Peter Fender

June 05, 2017

A great day was had last Saturday, 3 June, as Peter lead a workshop on symphonies by Haydn and Vorisek in central London. An orchestra numbering 32 (an ideal size) admirably negotiated the many notes of symphony 99 by Haydn and ...

Scicli town centre
April 06, 2017

Each year Peter runs an orchestral course in the stunningly beautiful south eastern part of Sicily. This year is no exception! The course runs for the final week of July and will include a concert in its base of Scicli, which will include three ...

Gustac Mahler
April 06, 2017

Peter is delighted that he will be conducting Mahler's mamoth second symphony for the second time in September. Nicknamed 'Resurrection' this is possibly the most popular of Mahler's symphonies. It certainly contains a vast array of music - from distant horns ...

Philip Glass - by Steve Pyke
March 06, 2017

Peter is delighted to be conducting the UK premiere of Philip Glass's Symphony No.8 on Sunday 12 March. The piece was chose because it fitted well wit the other music in the programme and it wasn't realised that it will be a UK premiere until ...

January 24, 2017

Peter will be directing a performance of Haydn's great work 'The Creation' on Sunday 26 February. This will be the culmination of a weekend of work on the piece, which begins on Saturday afternoon. The weekend is a fundraising initiative - half of the proceeds ...

November 22, 2016

Peter has just completed a new composition for recorder ensemble. '3 Miniatures' lasts just 4 minutes, but encompasses a variety of musical styles and recorder techniques. It is written for a medium to large ensemble (i.e. more than one player per part) and ...

Il direttore vitruviano
November 16, 2016

Peter had a wonderful photo session back in the Summer with the fantastically talented Sarah Cresswell. 2 photos from that session are now on the Photos page ... including Il Direttore Vitruviano ...

November 02, 2016

Looking for some new music for your orchestra/choir/group? Please have a look at Peter's new compositions page! All of Peter's compositions and arrangements are listed there and new ones are being added on a regular basis. You can buy directly ...

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