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…
Day ‘U’ is upon us, dearest readers, and it is always a task to find a composer with a name that begins with U! Saying this, however, I have decided to write this blog on Read more…
Welcome to Day T of my alphabet challenge! Today’s blog will be on Japanese composer, Toru Takemitsu and one of his more well-known works, Requiem for String Orchestra. Regarded as one of the most influential composers from Japan 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…
Welcome to Day ‘J’ of my October Alphabet Challenge! An exciting letter indeed, and I have chosen to write about composer Karl Jenkins, and his instantly recognisable Palladio, for string orchestra. Sir Karl William Pamp Jenkins (CBE), Read more…
Welcome to Day ‘G’ of my October Alphabet Challenge! I have looked forward to this day as I have meant to write a blog about Sofia Gubaidulina for a long time! For this blog I Read more…