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Creative Scotland declines to fund this year’s Lammermuir Festival

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Lammermuir Festival faces future challenge head-on as Creative Scotland turns it down for funding in 2023

Lammermuir Festival has been turned down by Creative Scotland’s Open Fund for funding towards this year’s festival. Over a period of 40 weeks the festival lodged three applications having been strongly encouraged by Creative Scotland officials to re-apply twice. Each application was strongly recommended for funding by the Music Department at Creative Scotland, particularly as a key part of a network of festivals across the country including East Neuk, Paxton, Cumnock Tryst and St Magnus. Each application has been turned down by assessment panels, the last notification being on 22 August, just sixteen days before the 2023 festival opened.

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Japan Society’s upcoming concert series: ‘John Cage’s Japan’

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Japan Society’s John Cage’s Japan In 2012, the world celebrated John Cage’s hundredth birthday. ‘World’ is a vague term that risks meaning North America and Europe when used with bravado from a Western musical perspective. But it is no exaggeration to say that John Cage held worldwide notoriety far beyond the New York City of post-World … Read more

Barcelona Youth Symphony Orchestra’s Pablo Casals Memorial Concert on 5 October

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PABLO CASALS MEMORIAL CONCERT: 5 OCTOBER 2023 7.30pm
(50th Anniversary of the passing of Pablo Casals)

BARCELONA YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA / LAURA PERIBAÑEZ ARTERO (cello) / CARLOS CHECA (conductor)   

Programme:
Casals – Sardana ‘Sant Martí del Canigó’
Granados – Goyescas – Intermezzo
Bruch – Kol Nidrei
Brahms – Symphony No.1 in C minor, Op.68

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Tippet Rise Art Center’s summer season 2023

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Tippet Rise – where music, art and nature combine to nourish the soul There are no bounds to Lindsey Hinmon’s enthusiasm when describing what makes Tippet Rise Art Center such a magical place. She and her husband, Pete, are its co-directors, tasked with running an art center situated in a 12,500-acre working ranch – a … Read more

Updated: Oxford International Song Festival – 18 to 28 October 2023

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Oxford International Song Festival (formerly Oxford Lieder Festival)

13 to 28 October 2023 Art:Song – Images, Words, Music

  • The UK’s largest festival of song celebrates its first festival under a new name with a fortnight featuring over 75 events.
  • World premieres include song cycles by FEDORA Opera Prize-winning British-Chinese composer Alex Ho (Oxford International Song Festival’s Associate Composer), Geoffrey Gordon, Mahdis Golzar Kashani, and Héloïse Werner, and a new work by Roxanna Panufnik co-commissioned with Presteigne Festival.
  • World-class singers and pianists, alongside emerging stars, take to the stage for evening song recitals, complemented by a wide-ranging series of events including lunchtime concerts, talks, tours, workshops, dance, masterclasses, and more.
  • With tickets starting at £5, several free events, £8 tickets for under-35s at every event, and a choice of discounts and concessionary rates, the Festival is accessible to all.

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