The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra conducted by Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla play Howell's brilliant symphonic poem Lamia, along with Elgar, Knussen and Weinberg.
BBC Proms - Thursday 22 August - 7.30 pm
https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/ew3v9r
Jules Buckley directs the Metropole Orkest, with singers Ledisi and Lisa Fischer, in this homage to Nina Simone, one of the great women of jazz, a brilliant songwriter, singer, arranger, and Civil Rights activist.
BBC Proms - Wednesday 21 August 7.30 pm
https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/e9cd2m
Doctoral researcher Leonard Sanderman from York University has contacted us to spread the news of his recently completed
project to make the Complete Sacred Choral Music of Alice Mary Smith freely
available in a set of scholarly editions and in a recording by the Eoferwic
Consort. This is a wonderful new resource for choirs.
These scores and recordings are
published as part of the project "The Complete Sacred Music of Alice Mary
Smith" at the University of York which is funded by a Knowledge
Exchange Project Award form the AHRC through the White Rose College of the Arts
& Humanities. The original manuscripts are held at the Royal Academy of
Music.' (Leonard Sanderson)
You will find links to the open access scores and recordings here
https://www.leonardsanderman.com/alicemarysmith
Brilliant article about brilliant composer (and WiM member) Errollyn Wallen in the context of her Prom Concert in the RAH last week ... so rare that a contemporary women composer gets that space - so many congratulations. Even more notable as Wallen's world premiere piece was alongside Elgar, Mendelssohn and Mussorgsky. Look out for news of more of Errollyn Wallen's music
Tomorrow at Cadogan Hall Louise Alder sings lieder by Fanny Hensel as well as her brother Felix Mendelssohn, Schubert, Liszt, Chopin, and Rossini, with Gary Matthewman accompanying.
Monday 19 August - 1 pm
https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/evn5q9
The Ulster Orchestra play Clara Schumann's Piano Concerto with soloist Mariam Batsashvili and Sofia Gubaidulina's Fairytale Poem, along with the first symphonies of Beethoven and Shostakovich.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/ezqwxj
There is a proms plus talk in which Natasha Loges discusses Clara Schumann's work. 5.45 pm at Imperial College Union.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/epwxp6
The BBC Singers conducted by Sofi Jeannin give a concert of British choral music including works by four women composers, Thea Musgrave, Elizabeth Maconchy, Judith Weir, Joanna Lee. Lee's At this man’s hand is a new BBC commission. This wonderful programme is genuine 50:50 programming at last, well done BBC.
Sat 17 Aug 2019
Holy Sepulchre London 3 pm
https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/edbcd4
Errollyn Wallen's latest BBC commission, a homage to the artist Howard Hodgkin, is performed by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales conducted by Elim Chan
Thursday 15 August - 7 pm
Errrollyn is giving a pre concert talk at 5.45 pm at Imperial College Union
More details
https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/ezv9hn
https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/eqxp8g
There is some wonderful work taking place in the next few days at the Edinburgh Festival by composer Rebecca Rowe
Check out the details here
http://www.rebecca-rowe.co.uk/news
A new work of music by 14 composers, Kalevi Aho, Sally Beamish, Sir Harrison Birtwistle, Richard Blackford, Gavin Bryars, Brett Dean, Dai Fujikura, Wim Henderickx, Colin Matthews, Anthony Payne, John Pickard, David Sawer, Iris ter Schiphorst, Judith Weir. Inspired by Elgar's Enigma Variations, the work is a tribute to Martyn Brabbins on his 60th birthday. Pleased to see three female composers were asked to contribute, 50:50 next time BBC?
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra conducted by Martyn Brabbins.
BBC Proms Tuesday 13 August 7 pm
https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/e6wxp6