Christian Forshaw
Saxophonist Christian Forshaw is one of Britain's top composer-performers. He is also a noted educator.
Forshaw was born in Knaresborough, Yorkshire, and grew up there. At first, he played the clarinet because, he was told the clarinet was a classical instrument and the saxophone pertained to jazz. Also, he encountered the attitude that a musician needed to play the clarinet before taking up the saxophone, an idea he calls completely misinformed. When he was 19, Forshaw moved to London to enter the Guildhall School of Music & Drama. At around this time, he had several key formative experiences. First, he worked with the hard-to-classify American composer Moondog, who sold pieces on the streets of New York dressed in a Viking costume and later moved to Germany. Second, he heard the classical saxophonist John Harle. Finally, he played with progressive rock composer and producer Brian Eno, learning from him the importance of developing his own musical identity. Forshaw graduated from the Guildhall School in 1995. In 2002, he was hired as a professor of saxophone by the school, and he remains in that position.
Forshaw performed with various leading orchestral ensembles, including the Philharmonia Orchestra, the London Sinfonietta, and the Scottish Ensemble, with which he has performed Richard Rodney Bennett's Concerto for alto saxophone and strings multiple times. He also performed and toured with smaller groups, including the Michael Nyman Band, Endymion, and the Composers Ensemble. He is a member of the chamber group Notes Inégales. Forshaw attracted the attention of recording companies with his debut album, Sanctuary, released on the Quartz label, which mixed medieval music, contemporary compositions, and works by Forshaw himself. He was offered a four-album deal by the Sony/BMG conglomerate but turned it down in favor of forming his own label, Integra Records, where he would have complete control. He released four albums on that label. The 2010s and 2020s saw Forshaw contribute compositions to releases by the vocal groups Voces8 and Tenebrae and to films, including Ridley Scott's The Last Duel. In 2022, Forshaw was heard with Tenebrae on the album When Sleep Comes on Signum Classics.
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When Sleep Comes: Evening Meditations for Voices & Saxophone
Tenebrae, Christian Forshaw, Nigel Short
Classique - Paru chez Signum Records le 8 avr. 2022
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Historical Fiction
Christian Forshaw, Grace Davidson
Classique - Paru chez Integra Records UK le 17 sept. 2021
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O vos imitatores (Arr. for Soprano, Saxophone and Vocal Ensemble by Nigel Short)
Tenebrae, Christian Forshaw, Victoria Meteyard
Classique - Paru chez Signum Records le 23 mars 2022
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Abide With Me (Arr. for Saxophone and Vocal Ensemble Christian Forshaw)
Tenebrae, Christian Forshaw, Nigel Short
Classique - Paru chez Signum Records le 24 févr. 2022
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Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne, HWV 74: I. Eternal Source of Light Divine
Christian Forshaw, Grace Davidson, Alexander Mason
Classique - Paru chez Integra Records UK le 19 mai 2021
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Sanctuary
Classique - Paru chez Integra Records UK le 26 avr. 2005
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Renouncement
Classique - Paru chez Integra Records UK le 1 janv. 2007
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Reflections of France
Classique - Paru chez Integra Records UK le 1 janv. 2008
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The John Harle Collection Vol. 5: The Tale of the Broken-Hearted Accordion (The John Harle Saxophone Quartet 2003) (Live)
John Harle, Simon Haram, Christian Forshaw, Andrew Findon
Classique - Paru chez Sospiro Noir le 30 oct. 2020
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Psalm 121 (Arr. for Saxophone and Vocal Ensemble by Christian Forshaw)
Tenebrae, Christian Forshaw, Nigel Short
Classique - Paru chez Signum Records le 10 mars 2022
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The Silver Swan
Christian Forshaw, Grace Davidson, Alexander Mason, Orlando Gibbons
Classique - Paru chez Integra Records UK le 15 avr. 2021
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo