11th March: Newcastle choir sings female composer’s music for the first time in centuries; Brits twice as likely to recognise male composers, and Michael Gielen obituary
Monday 11th March '19
Medieval music by a 14th-century female composer is being heard for the first time in 600 years Last weekend, the Newcastle-based choir Schola Cantorum sang a rare liturgy that hasn’t been heard in public for almost …
Read31st October: Can composers ever effectively commemorate WWI? Creative Scotland diverts extra £10m funding and Carnegie Hall to start livestreaming recitals.
Friday 31st October '14
Classical News Telegraph Can composers ever effectively commemorate WWI? Modern composers are finding it difficult to strike a properly public tone when honouring the fallen, says Ivan Hewett The Strad Is playing a concerto really the ultimate test of musicianship? Performing …
Read20th July: Sheep, Grants and Plinths
Friday 20th July '12
Arts Journal- Slipped Disc Why Madrid pulled the plug on Barenboim: the full story Barenboim’s Madrid concert is cancelled…. Pianist in blasphemy trial issues defiant dance video The composer and pianist Fazil Say has written “Dance” a new …
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