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November 2018
"Fast Ride on a Short Machine" for Violin, bass clarinet & Marimba performed by F Plus at Cincinatti Conservatory, Uhio, USA Premiere.
The version for Cello, bass clarinet and Marimba of "Fast Ride..."was previously premiered by The Riot Ensemble in Brighton in 2017.
One of "Two Songs From Shakespeare" for baritone & piano performed on Australian radio bt baritone Alex Roose.
September 2018
Release of "Lumen de Lumine" by Lumen Choir (includes "Who Is My Neighbour" on Convivium Records, Spotify & Itunes
23 August 2018
Premiere of "Who is My Neighbour", by Lumen Choir, London.
9th and 23rd June 2018
Premiere and second performance of "Pax, Amor, Caritas" (A Cappella) by Concentus Choir in Seaford and Eastbourne, Sussex UK.
WITH MEMORIES
The Birley Centre, Eastbourne,
Saturday November 9th 2019, 19.30
"Pax, Amor Caritas"
The winner of the Concentus competition, this piece for A Cappella choir (SATB with divisions) is a setting of a specially written poem sung in Latin. There is also a version of this piece with a marimba accompaniment.
Translation:
Peace
Love
Charity
Spread love and happiness
Care for the homeless
Those who sleep on the streets
The lonely
Care for mankind
The hungry
Thirsty
Cold
Care for the people
"Who is My Neighbour"
This work for A Cappella choir (SATB) was commissioned by Lumen Choir and appears on their debut album with Convivium records "Lumen de Lumine". The texts are from:
Luke 10, Matthew 25, and Fatal Journeys Vol 3 Part 1 - Improving Data on Missing Migrants International Organisation for Migration Global Migration Data Analysis Centre (2017)
"To Those Who Pass Through My City"
This piece for Choir (SATB) and String Quartet (or piano) is a setting of very moving poetru by Dalal Al Mrchid about her home town of Alleppo, Syria. It is hoped it will be premiered early in 2019.
23rd Februaruy 2019
WITHOUT BORDERS - Composers Network Concert. at The Birley Centre, Eastbourne.
Modulus String Quartet and The New Network Singers, described as " "breath taking and wonderful" in
The Herald raised £1720 for the charity Migrant Help.
Composers Network Concerts
November / December 2019
Performance of "Who is My Neighbour?" by Voces Inauditae at Morningside United Church, Edinburgh.
WITH MEMORIES, composers network concert at The Birley Centre, Eastbourne.
Modulus String Quartet, Alex Rider Harp, The New Network Singers. The theme was dementia and the concert raised £500 for dementia charity "Memory Lane Eastbourne".
October 2019
Artist Cliff Crawford presentation of his Virtual Eye, with music composed by Clive Whitburn, to Blue Monkey Network at The Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne.
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Latest:
Look out for 2 major premieres in 2021:
"Music For Rooftops" - watch this space
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An open air production of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream", with Clive's music commissioned by Theatre Director Andrew Hollett.
Performances will be at Thorn House and Garden, Wembury, Plymouth. June 2021
12th December 2020
First live performance of Watson, The Final Problem by Tim Marriot & Bert Coles with music by Clive Whitburn. Smokescreen Productions at The Grove Theatre Eastbourne
November 2020
Finished composing "Stopping in Woods on a Snowy Evening" for A Cappella Choir SATB
June / July 2020
Wrote & recorded Signature tune and incidental music for Smokescreen Productions play "Watson, The Final Problem" by Tim Marriott and Bert Coules
May 2020
Release of "In the Time of Pandemic" video with virtual choir and artwork. Collaboration with writer Kitty O'Meara (USA) and artists Stephanie Grainger and Ray Burnside, wit The New Network Singers Virtual Choir.
31st May 2020
Jessica Summers (soprano) performance & UK premieres of "Two Somgs from Shakespeare" at Brighton Unitian Church has been postponed due to COVID19
18th March 2020
Clive 's talk about his work at "The Bavard Bar" at The Kino Theatre, St Leonard's Hastings is postponed due to COVID19
3 - 21 March 2020
Cliff Crawwford's Virtual Eye (Virtual Reality portraits of 4 artists including Clive) with music by Clive is exhibiting in the Portraits Exhibition at Devonshire Collective, DC1 Cafe and Gallery, Seaside Road, Eastbourne.