Consultancy
'James Murray's notes are the ideal companion to the listening experience' Rob Barnett MusicWeb September 2005
Kernow Classics offers a wide ranging musical consultancy service. James Murray draws on over 30 years of experience in the classical music field
- writing sleeve notes which have received critical acclaim
- advising major record labels on repertoire and back catalogue
- advising advertising agencies, film and theatre companies
- advising opera companies about repertoire
- musical research
- teaching and lecturing
- giving talks and after dinner speeches.
He has expert specialist and detailed knowledge of
- Opera and opera on record
- Orchestral music from c1700 to the present
- Twentieth century British music
- German and French Song
- Gilbert and Sullivan
- Post Gilbert and Sullivan British and American musical theatre
- Film musical
- Early Jazz and Dance Bands (to c1950)
- Handel, Mozart, Schubert, Weber, Lortzing, Wagner, Richard Strauss, Mahler, Berg, Orff, Egk, Künneke, Korngold, Lehár
- Rossini, Donizetti, Bellini, Verdi, Puccini, Giordano, Respighi
- Rameau, Chabrier, Massenet, Offenbach, Poulenc, Roussel, Debussy, Ravel
- Tchaikovsky, Sibelius, Grieg, Nielsen, Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Dvorák
- Elgar, Vaughan Williams, Bax, Delius, Sullivan, Coates, Ketčlbey
- Gershwin, Kern, Berlin, Arlen, Rodgers, and British songwriters of the period
Inter alia James has participated as 'the expert' panellist at the Leicester International Music Festival, assisted ballet historians Millicent Hodson and Kenneth Archer with their research for the reconstruction of Cotillon (Chabrier), advised Derek Jarman (Caravaggio), and has written well over 350 sleeve notes for major labels.
He has run various music courses for the University of Nottingham and the WEA, and has entertained organisations and societies with his amusing and enlightening talks which draw on his extensive inside knowledge of the operatic and classical music world. He has been instrumental in various works obtaining their British premieres (including that for Chabrier's Gwendoline).
Courses planned for 2009 include 100 Years of Singing Mozart for Farncombe Estate. Talks already booked for 2010 include many for music societies and other organisations.
To discuss your requirements with James please email enquiries@kernowclassics.co.uk or phone 01726 879059 / 07989 398782