Wedding music piece going back to the Vatican
Paul Mealor says he is ‘honoured, humbled and amazed’ after hearing the news this morning that massed American choirs are planning to perform his well-loved wedding motet at the Vatican in June…
Wedding music piece going back to the Vatican
Paul Mealor says he is ‘honoured, humbled and amazed’ after hearing the news this morning that massed American choirs are planning to perform his well-loved wedding motet at the Vatican in June…
The 2014 RPS winners list
The RPS Awards, partnered by BBC Radio 3, were presented this evening at London’s Dorchester Hotel, a not uncontroversial venue given its owner, the Sultan of Brunei’s imposition of full…
Nicola Benedetti, Murray Perahia and Andrew Lloyd Webber received HRH The Prince of Wales honour
HRH The Prince of Wales, who celebrates 21 years as the President of the Royal College of Music this year, presented an Honorary Doctorate to musical theatre composer Lloyd Webber…
Trumpeter Alison Balsom slams current levels of music funding
Current levels of funding are threatening children’s ‘basic right’ to school music lessons, says the star trumpeter. Alison Balsom said she would not have become a professional musician if she…
Bryan Hymel signs new contract with Warner Classics
[asa]B005LVEFQI[/asa] American Tenor Bryan Hymel, who made his Metropolitan Opera debut in 2012 (as Aeneas in Berlioz’s Les troyens), has signed an exclusive recording contract with Warner Classics. Alain Lanceron,…
Thomas Larcher’s What Becomes, A Padmore Cycle
[asa]B00H287OFM[/asa] Thomas Larcher’s piano writing in the disc’s seven-movement title work is conventional in all but the string-sawing finale. If What Becomes is the most satisfying composition here (the open-palmed…
Thomas Larcher’s What Becomes, A Padmore Cycle
[asa]B00H287OFM[/asa] Thomas Larcher’s piano writing in the disc’s seven-movement title work is conventional in all but the string-sawing finale. If What Becomes is the most satisfying composition here (the open-palmed…
Singers are being invited to join Eric Whitacre’s choir use the internet
Young singers are being invited to use the internet to join a choir, which will premiere during the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games in partnership with UNICEF. Singers will be asked…
Singers are being invited to join Eric Whitacre’s choir use the internet
Young singers are being invited to use the internet to join a choir, which will premiere during the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games in partnership with UNICEF. Singers will be asked…