“Very honest stuff” – Steve Reich on ‘Morning’
Welsh, London-based, award-winning composer David Braid has completed some 340+ works, including 150+ songs, three symphonies, a viola concerto, choral works, film scores, chamber works & 160+ works for/including guitar, piano, lute & mandolin.
David was named as one of The Observer/Courvoisier Future 500 and has been commissioned by the London Mozart Players, enSEmble 26, the Erato Piano Trio, First Born Films, Ensemble ISIS, et al. His music is published by Productions d’Oz and Le Luth Doré.
NEW – EP – Songs of Opposing Consideration featuring Jenny Gao & David Black – out now
NEWS – Gerard Cousins’ release of Momentarily Flowering for solo guitar hits 200,000 streams
NEWS – Four Duos for when the world momentarily stops, viola & piano EP out now HERE
NEWS – Five Duos for the Curious, new bassoon & guitar EP now out on Bandcamp HERE
NEWS – 2 Trios for alto flute, guitar & viola EP now out available on Spotify, Apple Music, et al HERE
NEWS – Braid Ensemble EP now also available on Spotify, Apple Music, et al HERE
NEWS – Transfigured Life – Still Life for violin & piano (Ezgi Sarikcioglu & Rossitza Stoycheva) released: now available on Bandcamp HERE
NEWS – commission of extensive solo work, Seven Bright Ideas, for German mandolinist Florian Klaus Rumpf complete – news on premiere and recording/publishing to come.
NEWS – evening-long, major work Journey Time – is now available HERE as a physical CD/download – a setting of my own text for soprano and small group. The text looks at the idea of self-realisation in context of the follies of contemporary life; here is an excerpt: Acceptance. For more films see the Films/Audio tab above.
DAVID BRAID 