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  • Acrostic on ‘Jonathan FeBland’ by Roger Perrin

    Just a few lines to explain,
         Of my poems, and things in that vein;
         Not a week will go by,
         At which I do not try,
         To write lines. Then I'm at it again.

         Having all of the practice you see,
         A high standard, impressive to thee;
         Now if you tried you would,
         Find that one day you could,
         Even write better poems than me.

         But writing acrostics is tough,
         Looks like I have said quite enough;
         A way to pad out,
         Near the end is to spout,
         Dubious, meaningless stuff.

"Amongst contemporary British composers, a name to look out for is that of Jonathan FeBland. He has been described as the natural successor to Eric Coates and the other composers in the English light music tradition. But his music is certainly not lacking in imagination or style. We are planning the first ever commercial recording of a series of "Miniatures" for solo instruments and piano by Jonathan, works which are already attracting praise from musicians. Joseph Horowitz says of these pieces: "they are charming and effective and very professionally composed - a rare event these days." We anticipate that the CD will probably be entitled 'Preludes & Miniatures'..........it will feature pianist Louis Alvanis in FeBland's complete Preludes, and Alvanis will accompany several instrumental soloists in the Miniatures. Further news to follow soon."
 

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