Cecilian Music

Cecilian Music

Cecilian Music was founded in 1998 as the publishing company for the music of Kenneth Hesketh and Arlene Sierra. The music of these two London-based composers is both highly acclaimed and respected in the British and American contemporary music scenes.
ARLENE SIERRA

ARLENE SIERRA

An American composer based in London, Arlene Sierra writes music that takes its impetus from rich sources including military strategy and game theory, Darwinian evolution, and the natural world. Her music has been lauded for its “highly flexible and distinctive style” (The Guardian), “by turns, urgent, poetic, evocative, and witty” (American Academy of Art and Letters).
KENNETH HESKETH

KENNETH HESKETH

Kenneth Hesketh has been described as “one of the UK's most vibrant voices, having a brand of modernism that reveals true love for sound itself” (International Piano) and as "a composer who both has something to say and the means to say it” (Tempo magazine). Hesketh has received numerous national and international commissions and has worked with leading ensembles and orchestras in the USA, Far East and Europe.
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Cecilian Music publishing company | Kenneth Hesketh and Arlene Sierra

  • “...Arlene Sierra follows her own rules: The three movements are concise and transparent structures. Thus, the three musicians created a dense atmosphere in which the fluttering and whirring, above all the wordless secret space was to unfold. A fascinating piece, brilliantly interpreted - and given loud applause."
    Susanna Eckstein, Südwest Presse

  • “Hesketh's music is beautiful, complex and restless ... His response to musical form is particularly remarkable ... The colorful orchestration and palpable verve in the individual gestures and large-scale construction make me want to return to them again and again.”
    American Record Guide

  • "An intriguing new album of pieces by the American-born, UK-based composer Arlene Sierra, possesses a remarkable brilliance of color, rhythmic dexterity & playfulness."
    NPR Classical

  • “Hesketh has proved himself a master of instrumentation. [His] composition impresses in a variety of ways: through its density, its rather complex and meaningful instrumentation as well as the fascinating relationship between solo instrument and orchestra.”
    Hessische / Niedersächsische Allgemeine

  • “... it’s music of unpredictable cycles and accumulations, with taunting wind solos, all cut short by a brassy, percussion-driven ending that offers no escape. Lasting just over 20 minutes, the symphony does what Sierra sets out to do with impressive economy and a succession of striking orchestral ideas."
    Andrew Clements, The Guardian

  • “Especially original, though, was Hesketh’s control of the relaxation process... As a whole the piece communicated, moved and thrilled; and one sensed a composer who both has something to say and the means to say it.”
    Malcolm Miller, TEMPO