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Australian singer and opera singer
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2022-03-11 09:11:19
Two parallel paths converged, to result ultimately in the path that led to this EP. In this guest posting, librettist Chinwe D John writes about collaborating with composer Geoff Hannan on songs for the EP, Within a Certain Time and Place on Voces8 Records with Andrew Staples (tenor) and Alisdair Hogarth (piano)In October of 2020, as tension built in the country, I turned to the music of Bach for solace. This led to me discovering countertenor Tim Mead, which in turn led me to discovering Andy Staples, via a Purcell series performed by La Nuova Musica (LNM) under David Bates, featuring both artists. The series was fantastic, and I contacted LNM to give a little support as a thank you. To my surprise, that December, I received an email from LNM, inviting me to attend their Purcell live Zoom event for free, as a thank you for my earlier donation.Around […]
2019-12-05 12:29:15
[…] jazz composition There is a Crack in Everything mimicked the rhythms of cycling up and down the hills and lochs of Scotland searching for light. In the sound art category, Martin Green won with Aeons: A Sound Walk for Newcastle, which is a piece designed to be listened to on a walk on the banks of the River Tyne. Charlotte Bray’s Invisible Cities, meanwhile, reflects on the urban environment. Other composers took inspiration from philosophy and history, with Geoff Hannan’s choral work Pocket Universe featuring text by Isaac Newton and Galileo Galilei. Christian myths were the focus of Gavin Higgins’s trombone concerto The Book of Miracles, influenced by a recently discovered German Renaissance manuscript. BBC Radio 3 will broadcast a programme dedicated to the awards at 9pm on Sunday 8 December. The full list of winners can be found below. AMATEUR OR YOUNG PERFORMERSThe Salamander and The Moonraker by Edward Gregson CHAMBER ENSEMBLEFlute Concerto […]
2019-10-29 13:32:25
[…] JAZZ COMPOSITION FOR LARGE ENSEMBLENine or more instruments or voices that contain interactive improvisation as an essential element Jumping In by Laura Jurd On Marsden Moor by Jonny Mansfield This Much I Know Is True by Mark Lockheart CHORALA cappella or accompanies, except works for choir and orchestra Mass in Troubled Times by John Pickard O Virgo Prudentissima by James MacMillan Pocket Universe by Geoff Hannan ORCHESTRAL Including works for choir and orchestra The Book of Miracles (Trombone Concerto) by Gavin Higgins Uncoiling the River by Kenneth Hesketh Woven Space by Helen Grime STAGE WORKS Works specifically written for the stage, including opera, dance and musical theatre Cave by Tansy Davies Harriet (‘Scenes in the life of Harriet Tubman’) by Hilda Paredes Them by Charlotte Harding SOUND ART Installations, sculptural, electroacoustic […]
2017-07-24 16:59:54
“Oatmeal tastes so good on its own, you don’t even need to add sugar”
Happy 49th birthday singer and actress Kristin Chenoweth. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVsLMxam21I Born on this day in 1803 composer Adolphe Adam. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8Poubw44dk Born on this day in 1864 poet and dramatist Frank Wedekind. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuBo9-9GQOw Born on this day in 1880 composer Ernest Bloch. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wo98iI0QE6k Born on this day in 1921 tenor Giuseppe Di Stefano. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIQbr4ILBIU Happy 95th birthday bass Bernard Ladysz. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4Hj02trl2c Happy 83rd birthday baritone Neil Howlett. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjj7vBf7OOE Born on this day in 1946 soprano Eilene Hannan. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLpL8VZP0m4
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