Borough New Music was founded in January of this year with the aim of celebrating the music of today and of living composers. Following its first series of concerts in February, next month it makes its return with series two (3rd October–31st). This consists of five concerts given each Tuesday at 1pm at St George the Martyr Church, SE1 1JA (just opposite Borough tube, central London). Admission is free, the concerts last some 50 minutes and light refreshments are served. In other words, perfect lunchtime entertainment.
The second series alone consists of three world premieres and a host of other established contemporary music, including of Stace Constantinou, who will be the featured composer on 17th October. Not content with this, however, the indefatigable organisers have arranged a further seven series bringing the total to nine, the last finishing on 26th June 2018. These include concerts featuring particular instruments, themed ‘pot-luck’ events and composer profiles: of Eva-Maria Houben on 28th November, various ‘Songwriters of 2018’ on 20th February 2018, Gregory Rose on 27th March, Edward Henderson on 10th April, Matthew Taylor & Sally Beamish on 29th May, and Janet Oates on 19th June. In total, these events will include 37 premieres, 23 of which are world premieres.
Artistic Director Clare Simmonds says: “Each Series in Borough New Music is a very exciting prospect for performers, composers and audiences alike. It is neither a festival, nor a ‘one-off’. Rather, it’s as an ongoing opportunity to celebrate the wonderfully diverse music written today.”
To find out more, visit the Borough Music Festival website, here.