Talk:Frederick Stocken

Hecklers?
Some mention is needed here of Stocken's anti-modernist activities, including organising a group called The Hecklers to boo Birtwistle's Gawain and writing an article for the New Statesman likening Boulez to Marx (or, I suppose, Lenin -- the whole thing seems ot be a complete nonsense to me, but there it is).

-- Ornette

Vanity Page?
Is this a vanity page? I think it should be marked for deletion. The only notable thing this person has done is to boo an established and well respected composer.

Seneca_2007 18:49, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

This page has existed for about two years and now someone decides that it should be deleted. Regardless of whether you agree with Stocken's anti modernist stance, the assertion that is done nothing else of note is absurd and patently untrue

Either way without mentioning his anti-modernist stance the page remains incomplete.

121.210.210.28 (talk) 05:35, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Stocken's stance against modernism
I've now added material (and references) regarding this. "The Hecklers" (as movement or protest) also deserve an article, whether one agrees with their stance or not. I should really write one... Dann Chinn (talk) 17:43, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

Reviews
QV the previous discussion on deletion. As there is a definite political dimension to most assessments and reviews of Stocken's work, it would be fair to balance any further critical commentary on his work with examples of both positive and negative reviews. I have referred to the negative reception of his work in certain publications, but this is strictly in the context of his comments and engagement in musical debate, and beyond this no personal judgement on the music's quality is implied. Dann Chinn (talk) 22:52, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

Changes requested by subject
A user who appears to be the subject of this article has posted a message at WP:BLPN requesting changes to the article, see Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard. Without sources I am not sure how we can deal with this. Suggest anyone interest contributes to that discussion. Thanks. – ukexpat (talk) 19:55, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
 * His comments seem fair enough and In have made some of the changes.Martinlc (talk) 21:19, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
 * As the main contributor to the update which Mr Stocken has complained about/requested changes to, I've endeavoured to add some of the additional balance he's suggested (including further reference to his official website and to positive criticism which he has received). I have also slightly de-emphasised the coverage of his anti-modernist stance (in favour of other aspects of his career), as well as adding more information on his Christian perspective on music. If Mr Stocken is reading this, I'd like to apologise for any (unintended) errors in the attempt to create a more detailed and representative article and assure him of my good faith. I'd also like to suggest that if he (as a formerly controversial figure) is dissatisfied with either his public reputation, with reflections on that reputation or with published material about him which is inaccurate (and to which people make reference) his homepage is the best place to clearly refute or clarify anything relating to this (as well as adding full positive media coverage). Homepage content can then be cited in Wikipedia to potentially clear up any misunderstandings or misrepresentations, and I for one will be happy to make this connection. - Dann Chinn (talk) 12:21, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

Request edit
This is Frederick Stocken here and I would like to request, please, someone brings my page up to date, as it hasn't been seriously edited in about 10 years. There are various job positions, publications (music, tutor books, book on Sechter), performances, commissions and recordings, which it would be useful to have up there. If someone wants to do this I would be happy to provide further details, and it is also on my website. Please would you also remove the link to a rather trivial piece of journalism attacking Boulez at the bottom. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.99.15.113 (talk) 22:20, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

