The Boston-based Walden Chamber Players have just released a tribute to Austrian composer Gerhard Schedl. It’s title, A Voice Gone Too Soon, is a reference to his tragic death aged 43: he shot himself…
John Tavener, who died yesterday aged 69, was one of contemporary music’s most remarkable figures: his ability, especially, to write works that connected with ordinary people was unsurpassed in the…
Time to enjoy 2013’s last gasp of contemporary concerting before the festive season kicks in… November sees the climax of the Britten centenary celebrations, with his birthday falling on 22nd…
NMC’s new disk dedicated to the music of Philip Cashian spans some ten years of his output. It includes his Tableaux for small orchestra, Cello Concerto, Dark Flight for six cellos, The House of the Night for oboe…
‘The trumpet does no more stun you by its loudness, than a whisper teases you by its provoking inaudibility.’ So it proved this weekend at Arcomis’s extraordinary International Brass Event in Cardiff. This is,…
Following their success with the 2011 International Flute Event, Arcomis (Arts Commissioning) have followed-up with a festival dedicated to brass music. The Arcomis International Brass Event takes place from 10th–13th October in Cardiff. It offers…
Do you have a piece of music languishing in a bottom drawer? You are rightly convinced of its merits, but do not have the financial means to get it performed?…
I often write about Naxos and, more obviously (it’s dedicated to contemporary music, after all), NMC in these roundups. Métier, now absorbed by Divine Art Recordings Group, is another label that…
I start with a reminder that, as well as reading this monthly summary of upcoming contemporary music events, readers should also check CT’s concert diary, to which all members are free…
August sees another round of centenary releases, many of which revisit older recordings, either in the form of new collections or remasters. Decca’s seminal 1963 recording of Britten’s War Requiem has been…