News

21 Jun 2017

Ed Hughes in first Robot Opera

Ed Hughes has been involved in an exciting new project at the University of Sussex, bringing programming and music together to create singing robots. Hughes wrote the second of two arias with librettist Eleanor Knight entitled, ‘Opposite of Familiarity’.
5 Jun 2017

Sadie Harrison to feature in Australian Documentary

On 17 June 2017 the feature length documentary THE STAGING POST (Light Sound Art Film) will be premiered in Sydney with a further screening in Melbourne on 18 June. We are delighted that excerpts from Sadie Harrison’s The Rosegarden of Light CD (Toccata Classics) are being used as part of the soundtrack. The tracks - Bahar nastaran-e bihag (Radio Piece) and Watan Jan (Dear Homeland) are arrangements of a popular Afghan song and dance and are performed by the young ladies of Ensemble Zohra from the Afghanistan National Institute of Music, conducted by Camilo Jauregui.
25 May 2017

Reviews: Mala Punica

James Weeks’ recent album, Mala punica, has received high praise from reviewers. His most recent premiere, Libro di fiammelle e ombre, has also aired on BBC Radio 3.
25 May 2017

Broadcast: Tinoco Cello Concerto

Luis Tinoco's Cello Concerto featuring Filipe Quaresma (soloist) and the Portuguese Symphony cond. by Pedro Neves will be broadcast by the Portuguese radio Antena 2 - RTP, on the 26th July, 9pm. It will be included in the program “Grande Auditório”, produced by Reinaldo Francisco
21 Apr 2017

UYMP on BBC Radio 3

Next week, BBC Radio 3 are celebrating Nicola LeFanu in her 70th year on their 'Composer of the Week' programme. As part of the daily broadcast which airs at 12pm and is repeated at 6.30pm, three UYMP composers will have featured works. On Monday 24th April, they play Jeremy Dale Roberts' Winter Music taken from the Lontano recording. The show on Tuesday 25th features David Lumsdaine's Blue upon blue with David Pereira on cello. Finally, the penultimate programme on Thursday 27th April, features Sadie Harrison's piece ' ...ballare una passacaglia di ombre...' for solo violin. The track is taken from the Toccata Classics 'Solos and Duos' album featuring Peter Sheppard Skaerved.
4 Apr 2017

Review: Paredes US tour

Hilda Paredes' work 'Son dementes cuerdas' has just received a premier performance and tour in the US. Written for guitar and string quartet, the work was performed by the Arditti Quartet and Elliot Fisk. The premiere took place in the Library of Congress on 24th March. The work was well received and one reviewer, Jay Harvey.
30 Mar 2017

Album release and world premiere for James Weeks

Released last month, Mala punica is James Weeks' sixth album recording. The Winter and Winter release features the title track Mala punica, a series of eight canonic motets, alongside Walled Garden, an instrumental work for string and flute trios. The recording features Weeks' own vocal ensemble EXAUDI and the Hortus Ensemble. The two works intertwine on the album with the eight motets divided by three instrumental movements.
6 Mar 2017

New recording of Lumsdaine works

A new release from Metier in February features two works by David Lumsdaine alongside two by Nicola LeFanu. The album, Mandala 3, features Lumsdaine's fire in leaf and grass and title track, Mandala 3. Reviews of the recording are starting to come in.
2 Mar 2017

Sadie Harrison on Radio 3 Tonight

We are delighted that Sadie Harrison’s work Gulistan-e Nur (The Rosegarden of Light) will be broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on 2 March 2017 at 9.25pm as part of the PRSF Women Make Music selections for 2016.
24 Feb 2017

"Sublime" premiere of Tinoco's Cello Concerto

The recent premiere of Luis Tinoco's Cello Concerto, performed by Filipe Quaresma and the Portuguese Symphony Orchestra conducted by Pedro Neves, has received excellent reviews in 'O Público' and 'Diário de Notícias.'
16 Feb 2017

Thomas Simaku: Late Music Series 'Composer of the Month'

Thomas Simaku has given an extensive interview to Steve Crowther, as part of ‘Composer of the Month’ series of the Late Music Concerts.
2 Feb 2017

Praise for Paredes

Reviews are flooding in for Hilda Paredes' collaborative chamber opera 'Cuatro Corridos.' Whilst audio-visual album 'e-piano', which features her 'Paramo de Voces', has received two awards.