Reply 15-JAN-2020

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Hello again, this is Frederick Stocken here with some ideas about how to update my page. With thanks. [Replace opening sentence:] ‘James Frederick Stocken (born 1967) is a British classical composer, organist and musicologist’ [With:] (James) Frederick Stocken (b. 1967) is a British classical composer and organist. [Update of the section called Background – change the title to Biography] Biography Frederick Stocken’s father was British, but his mother was a Jewish Refugee from Nazi Germany. Stocken’s Lament for Bosnia was number one in the Tower Records classical charts in 1993 and launched his career. Since then there has been a variety of commissions, from his First Symphony commissioned for the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and premiered in the Royal Albert Hall, to a ballet, Alice, commissioned for the State Theatre in Giessen, Germany. Other larger works include his Second Symphony and a Violin Concerto, both performed at St John’s Smith Square. In recent years Stocken has been increasingly turned to writing organ and sacred choral music. Frederick Stocken began composing and playing the organ whilst he was a chorister at Southwell Minster, Nottinghamshire. He spent two years at Chetham’s School of Music, Manchester, and he became Head Boy. He was Organ Scholar of St Catharine’s College, Cambridge where he studied with Peter Hurford and Peter le Huray. He won 5 prizes at ARCO and 3 at FRCO. The composers Howard Ferguson and Margaret Hubicki were mentors for his composing in the early years of his career. Also influential on his musical style was his PhD research on nineteenth-century harmonic theory and Anton Bruckner at the University of Manchester. Alongside composing Frederick Stocken is an organist, and a teacher for the Royal College of Organists and at the Royal Academy of Music. In 2014 he became Organist of St George’s Metropolitan Cathedral, Southwark, having been organist of various London churches before. He converted to Roman Catholicism in 1996, and many of his works relate to his faith. He has given many organ recitals including in some notable organ-recital series, such as at King’s College, Cambridge and St John’s, Smith Square. He is also the author of several music tutors and works of musicology. [Merge the section called ‘Compositions’ and ‘Works by Frederick Stocken’ into a new section called ‘Selected Compositions’ Selected compositions Ballet [subtitle] 1998 – Alice, a ballet commissioned the by the State Theatre, Giessen, Germany, received ten performances, conducted by Herbert Gietzen, with choreography by Roberto Galvàn. Orchestra [subtitle] 1994 – Lament for Bosnia, commissioned by Todd Longstaffe-Gowan. Premiere at the Barbican with the Strings of the New Queen’s Hall Orchestra, cond. John Lubbock. In 2000 the composer conducted Lament for Bosnia with the Sarajevo Symphony Orchestra in Sarajevo, and with the Strings of the Royal Academy of Music for the opening of the permanent holocaust exhibition at the Imperial War Museum. 1996 – Violin Concerto premiered by Adam Summerhayes (violin) with the Surrey Sinfonietta, cond. Jonathan Butcher at St John’s, Smith Square. 2000 - First Symphony (Symphony for the Millennium), commissioned by the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, and premiered by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Vernon Handley at the Royal Albert Hall, and broadcast on Classic FM. 2005 – Second Symphony, ‘To the Immortal Memory’, premiered at St John’s Smith Square by The Young Musicians Symphony Orchestra, cond. James Blair. Choir [subtitle] 1997 – Missa Pacis for choir and orchestra, commissioned by Peter Sefton-Williams, premiered by the musicians of the Brompton Oratory. 2001 – Prayer of St Thomas à Kempis, commissioned by Highcliffe Junior Choir, and premiered in Lyndhurst Parish Church. 2010 – Come to your Heaven You Heavenly Choirs, commissioned by the Worshipful Company of Musicians, and premiered by the choir of St Michael’s, Cornhill, cond. Jonathan Rennert. 2015 – The Prayer of St Richard of Chichester, commissioned by Chichester Cathedral, premiered by Chichester Cathedral Choir, cond. Charles Harrison. Broadcast on BBC Radio 3 choral evensong later in 2015. Published by Banks Music. 2019 – The Chichester Service, commissioned by the Southern Cathedrals Festival, and premiered by the choirs of Chichester, Salisbury and Winchester, cond. Charles Harrison, and broadcast on BBC Radio 3. 2020 – The Transfiguration, for choir and organ, premiered by the choir of St Giles Cripplegate, cond. Anne Marsden Thomas. Organ [subtitle] 2011 – Archangels, for organ, premiered by the composer at St Mary’s, Woodford and published by Banks Music. Notable performers since include Gordon Stewart, Philip Berg and Paul Greally. 2014 – Faith, Love, Hope, for organ, premiered by the composer at St Laurence Jewry. Published by Banks Music. Hope also played live by the composer on BBC One at the end of the Christmas Midnight Mass in 2015. 2016 – Gothic Fantasia, for organ, premiered by the composer at St George’s, Hanover Square. 2017 – Chorale Prelude on ‘Gieb Fried o frommer treuer Gott’, for organ, commissioned for the Orgelbüchlein Project by Rebecca Hirst and Patrick Hartley, and premiered by William Whitehead at the Bloomsbury Organ Day. Other notable performers include Anne Marsden Thomas, Tom Bell and Jeremiah Stephenson. 2016 – God is our Refuge, for organ, premiered by the composer live on BBC Radio 4 as part of Sunday Worship. 2019 – Mysterium Fidei, for organ, premiered by the composer at Rikkyo University, Tokyo. Subsequent performances at Chichester Cathedral and St John’s, Smith Square. Solo and Chamber [subtitle] 2002 – Top of the Morning for Flute and Piano published by OUP 2009 – Bagatelle for piano, premiered by Mark Tanner 2019 – Gaudete in Domino, for handbell choir, commissioned by the handbell choir of Rikkyo University Chapel.

[New Section – Tutors] Scale Shapes, Using the Stocken Method (Chester Music, 5 vols, 2001; second revised edition 2008) Graded Keyboard Musicianship (OUP, 2 vols, 2017) – co-author, Anne Marsden Thomas The New Oxford Organ Method (OUP, due 2020) – co-author, Anne Marsden Thomas

[New Section – Studies] Book [subtitle] Simon Sechter’s fundamental-bass and its influence on the Music of Anton Bruckner (Edwin Mellen, 2009) Articles (selected) [subtitle] ‘Studying with Sechter: Newly-Recovered Reminiscences about Schubert by his Forgotten Friend, the Composer Joseph Lanz’, Music & Letters, 88/2 (May 2007) – co-author Rita Steblin ‘Musical post-modernism without nostalgia’, The Musical Times, September 1989 [Update discography] Discography As composer [subtitle] Lament for Bosnia (Chatsworth: FCC 0001, 1993) – The Strings of the New Queen’s Hall Orchestra, cond. John Lubbock Bagatelle, on Haflidi’s Pictures (Priory: PRCD 1018, 2009) – Mark Tanner (piano) Come to Your Heaven You Heavenly Choirs, on Here is Joy! (Priory: PRCD 1091, 2012) – Choir of St Michael’s Cornhill, cond. Jonathan Rennert As performer: [subtitle] Dedication in Time (Chandos: Chan 10322, 2005) – music by Margaret Hubicki: Frederick Stocken features as pianist O Sacrum Convivium (Priory: PRCD 1189 - 2017) – The choir of St George’s Cathedral, cond. Norman Harper, with Frederick Stocken, organ Christmas at St George’s (Regent: RegCD 533 - 2018) – The choir of St George’s Cathedral, cond. Norman Harper, with Frederick Stocken, organ. [Overhaul of the External links – please keep the link to my website but delete the others currently up, as they are too peripheral] External Links Official website (http://www.frederickstocken.com) Music Department of St George’s Cathedral: https://www.stgeorgescathedral.org.uk/music/music-department/ Staff page at the Royal Academy of Music https://www.ram.ac.uk/about-us/staff/frederick-stocken Interview for the Lady Organist: https://www.theladyorganist.com/five-questions-for-frederick-stocken/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.4.163.87 (talk) 12:53, 30 April 2020 (UTC)