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 Selected Engagements calendar: July 2009 September 2009 November 2009 December 2009 February 2010 March 2010 April 2010 May 2010 June 2010 July- August 2010 September 2010 October 2010 November 2010 December 2010 January- July 2011
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Press Quotations "The soloists were excellent...interplay between flute and oboe was seamless, Alexa Still and Celia Craig exchanging rapid-fire flourishes and sonorous cameos...the cadenza was outstanding,...showing their brilliance..." The Christchurch Press “…eloquent…the wonderful Celia Craig..” London Evening Standard “….a marvellous cor anglais player…” The Telegraph “Wind soloists had their say, none more eloquently than the wonderful cor anglais player Celia Craig. Her sound billowed coolly in heat that made even a St. John ambulance nurse faint…” “Celia Craig had an excellent night….her cor anglais sinuously melodic, and beautifully phrased….” The Times “Celia Craig returned as soloist in Richard Strauss’s Oboe Concerto…This was an outstanding performance... a warm flexible tone ... sensitive shaping of the long, elegant phrases maintaining an elasticity of line that made for a most moving rendition that well deserved the prolonged applause that it received” “This was a very powerful performance from the BBCSO….the solos from… Michael Cox (flute) and Celia Craig (cor anglais) were excellent. Haitink may have had to work harder with this orchestra than he might have done with the London Symphony Orchestra or the Concertgebouw, but perhaps the results were all the more special because of that…” The Independent on Sunday “…the plangency of Celia Craig’s sound was as full and eloquent high up in her range as in the sombre low tenor” **** (The World’s Ransoming, cor anglais solo work by James MacMillan) The Guardian “ …in Bach’s Concerto for oboe and violin... her playing rose to eloquence, matching her partner, the distinguished violinist Kenneth Sillito,..in a searching interpretation...” “Here we heard by far the finest playing of the evening which came from Celia Craig..” Musicweb.uk.net “…whose performance of the Britten’s Six Metamorphoses after Ovid was a model of extended instrumental colour and conscious control of pacing and form….” York Evening Press "The best thing about Celia's lessons is that despite the fact she's a professional oboe and cor anglais player of the highest standing, she's always on a level with you. Whatever your technical or musical difficulties are, she'll always have an anecdote about when the same thing happened to her. She's great at putting you at ease, creating a great atmosphere for learning." “….This was a powerful reading, shirking nothing, illuminated by some gorgeous woodwind playing, especially from Celia Craig, whose playing of the important cor anglais part was exemplary” “Copland’s evocative Quiet City was given flawless and sensitive solos from Celia Craig’s solemn cor anglais and William Houghton’s sombre trumpet, complimenting each other from opposite ends of the platform..John Adams conducted with an assured line, making the music flow perfectly…” S and H Prom Review
Oboe- Alwyn Oboe Concerto Cor Anglais- Gordon Jacob Rhapsody Programs available with Amy Johansen, organ, on request - contact above. Fees, contact Celia as above For details of forthcoming concerts and future CD recordings, join my mailing list as above |