The prestigious NCEM Composers Award 2009, presented in association with BBC Radio 3 and The Tallis Scholars, has been won by 16-year-old Elizabeth Edwards and 23-year-old Michael Perrett. The winners were announced at a special finalists’ concert at the National Centre for Early Music (NCEM) in York, where all six short-listed pieces were performed [...]
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Winners Announced for the NCEM Composers Award 2009
Posted in projects on 21 May 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Seeing is believing
Posted in projects on 14 May 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Compositions passed for the final round of the BBC/NCEM/Tallis Scholars composition competition
Posted in projects on 21 April 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The successful entries were: 1) Michael Perrett aged 20 a student at the Royal Northern College of Music living in Gosport, Hampshire. Michael’s entry is a setting of words by Isaac Rosenberg. 2) William Blake aged 20 studying at Queens Oxford University living in Beckenham, Kent: William’s piece is called Why art thou so heavy, [...]
Repertoire for the TSSS course in Seattle 2009
Posted in projects, TS Summer Schools on 15 March 2009 | 2 Comments »
The 2009 TSSS course in Seattle will be dedicated to the music of Victoria: Victoria: Missa pro Victoria (a 9) Victoria: Requiem (a 6) Victoria: Responsories for Good Friday (a 4) Guerrero: Duo Seraphim (a 12) Guerrero: Hei mihi domine (a 6) Please visit www.tsss.uk.com for details on how to apply. The course will take place [...]
Repertoire for the TSSS Oakham course 2009
Posted in projects, TS Summer Schools on 15 March 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The 10th TSSS Oakham course is a special event, with some special repertoire: Tallis: Gaude gloriosa Sheppard Verbum caro Tallis: In jejunio et fletu Gibbons: O clap your hands Tallis: If ye love me Tallis: O sacrum convivium Gibbons: Second Service Byrd: Second Service The course will take place between July 11th and 18th. [...]
BBC Singers live this Friday
Posted in BBC Singers, projects on 24 February 2009 | 1 Comment »
A reminder that I shall be conducting the BBC Singers live on BBC Radio Three this Friday, February 27th. The broadcast starts at 7.00pm and runs to 9.15pm with a 20 minute interval at about 7.50pm. You can find it at www.bbc.co.uk/radio3 and then by following the links to the programme being currently broadcast. I [...]
A two-day masterclass, Namur, Belgium (May 2009)
Posted in projects on 22 February 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On May 9th and 10th, I am taking a two-day masterclass in Namur, Belgium, based in the castle of Flawinne. The music is: Purcell: My Heart is inditing Handel: Praised be the Lord (from Chandos Anthem No.11, Let God Arise) Handel: As Pants the Hart for Cooling Streams Purcell: Hear My Prayer O Lord I [...]
Late change for BBC Singers (February 23rd – 27th)
Posted in BBC Singers, projects on 18 February 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A quick and urgent announcement that the programme for next week with the BBC Singers has been tweaked and now is: Tallis: Loquebantur variis linguis Sheppard: Laudem dicite Deo Harpsichord solo: Byrd: Miserere à 3 Byrd: Fantasia William Mundy: Vox patris caelestis – interval – Philip de Monte: Super flumina Babylonis William Byrd: Quomodo cantabimus [...]
BBC Singers, February 2009
Posted in BBC Singers, projects on 10 January 2009 | Leave a Comment »
23rd – 27th February 2009 I will be working with the BBC Singers again in February 2009. The performance on Friday 27 February, with Mahan Esfahani (Radio 3 New Generation Artist) on harpsichord and organ, will be broadcast live on BBC Radio Three on Performance on 3 at 1900 from St Paul’s, Knightsbridge, London, UK. [...]
BBC Singers, September 2009
Posted in BBC Singers, projects on 8 January 2009 |
15th – 17th September 2009 On September 15th, 16th and 17th the BBC Singers and I will make a programme for the Early Music Show exploring the musical forebears of Palestrina, especially the rare Italian ones. We will focus on the music of Costanzo Festa, but also include the Lamentations of Carpentras, which were sung in the Sistine [...]
