NMC Music Map
For a bit of Friday fun why not take a look at NMC's Music Map , an interactive application that explores links between composers? It launches with the composer you have chosen…
For a bit of Friday fun why not take a look at NMC's Music Map , an interactive application that explores links between composers? It launches with the composer you have chosen…
Apart from the excellent Retorica disk reviewed in my last post, there are a number of other new recordings worth checking out this month. There are five releases on Naxos.…
If a programme of music for two violins does not sound like a very appealing prospect, Retorica's debut disk, just released on NMC, might change your mind. Violinists Harriet Mackenzie and…
Having written a eulogy to the music of William Mathias not many weeks ago, I managed to forget to mention the upcoming North Wales International Music Festival, which was founded by the…
There are several festivals that feature new music in September. I’ve included a selection of concerts from them in my monthly round-up on CT's concert page. As always, however, a more…
Okay, I admit it: hosting the Olympics was not such a bad idea after all. As I've watched I have found myself whooping, shouting, crying with joy and often turning…
Whilst I've just updated CT's concert listings for August, there is such a range of concerts this month that I would also recommend checking out individual festival programmes, of which many…
A quiet month. Only Naxos – as usual – has produced new albums of recent music. Three of these are in its American Classics series. There is a recording of…
A short guide to the music of William Mathias, who died 20 years ago on 29th July. I hail from the same part of the world as this most brilliantly…
On July 2nd, Avid Technology, the company who recently acquired Sibelius Software, announced a major restructuring. This included the shedding of 350 jobs and the sell-off of the audio peripheral division M-Audio and…