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
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Germany 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.
NEW! Nurturing Creative Talent: the Composer Academy at Cheltenham Music Festival (RJ)
08/07/2015
Nurturing Creative Talent: the Composer Academy at Cheltenham Music Festival (RJ) Read more
The Three Choirs Festival: Recollections of a Chorus Member
01/07/2015
United Kingdom The Three Choirs Festival: Recollections of a Chorus Member
NEW! The Great Canadian Artists: An Interview with Pianist Angela Hewitt
04/06/2015
Canada The Great Canadian Artists: An Interview with Pianist Angela Hewitt
Angela Hewitt grew up in Ottawa and began her piano studies at the age of three. She gave her first full-length recital at the age of nine at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, where she studied from 1964 to 1973. Read more
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