Barbirolli Oboe Competition, Isle of Man
I spent the weekend of April 1 at the spectacular coastal town of Port Erin, where the Arts Centre housed the competition founded by Evelyn…
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LSO Panufnik Composers 2017-18
The latest group of Panufnik Composers brings the total who’ve taken part in the scheme since 2005 to 75. Here’s a photo from the induction…
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Fondácion BBVA Award
I’m just back from Madrid where I was on the jury for the 9th edition of the Fondación BBVA’s Frontiers of Knowledge Awards. The Foundation…
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La vallée des cloches
In Manchester last week for the first performance with the BBC Philharmonic and Nicholas Collon of my orchestration of Ravel’s La vallée des cloches, together…
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Voices of the Air
Last Saturday the Festival Chorus and Soprano Katy Hill, conducted by Andrea Brown, gave a fine first performance of Voices of the Air. The Festival Chorus…
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