NEW! Bampton Classical Opera Announces Young Singers’ Competition Winner
16/11/2015
Bampton Classical Opera Announces Young Singers’ Competition Winner
Bampton Classical Opera has just announced that the winner of the 2015 Young Singers’ Competition is Russian soprano Galina Averina, and the runner-up Welsh soprano Céline Forrest. The decision was reached after an exciting final on Saturday 14th November at the Holywell Music Room, Oxford. The adjudicators were tenor Bonaventura Bottone, and conductors Andrew Parrott and Peter Robinson, who is also a vocal coach at the Royal Academy of Music. Galina is awarded £1,500, and Céline £500. Read more
NEW! The Musical Loders of Bath – Study Day
23/10/2015
United Kingdom The Loder Family and their Music in Provincial Britain: The Picture Gallery, Holburne Museum, Bathwick, Bath, England 15.10.15 (RJW)
The Night Dancers – (c) The Richard Bonynge Archive, Switzerland
Bruce Dickey on the Cornetto and the Vespers
18/10/2015
Bruce Dickey on the Cornetto and the Vespers
Bruce Dickey
For four decades, Bruce Dickey has almost single-handedly pioneered the resurgence of the cornetto, an instrument forgotten for centuries but absolutely essential to faithful historical performance. He has been a fixture at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, leading new students of the instrument forward. In 2000, the Historic Brass Society awarded him the prestigious Christopher Monk Award for ‘his monumental work in cornetto performance, historical performance practice and musicological scholarship’. Read more
NCEM Young Composers Award 2016
18/10/2015
NCEM Young Composers Award 2016
The National Centre for Early Music and BBC Radio 3 are proud to present the 2016 NCEM Young Composers Award in partnership with Theatre of the Ayre, directed by one of Europe’s leading lutenists, Elizabeth Kenny, with mezzo soprano Clare Wilkinson and Nicholas Mulroy, tenor. The Award will be launched on BBC Radio 3’s Early Music Show on Sunday 1 November 2015. The broadcast includes performances of the winning pieces of the 2015 Award. Read more
Sir David Willcocks, CBE, MC. 30 December 1919 – 17 September 2015
18/09/2015
United Kingdom Sir David Willcocks, CBE, MC. 30 December 1919 – 17 September 2015
Sir David Willcocks, CBE, MC.
30 December 1919 – 17 September 2015
NEW! New Energy in Early Music in the Pacific Northwest: An Interview with Matthew White
10/09/2015
Canada New Energy in Early Music in the Pacific Northwest: An Interview with Matthew White
Matthew White
NEW! The Glyndebourne Rape of Lucretia Seen Streaming
13/08/2015
United States Britten: Glyndebourne’s The Rape of Lucretia in Streaming via the on-line Daily Telegraph. Players of the London Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor, Leo Hussain; Stage Director, Fiona Shaw; Designer, Michael Levine; Lighting, Paul Anderson. Seen on 11 August 2015 (JB) Read more
NEW! The Sollazzo Ensemble Wins the 2015 York Early Music International Young Artists Competition
14/07/2015
The Sollazzo Ensemble Wins the 2015 York Early Music International Young Artists Competition
Sollazo Ensemble Winners of the York Early Music Festival 2015 International Young Artists Competition.
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