Pierre Henry (1927–2017)
French composer Pierre Henry died on Wednesday at Saint Joseph's Hospital in Paris. He was 89. Henry was known as one of the pioneers of noise in music, his interest beginning…
July CD Roundup
NMC is taking preorders for its New Music Biennial Subscription in association with the PRS Music Foundation. The programme builds upon two earlier NMC programmes, the New Music Biennial 2014 and the…
Arts Council England Announces National Portfolio Organisations
Arts Council England has just announced its portfolio organisations that will receive funding over the next four years. A greater percentage of money than in previous years will be used to fund…
July Festivals
Trying to summarise concerts at this, the busiest time of year, is a fool’s errand. What follows, then, is the merest scratch of the surface of the many event on…
Schrödinger’s Cake: The UK General Election
Musicians looking for rays of soft Brexit hope following Theresa May’s disastrous election last week might reflect on the fact that far from softening Brexit, it may have produced something…
Composer’s Sketchpad
This iOS app from independent developer Alexei Baboulevitch won a Children’s Technology Review award, which suggests that it might not be much use for creative professionals. That would be wrong.…
June Festivals and Concerts
Several big festivals to look forward to next month. In Amsterdam the Holland Festival (3–25 June) contains a mixture of theatre, dance, music, visual arts and film. There is plenty of new…
An Eventful Morning in East London: 21st Century Violin Concertos
Harriet Mackenzie (violin), Retorica, English Symphony Orchestra, English String Orchestra, Kenneth Woods (conductor). Nimbus NI 6295. Violinist Harriet Mackenzie and conductor Kenneth Woods have both made appearances on this blog before.…
Royal Philharmonic Society Music Awards
The Royal Philharmonic Society announced their music awards yesterday evening at The Brewery in the City of London. The awards celebrate live music-making and recognise outstanding musical achievement in the UK during…
David Lang’s Symphony for 1,000 Broken Instruments
In Philadelphia, a project to reanimate over 1,000 broken instruments owned by the school district is reaching its latter stages. The project is the brainchild of Robert Blackson, Director of…
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