David Önaç How Lloyd’s insurance contracts from the transatlantic slave trade became the unlikely inspiration for a new choral work for the London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) and BBC Singers. Composer David Önaç explains his Atlantic […]
David Fenessy: Blood – Jonathan Morton, Scottish Ensemble, Chamber Choir of NYCOS, Christopher Bell (Photo: Ed Maitland-Smith) Bach & Blood: Bach, Arvo Pärt, David Fenessy; Jonathan Morton, Scottish Ensemble, Chamber Choir of the National Youth Choir […]
Blair Coron Blair Coron is a musician and poet from Springfield, a small village in Fife, Scotland. His quiet and intimate music blends modern classical, storytelling and traditional melodies, with themes of nature, people, time […]
Cloud Chamber: Gavin Greenaway & Caroline Dale (Photo: ottantotto) Cloud Chamber is the newly formed duo of Gavin Greenaway (piano) and Caroline Dale (cello), internationally renowned performers whose careers span film and concert music. As […]
There have been so few new releases which interested me this summer, I haven’t been buying many and, thus, haven’t been reviewing many. So it was with great anticipation that this one appeared on the […]
French composer Charlotte Sohy (1887-1955) was the daughter of an industrialist. Her early teachers included a pupil (and relation) of Cesar Franck whilst in 1903, her parents installed a Cavaillé‑Coll organ in the living room! […]
The Yellow Tie – Ben Schnetzer (Sergiu Celibidache) – director: Serge Ioan Celibidache, Oblique Media The Yellow Tie; Ben Schnetzer, John Malkovich, Kate Phillips, Miranda Richardson, Sean Bean, Olivia Popica, Tamzin Merchant, director: Serge Ioan […]
Piano Quintet. Manuscript dated January 21, 1919, of passages and queries about the work, consisting of questions from Elgar addressed to Harold Brooke [Jaeger’s successor at Novello], both as printer and as pianist. JNM’s comment: “This […]
Léo Delibes in 1875 If you say the name of composer Léo Delibes, then people will immediately think of his ballet, Coppélia, and opera, Lakmé, as well as perhaps ballets La Source and Sylvia. But […]
Baritone Kieran Rayner and pianist Gamal Khamis have created a recital programme, What If?, that explores the World War I through song including music by Finzi, Butterworth, Schubert, Robert & Clara Schumann, Ethel Smyth and more. […]
.jpg?w=160&resize=160,160&ssl=1 "Only love can bear the burden of truth: Ben Parry & Garth Bardsley on their new opera that premieres at Snape this Saturday")
