Composer & Conductor
Friday, August 6 5:00pm Huw’s work Auditur Deus was performed by the Choir of Pembroke College Oxford at Westminster Abbey. The work was written in 2009 to celebrate the tercentenary of the birth of Dr. Samuel Johnson, an alumnus of Pembroke College who is buried in the Abbey.
Huw Belling’s Piece Paroxys was premiered at the National Portrait Gallery in London on Friday Nov 6, 2009. The piece for solo Viola accompanied the photograph below (courtesy of the Portrait Gallery Website). Program Note: Paroxys is a corruption of the word paroxysm: a sudden outburst of emotion. With its indeterminate pitch and rhythmic freedom,…