Why We Should Hate Music
One of my favourite radio shows at the moment is Radio 5 Live’s Film Review Programme, dubbed Wittertainment by its devoted army of listeners ('Hello to Jason Isaacs'). It’s hosted by Simon…
SaM Commissioning Survey 2015
Members may remember Sound and Music’s commissioning survey from last year, which received a fair amount of gloomy press coverage. My own reaction was a little more positive, though maybe a little contrary; I would,…
Are some record labels using streaming to rip off listeners?
I was enormously impressed to find Naxos disks available on Apple Music. Since starting to use the service, however, I’ve noticed a curious thing. Last month some albums that I…
Organ workshop with Judith Weir and Thomas Trotter
Delighted that my prelude Warum Sollt has been selected for the Choir and Organ composition workshop on 10 September. The workshop takes place on Thursday 10 September at 2-5pm, on the new Richards,…
The Homosexual Necrophiliac Duck Opera (and some August Festivals…)
The BBC Proms got underway with, quite literally, a bang on Friday with the first night premiere of Gary Carpenter’s Dadaville, fireworks and all. I notice that the BBC appears to…
Pullulating, bristling and teeming
As so often is the case, my reaction to the incredible range of new music on release this month is to wonder why the classical music public remains so fixated…
Apple Music vs. Spotify
There have been many how-to’s and reviews written about Apple Music, very few of which have focused on classical, let alone contemporary classical, music. Perhaps the most thoughtful perspective was…
BBC Proms Premieres
If you want to find premieres at the 2015 BBC Proms you have a couple of options. On the Proms website, there is a list of all the composers featured. If…
June CD Roundup
As well as Boris Pigovat’s Requiem (see below), Naxos have release two solo disks, one of guitar works by Sofia Gubaidulina, including the substantial Repentance and Sotto Voce; and a three-disk selection of piano music by Kaikhosro Shapurji…
Boris Pigovat: Holocaust Requiem
Knowing little about his style, it was with a little trepidation that I listened to Boris Pigovat’s Holocaust Requiem (just released on Naxos), a title that evokes much historical and musical…
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