th November 2023, with further performances from
    Pelgrim Trio in The Netherlands on 2nd and 3rd December 2023
    Lamont Trio in Denver USA on 8th December 2023


    Ensemble Flex (Australia):
    Dr Rianne Wilschut, clarinet
    Nicholas Tomkin, viola
    Alex Raineri, piano

    Ensemble Flex give the premiere performance of Towards a Shining Light 50 for 50 (Start)

    Ensemble Flex give the premiere performance of Towards a Shining Light 50 for 50 (Live and Finish)


    Further performances were by the
    Pelgrim Trio in The Netherlands on 2nd and 3rd December 2023

    Pelgrim Trio (The Netherlands):
    Karin Dolman, viola
    Thea Rosmulder, clarinet
    Caecilia Boschman, piano
    -click below to watch the performance:

    Flyer for the Pelgrim Trio Concerts in Dordrecht


    and the Lamont Trio in Denver USA on 8th December 2023

    Lamont Trio (USA):
    Ash Mach, viola
    John Griffin, clarinet
    Christopher Thompson, piano


    Adverts for the Lamont Trio Concert in Denver



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