March Festivals, Concerts and Premiere Picks
The concerts of the Barcelona Obertura Spring Festival (4th–17th March) take place in three magnificent venues: the Liceu Gran Teatre, one of the biggest opera venues in Europe; the Palau De la…
14th Plymouth Contemporary Music Festival 2019
Plymouth’s Contemporary Music Festival (22nd–24th February) has been winning plaudits over the last few years, with Sound and Music’s The Sampler saying calling it ‘One of the UK’s most innovative festivals of contemporary…
Michel Legrand (1932–2019)
French singer, pianist and composer Michel Legrand died in Paris on 26th January. He was 86. Legrand’s early training suggested the path of a classical musician - the Paris Conservatoire…
John Rutter Receives the European Church Music Prize 2019
The German city of Schwäbisch Gmünd has awarded John Rutter the €5000 European Church Music Prize. Their citation commended him for ‘his great contributions to the field of clerical music: John Rutter…
Article 13
Brexit is not the only European issue that British composers should be thinking about right now. You may have seen, especially from platforms such as YouTube, a concerted action against…
John Joubert (1927–2019)
British-South African composer John Joubert died on 7th January. He was 91. Joubert was born in Cape Town, South Africa and educated in the Anglican Diocesan College in Rondebosch. He…
Tantum Ergo Premiere
Many thanks to the Choir of St. James’s Church, Sussex Gardens and George de Voil, who performed my little Tantum Ergo last night. Hope to have a recording of this…
Bushra El-Turk Interview
Bushra El-Turk I talk to composer Bushra El-Turk, whose work 'Mosaic' will be performed by the Pro Youth Philharmonia as part of a series of New Year Concerts exploring themes…
Preview of 2019
From the point of view of a UK citizen, it is hard not to look forward to the coming weeks and months without a sense of trepidation. At some point…
Review: The Passion of the Scrooge by Jon Deak
Jon Deak’s The Passion of Scrooge or A Christmas Carol, for baritone and ensemble is a setting of Charles Dickens’ well-loved seasonal story, written back in 1997/8. The libretto, which was…
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