Stravinsky ‘World Premiere’
On December 2nd Valery Gergiev will give the 'world premiere' of Stravinky's Funeral Song.The piece, which was performed just once before being lost, was decribed by the composer as "The best…
Spitalfields Winter Festival
December is not traditionally known for its music festivals, which makes the Spitalfields Winter Festival, which this year runs from 4th–11th, a welcome anomaly. There are a number of dance and…
Contemporary Music this Christmas
As well as the new Michael Berkeley carol for Kings (see my previous blog post) there are a number of contemporary music Christmas options to consider in December. On 2nd…
Michael Berkeley’s New Carol for King’s
From the King's website: The composer of this year's commissioned Christmas carol is British composer Michael Berkeley, who has set to music a the traditional 15th century Christmas text This Endernight.…
Paul Hamlyn Foundation Awards for Artists 2016 Announced
Four visual artists and three composers have just been announced as recipients of the £50,000 Paul Hamlyn Foundation Award. 'Awards for Artists was launched in 1994 and are the largest individual awards…
Dorico Diary 1: First Thoughts
I now have a copy of Dorico, the new scorewriting software from Steinberg (see my previous blog post). What I am going to attempt, over several blog posts, is less a…
Dorico
On 19th October Steinberg released the first version of its scorewriting software Dorico. This is an event of huge significance, since it promises to give professional composers, engravers and educators…
November Concert Diary
I have already posted summaries of two major festivals in November: the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival and Wien Modern. Another worth checking is the Cambridge Music Festival in the UK (8th–24th). It includes a Steve…
Concerto for Flute and Robots
Something a bit different for half term. If you are in the area, why not pop along to the Manchester Science Festival (ends 30th October), where a robot orchestra will be performing…
Martyn Brabbins announced as new Music Director of ENO
Conductor Martyn Brabbins has just been appointed Music Director at ENO, the latest attempt to stabilise the troubled opera company (for more thoughts on this from me, see here). From the ENO…
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