CD Review: Jonathan Harvey, Deo
Choir of St. John’s College Cambridge, Edward Picton-Turbevill (organ), Andrew Nethsingha (conductor). Signum Classics (SIGCD456). If Jonathan Harvey was always considered to be a modernist, he was certainly one of…
July Concerts: BBC Proms, Cheltenham Festival and Thomas Adès’s The Exterminating Angel
One disappointment in this year’s BBC Proms (15th July–10th September) is that there will be no first night premiere. It has been a great advert for the Proms’ commitment to new music…
Dan Goren Interview
Dan Goren Christian Morris talks to Dan Goren, composer and founder of Composers Edition, about his project to launch a new contemporary music magazine in the United Kingdom & Ireland.…
NY Phil Biennial, Aldeburgh, St. Magnus and Holland Festivals
The New York Times described the inaugural NY Philharmonic Biennial as ‘Perhaps the most ambitious and extensive contemporary-music festival yet overseen by an American orchestra.’ The 27 events in the second edition…
Jack Sheen / ddmmyy Concert Series Interview
Jack Sheen Christian Morris talks to Jack Sheen, composer, conductor and co-founder of the ddmmyy concert series. How did you come to found the ddmmyy series? I wasn't actually involved…
Martin Smolka: Poema De Balcones
The music of Czech composer Martin Smolka was unfamiliar to me until I came across this new disk of his choral works on Wergo. The programme contains his Poema De Balcones; Walden, The Distiller…
April Events: Maxwell Davies, Open Up Music, Festivals and Premieres
There is something poignant about a world premiere of a composer who is no longer with us. Such is the case with the first performance of Peter Maxwell Davies’s Piano Sonata No.…
Peter Maxwell Davies (1934–2016)
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies was one of a handful of composers truly to have dominated British cultural life, also winning a worldwide reputation with his substantial body of work. Sometimes…
Grace Williams: Missa Cambrensis Review
In my teens I spent many a happy hour digging around in the Welsh Music Information Centre, a repository for scores and recordings of mostly recently written music from the…
March Concert Diary: Three Festivals and a CoMA
The Bangor Music Festival (1st–6th March) begins with a St. David’s Day choral extravaganza performed by Côr Glanaethwy. The programme includes music by a number of living composers, including Karl Jenkins, Gareth…
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