Douglas Weiland (born 1954 in

Malvern, Worcestershire Malvern is a spa town and civil parish in Worcestershire, England. It lies at the foot of the Malvern Hills, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The centre of Malvern, Great Malvern, is a historic conservation area, which grew dra ...

) is an English modern-classical

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. His works range from the three Sir Neville Marriner commissions Divertimento for Strings (1992), Clarinet Concerto (2002), and Triple Concerto (2006) and two Piano Trios commissioned for

Altenberg Trio The Altenberg Trio is a piano trio formed in 1994 in Vienna. It is named after a Viennese poet Peter Altenberg. Since its debut during the Salzburg Mozart Week in 1994, it is one of the few full-time piano trios in Europe. The ensemble became Trio-i ...

Wien, to several commissioned choral works and the series of chamber works produced for the Norfolk & Norwich Music Club as their Composer-in-Residence. Formerly a

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ist, Douglas was for 7 years a core player in the

Academy of St. Martin in the Fields The Academy of St Martin in the Fields (ASMF) is an English chamber orchestra, based in London. John Churchill, then Master of Music at the London church of St Martin-in-the-Fields, and Neville Marriner founded the orchestra as "The Academy of ...

(1978–85), and 5 years a founding member of the Australian Quartet (1985–1990), but since 1990 he has been a composer. Weiland has produced numerous

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and

choral A choir ( ; also known as a chorale or chorus) is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform. Choirs may perform music from the classical music repertoire, which ...

works, commissioned for and performed by artists including:

Sir Neville Marriner Sir Neville Marriner, (15 April 1924 – 2 October 2016) was an English violinist and "one of the world's greatest conducting, conductors". Gramophone (magazine), Gramophone lists Marriner as one of the 50 greatest conductors and another com ...

and the

, Altenberg Trio Wien,

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, Marie-Noëlle Kendall,

Andrew Marriner Andrew Marriner (born 25 February 1954MARRINER, Andrew Stephen
''Who's Who 2 ...

, Kenneth Sillito,

Steven Isserlis Steven Isserlis (born 19 December 1958) is a British cellist. He has led a distinguished career as a soloist, chamber musician, educator, author and broadcaster. Acclaimed for his profound musicianship, he is also noted for his diverse repert ...

Susan Milan Susan Milan ( ; born 3 September 1947) is an English professor of flute of the Royal College of Music, classical performer, recording artiste, composer, author and entrepreneur. Biography Susan Milan was born in London, the daughter of civil s ...

, and the young Hamer Quartet. Three early major

works (1985–1988) were commissioned for William Hennessy's newly formed

. Weiland was Composer-in-Residence for the Norfolk and Norwich Music Club from 2003-2007. Recent works include three double-choir Motets, and Fourth and Fifth Quartets (Ops. 50 and 51). In August 2014 he completed the large-scale Flute Concerto for Susan Milan. Douglas Weiland is married to Hilary Weiland. Their son is Benjamin Weiland.

Selected commissions / performances / broadcasts

*''Third Quartet'' (op. 39) 2005 Norfolk & Norwich Music Club. Hamer Quartet world premiere ANAM 2007, European premiere 2008; *''Triple Concerto'' (op. 38) 2006

and

/ Altenberg Trio Wien; *''Third Solo Cello Suite'' "Isserlis Mikro-Suite" (op. 37) 2004 Norfolk & Norwich Music Club for

; *''Clarinet Quintet'' (op. 33) 2003 Norfolk & Norwich Music Club for

Andrew Marriner Andrew Marriner (born 25 February 1954MARRINER, Andrew Stephen
''Who's Who 2 ...

& ASMF Ensemble; *''Second Trio'' (op.32) "

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" 2002 Norfolk & Norwich Music Club for Altenberg Trio Wien; *''Clarinet Concerto'' (op. 30) 2001

and

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for

Andrew Marriner Andrew Marriner (born 25 February 1954MARRINER, Andrew Stephen
''Who's Who 2 ...

; *''First Trio'' (op. 22) 1995 Rudolf & Gloria Bretschneider, perf. Raphael Trio and

(Brahms Saal series -

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); *''Motet ‘Holy Baptisme’'' (op. 16)

Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge A choir ( ; also known as a chorale or chorus) is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform. Choirs may perform music from the classical music repertoire, which sp ...

Richard Marlow Richard Kenneth Marlow (26 July 1939 – 16 June 2013) was an English choral conductor and organist. Born in Banstead, Surrey, he attended St Olave's and St Saviour's Grammar School in Southwark and was head chorister at Southwark Cathedral. He a ...

(

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, January 1993); *''Divertimento for strings'' (op. 15) 1991

and

(

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); *''Piano Quintet'' (op. 8) 1988

for ASQ & Marie-Noëlle Kendall released

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1992.; *''First String Quartet'' (op. 5) 1986

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for ASQ (>34 perf. incl.

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and

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); *''Voice Quintet'' (op. 4) 1985. Premiere:

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live broadcast from the 1986

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; *''‘Huge Griffons’'' 1992 for RVW Trust/New London Children's Choir/Ronald Corp (St James's/LSO St Luke's/

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)

Recent works / commissions / projected works / forthcoming performances

*''‘Verses From Scripture’'' (op. 40). commission for In Voco Parentis,

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, June 2008 *''Benedictus'' (op. 36/2) Bexhill Choral Society/Kenneth Roberts, cond., 4 October 2008 St Augustine's

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*''Goethe ‘Blumengruß’'' (op. 41) (choir/pf/orch)(25 Jahr-Jubiläum der Max Böhm

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, perf. 11 November 2008) *Anthem ''‘Vere Dominus Est’'' (op.42) (SATB double choir a cappella)(David Lowe/

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, comm. Christopher & Judith Lawrence 2008 for

's Festival Eucharist 10 May 2009) *''Piano Concerto'' (op. 31) for Marie-Noëlle Kendall *''Clarinet Concerto'' (op. 30) world

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: Melbourne Chamber Orchestra /

, conductor,

Andrew Marriner Andrew Marriner (born 25 February 1954MARRINER, Andrew Stephen
''Who's Who 2 ...

clarinet, 19 November 2009, 7.30pm at the new

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