C:T Review of 2018
In 2018 C:T celebrated Leonard Bernstein’s 100th birthday; congratulated the many composers who received honours, awards and prizes; reviewed recordings; interviewed composers and mourned the loss of some much-loved colleagues. …
New Project To Unearth Forgotten Masterpieces
There have been some astonishing composerly revivals during the course of music history: Bach was underrated until Mendelssohn performed the St. Matthew Passion at the Berlin Singakademie in March 1829,…
James Wishart (1956–2018)
Composer and academic James Wishart has died of a stroke aged 61. Wishart was a lecturer in composition at the University of Liverpool from 1980 to 2013. He was also active…
Pick of the Best: April Concert Diary
In April Borough New Music arrives at Series 7 in its mammoth cycle of contemporary music concerts. On 3rd there are works for combinations of soprano, countertenor and piano by George Crumb, HK Gruber,…
Christmas Tree, Red and Green
Ornaments against a Defocused Lights Background
Merry Christmas!
I’m at last tucked up with my family in a remote part of West Wales, all ready to enjoy Christmas. December’s arranging work finished ahead of time, the fire roaring,…
Review of 2017
2016 was viewed by many in the music world as one to forget. There were the deaths of Boulez, David Bowie, Peter Maxwell Davies and Prince and the twin political earthquakes…
15th British Composer Awards Announced
I was lucky enough to attend the British Composer Awards last night, held at the British Museum, London. The ceremony was presented by Andrew McGregor and Sara Mohr-Pietsch of Radio…
Stockhausen Weekend at De Bijloke Puur Muziek, Ghent
A few thoughts from the first night of a Stockhausen weekend held at De Bijloke in Ghent, which I had the pleasure of attending on Friday. We were presented with one of…
Happy Halloween
I feel pretty neutral about Halloween, neither regarding it as a dangerous pagan festival or a splendid excuse for dressing-up. I can certainly appreciate, however, this spooky rendition of Night…
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