Stilhed (Album)

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• Description +

  • Index
    Stilhed
    Floating Piano
    Gentle Rain
    A Kiss Goodnight
    At The Heart
    Distant Lights
    Far Away
    Lovely Waltz
    Sad Song
    Sleep Tight

    ‘Stilhed’ (meaning 'silence' in Danish) comprises a series of neoclassical piano miniatures. Each piece portrays a particular mood, and over all the release is characterized by nostalgia, warmth and intimacy. Jolliffe's sounds are well suited for studying, sleeping and relaxing - but no doubt the music also deserves the listener's full attention.
    
    I love composing piano miniatures. The aim is to get close to the listener by focusing on a particular mood. Nothing does this better than the sound and warmth of the piano – it is intimate and touching without being overpowering.
    
    - Edmund Jolliffe

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  • Piano

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• About the composer +

  • Edmund’s music draws on a huge range of styles and influences. He writes music for film and television and is also an award-winning concert composer.
    
    Recent commissions include pieces for the ABRSM, the Pink Singers, the Royal Academy of Music, the London Chinese Children’s Ensemble, and Oxford University Press Collections. His choral music is available from OUP, Stainer and Bell, and Banks Music. Many of his pieces are set works on the ABRSM syllabus (initial grade piano and clarinet).
    
    First Prizes include: Orpheus Academy Chamber Music Competition, Austin, Texas, USA (first and second prize); Eastern Michigan University Choral Competition, USA; Kantos Chamber Choir Carol Competition; Freudig Singers Choral Composition Competition, USA; Ithaca College Choral Composition Competition, USA; Amadeus Choir Songwriting Competition, Canada; Ely Consort Advent Composing Competition; Hendrix Candlelight Carol Competition, USA; Renée B. Fisher Composer Award, USA.
    
    He has been writing music to picture for over twenty years. Major series he has composed music for include The Traitors, Who Do You Think You Are? (BBC1), Homestead Rescue (Discovery), Sort Your Life Out (BBC1), Grand Designs: The Street (C4), Crazy Delicious (C4/Netflix), Long Lost Family (ITV1), and Unreported World (C4). He was nominated for an RTS Craft and Design Award for his score for the BBC film Elizabeth at 90.
    
    He taught composition for many years at the Royal Academy of Music and Trinity College of Music (Junior Departments) and also lectured in Composing for the Moving Image at City University.
    
    In 2021, Odense Percussion, led by Søren Monrad, commissioned a new ensemble piece by Edmund called The Game, which was world-premiered at the Danish National Academy of Music, Denmark on November 15, 2021.
    
    More information about him can be found at: www.edmundjolliffe.com

    Information current to August 2025 

• Credits +

  • Album: Stilhed by Edmund Jolliffe
    Performing Artist: Marie Larsen
    Cover Art: Bolette Marie Madsen
    https://bmmadsen.dk
    ℗2023 Svitzer Music

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