BCMG/Knussen – review
CBSO Centre, Birmingham The number of composers in the audience for Birmingham Contemporary Music Group's concert to mark Oliver Knussen 's 60th birthday was its own tribute to a pivotal figure in...
View ArticleDavies: Iris; Falling Angel; Loopholes and Lynchpins; Spine, etc – review
Concordia/BCMG/Azalea/Austin (NMC) The nine pieces here, songs, ensemble works and solo instrumentals, encompass a decade in Tansy Davies 's career as a composer, from the solo-violin Loure of 2000 to...
View ArticleMercury prize shortlists: why no classical music?
If the Mercury 2012 judges want to reward fresh and dynamic new music, why has classical music disappeared from the list? There's no classical on the Mercury shortlist this year; just another season in...
View ArticleMercury prize shortlists: why no classical music?
If the Mercury 2012 judges want to reward fresh and dynamic new music, why has classical music disappeared from the list? There's no classical on the Mercury shortlist this year; just another season in...
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Marillion - Sounds That Can't Be Made (E.A.R. Music) Toshimaru Nakamura/English - One Day (Erstwhile) William Duckworth - The Time Curve Preludes - R. Andrew Lee (Irritable Hedgehog, via Bandcamp )...
View ArticleWoods To Join Orchestra of the Swan
The Stratford-Upon-Avon based Orchestra of the Swan have announced the appointment of American musician Kenneth Woods as their Principal Guest Conductor from 2010. Woods, who just completed his tenure...
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