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Review - The Crash - Oldenburg State Theatre
First Person: composer Russell Hepplewhite on setting John Burningham's 'Borka' to music
Review - Under The Little Red Moon - English Touring Opera
Hepplewhite [provides] a rich, varied musical bed for the action. And it's amazing how well he manages to do this with nine instrumentalists. Everything seems to be constantly moving, tirelessly. His music is lively, constantly on the move. He nimbly creates one climax after the next...
Theatre Pur
Review - Under The Little Red Moon - English Touring Opera
First Person: composer Russell Hepplewhite on setting John Burningham's 'Borka' to music
Review - Under The Little Red Moon - English Touring Opera
Hepplewhite never patronises the children with rumpty-tumpty Jack and Jill tunes, but instead gives them sinuous music of great sophistication, choosing instrumentation that embellishes the sense of wonder being created on stage.
The Guardian
First Person: composer Russell Hepplewhite on setting John Burningham's 'Borka' to music
First Person: composer Russell Hepplewhite on setting John Burningham's 'Borka' to music
First Person: composer Russell Hepplewhite on setting John Burningham's 'Borka' to music
If the message of Borka is about celebrating being different, then it seemed there was no contest in this respect. So my top choices had to be viola and bassoon, neither being as loved as they should be.
The Arts Desk
COMING SOON: Living Voices
New publication - ten new texts set to music by Russell Hepplewhite.
MONA ARSHI, PAM AYRES, FIONA BENSON, JOSEPH COELHO, WENDY COPE, JAMILA GAVIN, ROGER MCGOUGH, ANDREW MOTION, ALICE OSWALD, MICHAEL ROSEN
published by Stainer & Bell