Katharine Durran
A pianist for all seasons       

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Singing for All

More about this CD Buy this CD	The Complete Toccatas of J.S.Bach Katharine Durran “A very special disc ... she is a Bachian of luminous integrity and unforced nobility” PIANO magazine “She manages to combine a sense of historical awareness and clarity with real musicality and panache … this is a wonderful disc, introducing a Bach pianist of rare insight and musicality” Museyroom.com
More about this CD Buy this CD	The Nursery Sandra Lissenden & Katharine Durran Poems by A.A.Milne & Rudyard Kipling set by H.Fraser-Simson & Edward German, with Song Cycles by Mussorgsky & Thea Musgrave “A charming and delightful CD” BBC Radio3 “… a very accomplished duo … impeccable technique and quite unusually perfect diction … panache … virtuosity … wholly delightful and unique CD …” “Treasurable – childhood for everyone!” Musical Pointers
More about this CD Buy this CD	Songs from the Exotic TAPESTRY – Andrew Sparling, Sandra Lissenden & Katharine Durran Songs with clarinet and piano by Michael Finnissy, Judith Weir, Howard Skempton, Haflidi Hallgrimsson, Gabriel Jackson, Nick Hayes, Sadie Harrison, Aidan Fisher & Laurence Crane “Expert performances throughout” Gramophone “This is an outstanding disc in every way … the performances are exemplary” BBC Music Magazine
More about this CD Buy this CD	Prospice - English Song Martin Oxenham, Bingham String Quartet & Katharine Durran Songs with string quartet and piano by Butterworth, Somervell, Walford Davies, Geoffrey Bush and Vaughan Williams “Hats off to those whose idea it was to lead us so beguilingly down the musical byways … Oxenham's interpretations are perceptive” BBC Music Magazine
More about this CD Buy this CD	Peripheral Visions - British Song since 1970 Alison Smart & Katharine Durran Music for voice and piano by James MacMillan, Judith Weir, Maxwell Davies (including his ever-popular Farewell to Stromness), Elizabeth Maconchy, Gabriel Jackson, Robin Holloway, Nicola LeFanu and George Nicholson "A typically adventurous collection of songs" The Times "A welcome gathering. Without this sort of exercise few of us would be able to stand back and consider the progress of songwriting either nationally or internationally" Record Box "Independent-minded … impressive" The Sunday Times
More about this CD Buy this CD	Classical Spanish Songs Maria Dolores Campos & Katharine Durran Songs by de Falla, Granados, Mompou, Obradors, Espla & Turina “Durran’s piano-playing is faultless” The Singer
More about this CD Buy this CD	New French Song Alison Smart & Katharine Durran Twenty new settings of French words by twenty British Composers — Bingham, Burrell, Casken, Chilcott, Cowie, Crane, Finnissy, Fitkin, Gorb, Harrison, Jackson, Keeling, LeFanu, McGuire, O’Regan, Redgate, Roe, Skempton, Todd and Wood. The collection includes O’Regan’s Sainte, which won the 2005 British Composers Award.. “Alison Smart ... elicited a really  impressive range of colours and contours, comfortably handling the stylistic changes between songs.” Musical Opinion “Organically alive and witty … imaginatively integrated … a powerful sense of atmosphere.” The Independent on Sunday

 “With a remarkable sensitivity and a wide palette of colours, 
Katharine Durran’s playing was a musical lesson in Art History” 
Musical Opinion

“Her strong personality was evident…an absolute conviction in the music” 
The Times Educational Supplement

“…virtuosity and unparalleled musicianship…a tour de force of a recital…” 
The Herald

“The multi-talented pianist, Katharine Durran…
unswerving control and finesse…lovely expressive pianism”
The Scotsman

Katharine Durran
Beeches House, Loanwath Road, Gretna, Dumfries & Galloway DG16 5EP

Telephone : +44 (0) 1461 338903

katharine@katharinedurran.org.uk