British instrument ensemble founded by Adrian Chandler
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2021-06-03 06:35:07
Cheltenham Music Festival returns for 2021 with 21 world premieres and free stage concerts
The Cheltenham Music Festival is returning to live music with a festival from 2 to 11 July 2021 which includes 21 world premieres and a number of free stage concerts. Large-scale concerts include Kirill Karabits and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, and Martyn Brabbins and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Other performers include the Carice Singers, pianist Steven Osborne, mezzo-soprano Dame Sarah Connolly, cellist Matthew Barley, pianist Ivana Gavric, pianist Imogen Cooper, La Serenissima, saxophonist Jess Gillam, the Albion Quartet and 12 Ensemble. There will be world premieres of Matthew Whittall's new choral settings of Robert Louis Stevenson's Songs of Travel, Luke Styles' new work performed alongside Britten's Canticles, plus premieres of music by Lillie Harris, Ayanna Witter-Johnson, Jonathan Woolgar, Sarah Nicolls and Maja Bugge, and a UK premiere from Alex Freeman. The Cheltenham Composer Academy returns this year from 5-9 July. The scheme supports early-career composers (aged 18+), offering them […]
2021-04-28 06:25:34
From Beverley to Budleigh Salterton: festivals coming back to life
[…] bookings of all those from last year's cancelled festival. However all the concerts will be available via a special digital festival in June. The festival opens with Stile Antico in Toward the Dawn, a programme that moves from Allegri to Nico Muhly, sung in the splendour of Beverley Minster [where my eldest two uncles were christened]. Other performers include Alva (Vivien Ellis voice, Giles Lewin fiddles, bagpipes, Leah Stuttard medieval harps) in Angels in Architecture, La Serenissima with recorder player Tabea Debus, solo violinist Kati Debretzeni in Through the Eye of a Lense, a virtual tour of Europe through the “lens” of a violin, and Ex Corde, director Paul Gameson, in Heaven on Earth: Thomas More’s Utopian Dream, with music by Robert Fayrfax and Josquin des Prez, plus the premiere of a commission by Christopher Fox inspired by Thomas More’s vision. Also taking place over the weekend are the hugely […]
2020-09-03 07:34:24
An eight-hour solo piano masterpiece: Sorabji's 'Sequentia cyclica' receives its premiere performance
[…] the Hatfield House Chamber Music Festival plans to bring the house alive with music and to explore the house and its collections - interview Taking us on a remarkable journey: the choir of St John's College, Cambridge in Pious Anthems and Voluntaries, a programme of Michael Finnissy premieres - CD review What makes the disc work is the sheer verve & engagement of the performances: Adrian Chandler & La Serenissima's Extra Time - CD review Home
2020-09-02 12:43:25
A distinct voice: a new disc from Resonus explores Florent Schmitt's Mélodies, a wide-ranging survey of song by an under-rated composer
[…] the Hatfield House Chamber Music Festival plans to bring the house alive with music and to explore the house and its collections - interview Taking us on a remarkable journey: the choir of St John's College, Cambridge in Pious Anthems and Voluntaries, a programme of Michael Finnissy premieres - CD review What makes the disc work is the sheer verve & engagement of the performances: Adrian Chandler & La Serenissima's Extra Time - CD review Opera returns: Mozart's Cosi fan tutte and Jonathan Dove's Ariel at Waterperry Opera Festival - opera review Home
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