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30 June 2020 •
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It is with great pleasure that we welcome the highly regarded English composer Christopher Fox to the Composers Edition family. His music is frequently (and quite reasonably) described as uncategorisable, perhaps...
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30 June 2020 •
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Dan Goren talks with Aaron Holloway-Nahum about the dynamic ensembles’ present and upcoming projects, performing at some of Europe’s most prestigious festivals and a new work by Philip Cashian Dan Goren:...
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30 June 2020 •
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On Thursday 2 July, 7pm (Madrid time) Gustavo Diaz-Jerez will be giving an online piano recital hosted by a new online concert platform. The program includes several of Gustavo’s Metaludios for piano and the...
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30 June 2020 •
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A special ‘lockdown compilation’ album We hope this finds you well in these strange times from innovative label Nonclassical is released on Friday 3 July. It includes ‘Laugh’ from Brian...
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30 June 2020 •
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A greatly supportive initiative in the midst of such challenging times, Deutscher Chor London has launched the Corona Commissions project, commission composers to write new choral pieces during this period of pandemic...
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30 June 2020 •
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“Throughout time, music and art have been the unifying voice of generations torn apart by war and disaster”. With this boldly positive statement, Italian pianist Lorenzo Marasso introduces his Invention...
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30 June 2020 •
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The Canticle of Mary is an exciting opportunity for choirs to come together in commissioning and performing, (live, socially distanced or virtually as circumstances permit) a substantial new Christmas piece in December...
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30 June 2020 •
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In 2022 the Royal Academy of Music will celebrate its Bicentenary. George Chambers, Head of Communications and External Relations at the Royal Academy of Music tells us more about their plans: Celebrations have already...
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30 June 2020 •
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Anthony Gilbert moved north from London in 1970, teaching composition at the Royal Northern College of Music from its inception in 1973, where he was Head of Composition and Contemporary Music until 1999. It...
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30 June 2020 •
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Last month a new recording of Graham Lynch’s music was made in Missouri including White Book 2, Absolute Inwardness, The Couperin Sketchbooks, and White Book 3. Three of these are very recent and have yet to have...
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30 June 2020 •
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We are delighted to hear news about an upcoming piano work premiere and other projects from Jack Van Zandt, in the following report from Los Angeles. “The governor of California is gradually lifting the lockdown...
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30 June 2020 •
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Ian Stephens is currently writing a piece for the National Youth Brass Band of Wales and their conductor Philip Harper (of Cory Band fame). The piece is called Colston Falls and is inspired by the events of last month...
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30 June 2020 •
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Lockdown has certainly spurred composers and musicians to get creative with the limitations at hand and it’s been inspiring to learn of the different responses to challenging times. Jane Stanley tells us about two...
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30 June 2020 •
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Liz Lane collaboratively set up a Facebook page of miniature songs with soprano Belinda Evans featuring songs by Lane, Evans and friends. Inspired by times of isolation and reflection, telling stories and finding a...
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30 June 2020 •
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Colin Riley has created People Need People, an online piece curated with students at Brunel University, ex-students, staff and with some of their professional ‘music mentors’. The words are by Poet and...
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30 June 2020 •
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Martin Bussey has written three short instrumental pieces based on music from his 2018 chamber vocal work Mary’s Hand, called Mary Pieces, one for each of the instruments that play in the piece: Jack of Hearts for...
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30 June 2020 •
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This month we bring you a first batch of works from our latest signing Christopher Fox, three ensemble and two works by Ed Bennett and more from Paul Alan Barker, Martin Bussey, Joe Cutler, Jeffrey Holmes, John Palmer,...
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30 May 2020 •
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We are delighted to welcome the highly respected and distinguished composer Gordon Crosse to the Composers Edition family. Spanning more than 60 years, his compositional career has included major orchestral commissions...
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1 June 2020 •
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Kate Romano: Erika Fox is isolating in Wales and we keep in touch regularly by phone and email. On reading my recent blog We Need To Talk About Classical Music, she emailed me with what she calls her...
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30 May 2020 •
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This month the Vykintas Baltakas portrait CD is released by Kairos. The title of the album – Ouroboros makes reference to an ancient symbol of a snake or dragon swallowing its own tail, constantly creating itself...
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