Max Richter: Dream 13 (minus even) Dream 13 (minus even) is part of Max Richter’s latest album From Sleep. It aims to aid people establish a much more peaceful sleeping routine, and also a more peaceful thinking regime in the Read more…
Toru Takemitsu: Requiem for String Orchestra Biography Toru Takemitsu was born in 1930 in Tokyo. At a very young age, Takemitsu was called into military service. However, during his time in the military, Takemitsu became aware of Western classical Read more…
Karl Jenkins: Palladio Sir Karl William Pamp Jenkins (CBE), was born on 17th February, 1944, in Penclawdd, Wales. He first received music training from his father, who was a choirmaster and chapel organist. Jenkins began to Read more…
Erich Urbanner: Emotions Born on March 26th, 1936 in Austria, Erich Urbanner has had a fruitful career in music, specifically composition. Studying at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna, between 1955-1961, Urbanner was able to Read more…
Antonio Vivaldi: Le quattro stagioni Antonio Vivaldi composed his ever-popular collection of violin concerti The Four Seasons around the year 1721. The conception of what we can now deduce as an early form of programme music was revolutionary Read more…
Arnold Schoenberg: String Quartet No. 2 Born into a lower-middle class Jewish family in Vienna in 1874, Schoenberg was a mostly self-taught composer. He learnt counterpoint with composer and pedagogue, Alexander Von Zemlinsky and was also Read more…
It is with a heavy heart that I write this blog for you all today. It has recently been announced that Icelandic composer, Jóhann Jóhannsson has passed away, age 48. He was perhaps best-known for Read more…
Welcome to Day ‘P’ of my Alphabet Challenge! After the intense and powerful forces of Carl Orff’s O Fortuna, this blog is taking it down a few notches to a serene and absolutely beautiful work by Estonian Read more…
Day ‘N’ is upon us, dearest readers, and for this instalment of my alphabet challenge I shall be looking into contemporary composer, Patrick Nunn and his chamber work Escape Velocity – enjoy! Patrick Nunn was born in Read more…
Good day, readers! Welcome to Day ‘K’ of my ever-exciting October Alphabet Challenge. So far we have explored a range of different composers, all with unique styles and works, and I’d like to add to Read more…