Laurence
Dean’s baroque flute playing is especially marked by his clear, warm
timbre. On the basis of a solid instrumental technique and a thorough
study of the historical and musical background he performs the music in a
way which emphasizes the sensuousness of the sound and the emotional
content of the music.
Laurence Dean lives in Hamburg and was born in Wolverhampton. He studied
the baroque flute with Wilbert Hazelzet in Bremen and Barthold Kuijken in
The Hague. He has been living as free-lance musician since the beginning
of the nineties. Laurence Dean has taken a particular interest in using
the fortepiano as his accompanying instrument. In his opinion it is the
ideal instrument for accompanying the baroque and later conical flutes in
music from J. S. Bach to F. Schubert as the darker colour of the
instrument and the means of producing sound harmonize perfectly with
flute. He performs regularly with his duo partners Andrew Lawrence-King,
harp, Bernward Lohr and Carsten Lohff, harpsichord and pianoforte. As
founder of the ensemble “Mr. Burney’s Payers” Laurence Dean directs
his own musical projects. Alongside this activity he appears as soloist
with ensembles such as the Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Fiori Musicali Bremen,
and La Stravaganza Cologne.
He has recorded for many northern European radio and television stations,
toured with orchestras and chamber music groups throughout Europe and
recorded a number of CDs. Among his appearances on the concert podium he
has performed at the Schleswig Holstein Music Festival, Festival d’Ambronnay,
Göttingen Handel Festival, Bremen Music Festival and the Leipzig Bach
Archive.
Laurence Dean teaches the baroque flute at the Folkwang Music College in
Duisburg and at the Hamburg Conservatory. He also regularly teaches at the International Summer Academy at
Michaelstein Monastery.
look as well: Duo Laurence Dean & Andrew Lawrence-King
Laurence Dean shone out above the generally high standard of the performance with his pearl-like runs, his emotionally controlled rubati and his clear phrasing.
from: Northern German newspaper, program: compositions by C. F. Abel, P. Locatelli, G. F. Händel
He began his programme with Telemann’s a-minor Fantasie. The very first note was exemplary for the enormous spectrum of colours which the baroque proved to capable of.
The English flute player’s performance was of particular quality –
within the ensemble and as a soloist in Bach’s a-minor suite. His
generous rendering made the structure of the piece transparent, and
brought out the expressive polyphony hidden in this work.
from: Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, program: works by J. S. Bach, J. M. Leclair, C. Ph. E. Bach
One man made music in a masterly, virtuosic, sensitive, thoughtful and completely unassuming manner. The applause from the large audience was justifiably enthusiastic.
Naturally all parts of his programme received rapt applause.
from: Weser Kurier, program: compositions by F. Benda, C. F. Abel, J. G. Müthel, J. J. Quantz
4 Chambermusic
4CONCERTO & SUITE
4BACH & EMPFINDSAMKEIT
4HAYDN TRIOS
4 + Literature
4IL CASANOVA
4THE ROMANTIC FLUTE
Laurence Dean:
„Amor ist Mein Lied“ (Amor is my Song) –
Music of the late eighteenth century for flute and harp
Laurence
Dean – baroque flute, Andrew Lawrence-King – harp
compositions by C. F. Abel, G. Ph. Telemann, J. G. Müthel and other
Christophorus Verlag CHR 77162
„Le Rossignol en amour“ French Baroque Music for two flutes without bass
works by J.-M. Hotteterre, J. B. de Boismortier and other
Laurence Dean and Christina Ahrens – baroque flute / recorder
Christophorus Verlag CHR 77202
J.
S. Bach (1685 – 1750)
Laurence Dean – baroque flute, Bernward Lohr – pianoforte
ambitus 96863
Johann Adolf Hasse (1699-1783): Flute Concertos
Laurence Dean – baroque flute, Hannoversche Hofkapelle
Christophorus Verlag 77228
Johann David Heinichen (1683-1729): Dresden Wind Concertos
Laurence
Dean – baroque flute, Martin Stadler – oboe, Fiori Musicali Bremen
cpo 999 637 – 2
Franz Benda (1709-1786): Flute Concertos
Laurence Dean – baroque flute, Hannoversche Hofkapelle
Christophorus Verlag CHR 77261