Reviews
“It was above all a piece for bass clarinet by Ross Lorraine which aroused interest. Here you could hear the quality which distinguishes the best of contemporary British music: it doesn’t mess about…it’s upfront music – unspoilt and direct” - Süddeutsche Zeitung
“I most enjoyed Ross Lorraine’s Melos, with it’s long-breathed melody gradually coalescing from fragments" - The Times
"They don't write them like that any more - except, they do!" - Tom Robinson, BBC 6 Music, on I Need You Here (Melissa James/Ross Lorraine)
"This magnificent debut album ... announces not just the arrival of a remarkable new voice, but a writing partnership that has really taken flight." Jazzwise (4 stars) on the album Day Dawns, co-written with Melissa James
“Lorraine is his own composer, producing work which, while receptive to external influence, expresses a notable consistency and independence of thought… Lorraine is a composer with something to say, and I (for one) am curious to hear how he will choose to say it next” - BMIC Counterpoints
"I discovered Ross Lorraine while arranging Harrison Birtwistle’s Love Cries in 1998-99. He was working on the score, and Birtwistle said ‘He’s very interesting, I think you should give him a commission’ – so I did” - Michael Berkeley, 2001 Cheltenham Festival programme
“Ross Lorraine’s New Work was even more gripping in it’s Feldman-like aura of quietly focused intensity” - musicweb
“It was above all a piece for bass clarinet by Ross Lorraine which aroused interest. Here you could hear the quality which distinguishes the best of contemporary British music: it doesn’t mess about…it’s upfront music – unspoilt and direct” - Süddeutsche Zeitung
“I most enjoyed Ross Lorraine’s Melos, with it’s long-breathed melody gradually coalescing from fragments" - The Times
"They don't write them like that any more - except, they do!" - Tom Robinson, BBC 6 Music, on I Need You Here (Melissa James/Ross Lorraine)
"This magnificent debut album ... announces not just the arrival of a remarkable new voice, but a writing partnership that has really taken flight." Jazzwise (4 stars) on the album Day Dawns, co-written with Melissa James
“Lorraine is his own composer, producing work which, while receptive to external influence, expresses a notable consistency and independence of thought… Lorraine is a composer with something to say, and I (for one) am curious to hear how he will choose to say it next” - BMIC Counterpoints
"I discovered Ross Lorraine while arranging Harrison Birtwistle’s Love Cries in 1998-99. He was working on the score, and Birtwistle said ‘He’s very interesting, I think you should give him a commission’ – so I did” - Michael Berkeley, 2001 Cheltenham Festival programme
“Ross Lorraine’s New Work was even more gripping in it’s Feldman-like aura of quietly focused intensity” - musicweb
Links - click for:
Ross Lorraine's Bandcamp page
Ross Lorraine's Soundcloud page
Ross Lorraine's page on ccMixter (under the name of oldDog)
David Bruce interviews Ross Lorraine on Composition Today
a blog about Ross Lorraine's remixes, collaborations, theatre music... (pre-2011)
the website for Creative Commons Licensing
New Work for bass clarinet, recording on Lorelt
Melissa James's website
Sarah Chaplin Septet's album Firehorse, on which Ross plays keys
Ross Lorraine's Soundcloud page
Ross Lorraine's page on ccMixter (under the name of oldDog)
David Bruce interviews Ross Lorraine on Composition Today
a blog about Ross Lorraine's remixes, collaborations, theatre music... (pre-2011)
the website for Creative Commons Licensing
New Work for bass clarinet, recording on Lorelt
Melissa James's website
Sarah Chaplin Septet's album Firehorse, on which Ross plays keys