Chorale from Lyra Davidica
For this piece, part of a collection of my organ music, I decided to turn to a melody familiar to a British audience: the Easter Hymn. Lyra Davidica is the collection from which…
Missa Veni, Veni Emmanuel
Commissioned by Fr Paul Thomas for St James’s Church, Sussex Gardens. Kyrie eleison. Christe eleison. Kyrie eleison. Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus, Dominus Deus Sabaoth. Pleni sunt coeli et terra gloria tua.…
Groove Study for Three Cellos
From 2019 to 2020 I embarked on a project to recompose a number of well-known Christmas carols in different popular, jazz and Latin American styles, the result being the compilation We…
Preview of 2020
Whilst 2020 is likely to be dominated by Beethoven’s 250th, there are also several living composers who have significant birthdays in 2020. These include the 95th of Mikis Theodorakis (29th…
Review of 2019
Another year of political turmoil, the deaths of André Previn and Michel Legrand, awards, premieres and festivals. Here’s C:T’s exclusive look back at another year in contemporary music…. January C:T…
A Contemporary Music Christmas Carol
This seasonal story appeared on C:T for the first time in 2014. If it seems strange that, in it, I chose Stravinsky as a composer of contemporary music, I can…
2019 Ivors Academy Composer Awards Announced
Yesterday evening the Ivors Academy announced the winners of the 2019 Ivors Composer Awards. Ivor Novello Awards were presented across eleven nominated categories that included jazz composition, works for chamber…
Nancy Bloomer Deussen (1932–2019)
U.S. composer and performer Nancy Bloomer Deussen died on 16th November. She was 88. Bloomer Deussen, a prominent Californian, was co-founder of the San Francisco Bay Area National Association of…
Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival (15th–24th November)
This year’s Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival features more than 60 events over 10 days. The Composer in Residence is Swede Hanna Hartman, with a supporting programme—including works by Ann Cleare,…
Transit Festival, Belgium (18th–20th October)
If you are looking for a stimulating weekend of contemporary music-making, I can’t recommend Leuven’s Transit Festival enough. It takes place as part of a wider festival of contemporary music—the longer Festival…
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