Kate Whitely composer/piano
Viola Concerto
3 Pieces for Violin and Piano
5 Piano Pieces
Duo for Violin and Viola
I Am I Say
Shiry Rashkovksy viola
Rolf Hind piano
Kate Whitley piano
Eloisa-Fleur Thom violin
Asher Zaccardelli viola
Sarah-Jane Lewis soprano
Ashley Riches bass
Choirs from Kender, Lyndhurst and John Donne Primary School (JD Singers and Community Choir)
Multi-Story Orchestra
Christopher Stark conductor
NMC D229 | www.nmcrec.co.uk
From 2010’s Viola Concerto to 2015’s joyous I Am I Say for children’s choirs (who fashion their own final verse on Sabrina Mahfouz’s opening verses), Kate Whitley’s NMC Debut Disc gives an all round picture of her compositions and way she likes to make music. Those two works are accompanied by the orchestra she founded with conductor Christopher Stark, the Multi-Story Orchestra whose home is at Bold Tendencies, a one-time car park in Peckham, while the chamber pieces are played by friends and regular performing colleagues.
See the accompanying BBT film profile of Kate Whitley here.