Media

Conducting

Patricia Alessandrini – Ada’s Song

Marta Fontanals-Simmons | Britten Sinfonia, Milton Court, November 2019

Robert Laidlow – Alter

Preparing Grisey’s Vortex Temporum with Birmingham Contemporary Music Group’s NEXT programme

Composition

See below for some recent examples of William’s portfolio. For a full list of works, click here. For scores and parts, get in touch via the Contact page.

Qanuk (2016)

For cello and piano (9′)
First performance: Zoë Martlew | Huw Watkins, Royal Academy of Music

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Her Face Was Full of Woe (2016)

For solo harp (8′)
First performance: Anne Denholm (Harpist to HRH Prince of Wales), Theatre Royal, Nottingham

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Bind, Weave, Spin (2015)

For piano trio (10′)
Winner of the 2015 Lord Mayor’s Prize for Composition
First performance: Morisot Trio, St Bride’s Church Fleet Street, City of London Festival

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Press

“William Cole’s direction was particularly strong – he shaped the sound of the small ensemble with intelligent gestures and was utterly engaged with the score.”

– Fringe Opera

“Under William Cole’s authoritative direction the Filthy Lucre orchestra opened with Grisey’s spectralist classic, Partiels. The group were on top form throughout, building unearthly soundscapes out of the harmonic spectrum of the trombone’s opening blast… the Grisey showcased a group at the top of their game, confidently exploring music at the very fringes of instrumental possibility.”

– Encore Music

“From the six pieces workshopped, the one chosen to be featured in this issue was William Cole’s Plorans ploravit, a doleful reflection on the state of Jerusalem. Judith Weir, explaining her choice, was struck by how it ‘grows out of a mass of beautifully shaped lines, building ineluctably to a striking climax’.

– Choir and Organ

Conducting

Composition

Qanuk (2016)

Her Face Was Full of Woe (2016)

Bind, Weave, Spin (2015)

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