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| COMPOSER | Winner of the 1994 Peter Whittingham Award for composition, Steve Plews is able to compose in a variety of styles yet manages to retain his own sense of identity.
He has composed for jazz and classical ensembles, as well as ewriting music for corporate media, dance, television and theatre. He has had music funded by the Ida Carroll Trust and has recently been commissioned to write a double bass concerto for Dan Styffe - principal bassist with the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra.
Steve's composition The Future of an Illusion (in three movements; Benign, Malignant, The Possibility of Hope) was recently recorded by the New World Ensemble for the Campion CD 'Face to Face'. Hubert Culot writes of this work "There follows what may be regarded as the slow movement. The mood here is of sorrow and sadness, and the music “occasionally fades to almost nothing”. This movement is one of the most moving musical elegies that I have ever heard...This substantial work, beautifully scored for strings, is undoubtedly a deeply sincere utterance that I find quite moving." Listen to an extract from the 2nd. movement below:
Steve's CD Extracts From Infinity (Campion Cameo 2029 - see the Albums page) demonstrates the breadth of his compositional range. Theme - Highland Clearance begins with an electronic realization in orchestral mode:
Also to be found on Extracts From Infinity is this composition for piano and violin, performed by Andrew Long and Stewart Death - Industrial Language:
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