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Peter Cigleris - Clarinet

Biography

Peter studied at the Birmingham Conservatoire with Michael Harris and Colin Parr. Whilst at the Conservatoire Peter won the prestigious John Ireland Chamber music award after a performance of the composer’s Fantasy Sonata. At the Conservatoire Peter also premiered Guy Woolfenden's arrangement of Malcolm Arnold's Pre-Goodman Rag for clarinet and wind-ensemble, he later performed the original concerto with Guy Woolfenden as part of the composer's 80th birthday celebrations. In 2002 Peter graduated from the Royal College of Music with a PGDip, whilst at the RCM Peter studied with all the clarinet professors. During the following summer Peter was awarded the Prix de Fossat and was then invited to perform for Her Majesty the Queen of Denmark at a private reception in France.  Peter is an active chamber musician and soloist and has performed in many festivals throughout the UK including the Windsor and Wooburn festivals, Carlisle and Gower Festivals and concert tours organized by Enterprise Music Scotland. As soloist he has premiered several new works for the instrument as well as performances of concertos by Mozart, Weber, Finzi and Arnold to name a few. As an orchestral musician Peter has played with groups including the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera. Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Jerwood ensemble.  He is currently principle clarinet with the New Professionals Chamber Orchestra and plays a pair of Peter Eaton Elite clarinets made for him in November 2001.

 

Repertoire

Clarinet Concertos



Mozart Concerto in A Major

Nielsen Concerto

Copland Concerto

Finzi Concerto

Weber Concertino

Weber Concerto No 1

Weber Concerto No 2

Crusell Concerto No 2

Krommer Concerto

Debussy Premier Rhapsody

Stanford Concerto

Arnold Concerto No 2

Stravinsky Ebony Concerto

Jenkins Concerto

Woolfenden Concerto

Woolfenden Rondo Variations







Unaccompanied Pieces



Berio Sequenza IX a

Arnold Fantasy

Crosse A Year and a Day

Carter Gra

Sutermiester Capriccio

Stravinsky Three Pieces

Stadler Three Caprices

Harvey Three Etudes on Themes of Gershwin

Loderstedt Crazy Bird

Kovacs Hommages





Clarinet and Piano



Wilson Sonata

Stanford Sonata

Brahms Sonata No1, 2

Bax Sonata

Grovlez Sarabande and Allegro

Weber Grand Duo Concertant

Jeanjean Carnival of Venice (Theme and Variations)

Poulenc Sonata

Bernstein Sonata

Gershwin Piano Preludes (arr. James Cohn)

Arnold Sonatina

Mendelssohn Bartholdy Sonata

Bassi Fantasy on Verdi’s Rigoletto

Benjamin Le Tombeau de Ravel

Benjamin Jamaican Rumba

Carmichael Fetes Champetres

Carmichael Pastoral

Finzi Five Bagatelles

Hurlstone Four Characteristic Pieces

Ireland Fantasy Sonata

Rimsky-Korsakoff Fight of the Bumblebee

Lazarus Fantasia on Airs from ‘I Puritani’

Lovreglio Fantasia on the Opera ‘La Traviata’ by Verdi

Martinu Sonatina

Messager Solo de Concours

Milhaud Duo Concertant

Raybould The Wistful Shepherd

Saint-Saens Sonata

Schreiner Immer Kleiner (A Humorous Fantasy)

Schumann Fantasiestucke

Searle Cat Variations

Weiner Peregi Verbunk

Debussy Premier Rhapsody

Jenkins Five Pieces



Chamber Music



Mozart Clarinet Quintet

Mozart Kegalstatt Trio

Brahms Clarinet Quintet

Brahms Clarinet Trio

Weber Clarinet Quintet

Beethoven Trio Op.17

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