News

10 Jun 2019

World premiere of David Lancaster’s ‘Of Trumpets and Angels’

On 29 June, 7:30, 2019, the Oxford Harmonic Choir will perform the world premiere of David Lancaster’s work for soprano soloist, chorus, and orchestra Of Trumpets and Angels at Oxford’s Town Hall.
7 Jun 2019

First review in for Sadie Harrison’s The Oldest Song in the World on Métier/Divine Art

https://divineartrecords.com/recording/jaipur-to-cairo/

www.sadieharrisoncomposer.co.uk

www.cuatropuntos.org

Sadie’s new work The Oldest Song in the World for two violas (2018) has been released on Métier/Divine Art, available from June 2019. The piece was written especially for the virtuoso violists Kevin Bishop and Steve Larson from the US ensemble Cuatro Puntos.
5 Jun 2019

SADIE HARRISON’S 'Anthem' premieres as part of In The Steps of Apollo 3D at the Bristol Planetarium

We are delighted that Sadie has been commissioned to write a new work for the Zelkova String Quartet in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing. ‘Anthem’ will be premiered in a brand new specially created 3D Planetarium show In The Steps of Apollo: from the first moon landing to the Universe beyond… at We The Curious (Bristol Planetarium) on 20 July alongside new works by Julian Leeks, Litha Efthymiou, Michael Ellison and Richard Blackford.
30 May 2019

British Youth Opera to perform David Blake (music) and Keith Warner’s (libretto) musical entertainment ‘Scoring a Century’

‘Ladies and gentlemen… the couple time almost forgot… THE JEDERMANNS!’

Directed by Keith Warner, within August and September, 2019, British Youth Opera with the Southbank Sinfonia will perform David Blake’s Scoring a Century at the Peacock Theatre, Holburn, London, as part of their summer season.
28 May 2019

James Weeks: new CD release – windfell

Dr James Weeks’ major work for singing violinist, windfell, has been released on the leading British experimental music label Another Timbre. Written for and performed by Canadian violinist Mira Benjamin, windfell debuted in October/November 2017 at concerts in London and in Durham University’s Klang series. Lasting almost an hour, windfell arose from

‘an image of the violin surrounded by space and open air: on top of a hill, high-up and remote, played only by the wind. On this ‘wind fell’ the breeze moves over the instrument’s surfaces, sets the open strings in motion; leaves brush across the strings as the wind catches them. A sounding-out of the instrument, its body and materials, by the natural environment in which it rests.’
10 May 2019

UYMP launches new opportunity for early career composers

The Early Career Composers Cooperative is a free professional development opportunity for composers based in the north of England and in the early stages of their career (composers who are not in, or have recently left, education). If you are a composer meeting these criteria, this project is for you!

Composers are invited to attend the first meeting on Saturday 22nd June: a day of sharing and networking, through workshops and discussions facilitated by Peter Wiegold (Director of the Third Orchestra, Club Inégales, Institute of Composing).

The project is supported generously by The Mayfield Valley Arts Trust.
9 May 2019

Thomas Simaku at the 2019 World Music Days

Thomas Simaku’s work La Leggiadra Luna was performed at the International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM) – World Music Days in Tallinn on 4 May 2019. Composed for mixed choir a cappella, this work is a setting of Sappho’s poem translated from ancient Greek into modern Italian by the Nobel Prize-winning Sicilian poet Salvatore Quasimodo.

Performed by a Grammy Award-winning ensemble and broadcast live, the programme was transferred across Europe through the European Broadcasting Union.
1 May 2019

Live recording of Frederick Viner's 'Justorum Animae'

Frederick Viner's Justorum Animae received a second performance on 21st March 2019 by the Chapel Choir of Selwyn College, Cambridge, conducted by Michael Bawtree. The choir performed the work at a concert titled 'Music of Our Time' arranged by the John Armitage Memorial Trust (JAM) at St Bride's Church, London. A live recording of their performance is now available to listen to online:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqdAadVLzL8
29 Apr 2019

Tomáš Klement records Sadie Harrison’s ‘..sláva hvězd..’ for Czech Radio 3

Sadie Harrison’s piano cycle ..sláva hvězd.. (The Glory of Stars) has been recorded for Czech Radio 3 by the outstanding young pianist, Tomáš Klement. Klement gave the work its world premiere at the spectacular Tugendhat Villa in Brno, Czech Republic, on 8th April 2019.
25 Apr 2019

BBC Radio 3 broadcast James Weeks conducting 'Orlando Tenebrae'

As part of a 'BBC Singers in Good Friday music' programme broadcast on 24th April, BBC Radio 3 featured a recording of James Weeks's Orlando Tenebrae from a concert by the choir conducted by the composer himself.
24 Apr 2019

Sadie Harrison’s 'Allah Hu' recorded at the Royal Academy of Music’s Contemporary Viola Sessions

We are delighted that the superb violist Katherine Clarke recorded the solo viola piece Allah Hu! (God is great) at the Royal Academy of Music’s YouTube forum The Contemporary Viola Sessions (April 2019). You can listen to the performance here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-GubPh2ifs
10 Apr 2019

Thomas Simaku – lectures in Palermo, York and London

Thomas Simaku presented his music at the ‘Alessandro Scarlatti’ Conservatoire in Palermo on 3rd April 2019, which was attended by the composition students and members of staff, including Professor Daniele Ficola and the Chair of Composition Department Maestro Marco Betta.

http://www.conservatoriobellini.it/it/le-news/763-incontro-con-il-compositore-thomas-simaku