New book debunks theory that Britten died of syphilis.
Whether a recent story about proclivities of Admiral Lord Nelson is true or false, it rather proves that the sexual lives of the renowned dead provide good copy. This has always been…
Donald H. Keats (1929–2018)
American composer, pianist and academic Donald H. Keats died on 27th April. He was 88. Keats was a graduate of Yale University, where he studied with Quincy Porter and Hindemith,…
Moritz Eggert Interview
Moritz Eggert - photo Katharina Dubno I talk to German composer Moritz Eggert about his life, motivations and new CD Musica Viva 30, which has just been released on the…
IDAGIO announces collaboration with Warner Classics
Classical music streaming service IDAGIO has announced a collaboration that will make the entire Warner Classics and Erato catalogue available to its users. The IDAGIO catalogue, which already comprises over…
Jennifer Higdon awarded Michael Ludwig Nemmers Prize
Jennifer Higdon has been awarded the Michael Ludwig Nemmers Prize in Music Composition for ‘her highly acclaimed and wide-ranging compositions that have led to her status and one of most…
May Concert Diary
The Techtonics Festival (5–6th) at City Halls, Glasgow prides itself on being being international, this year being no exception, with performers and composers from Japan, Lithuania, France, Sweden, Norway USA and UK.…
Samuel Adler at 90
A belated ‘happy birthday’ to Samuel Adler, who celebrated his 90th birthday on 4th March. Some composers will know him best from his widely used treatise The Study of Orchestration, but…
Robert Joseph Rosen (1956–2018)
Canadian composer Robert Joseph Rosen died on Monday 19th March in Ottawa. He was 61. Rosen studied in Canada with Violet Archer, Malcolm Forsyth and Bruce Mather. He attended the…
Other March CD Picks
Other than the Venables album (see last post) NMC have just released a programme of music by Brian Ferneyhough performed by Exaudi and the BBC Symphony Orchestra. The title work, La Terre est…
CD Review: Philip Venables, Below the Belt
If there’s a British composer on a roll at the moment, it’s Philip Venables. His first major opera, a setting of Sarah Kane’s 4.48 Psychosis, premiered in 2016 at the Royal…
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