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 Kent, UK in 1969. He studied composition at Dartington College of Arts, Welsh College of 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 that by discussing Soviet composer, Alexander Krein and his work for clarinet quintet – Jewish Sketches. Enjoy! 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 shall be looking into her unique Duo Sonata for Two Bassoons. Sofia Gubaidulina was born and raised Read more…
Welcome to Day ‘C’ of my October Alphabet Challenge! A really exciting composer awaits us today in the form of Ruth Crawford Seeger. Again, it has been very difficult to choose which work of hers to write about, but I have decided to look into her Suite for Wind Quintet. Sit back Read more…
Dearest readers, I have a special treat for you today. I am writing this blog on my favourite composer – Mahler! Even though I am doing my Alphabet Challenge, I couldn’t help but write about this work for you all to listen to. Known as a master symphonist, this blog Read more…
Dearest readers, welcome to the second day of my October Alphabet Challenge! Day ‘B’ is one of the hardest days to choose a blog due to the sheer amount of composers that names begin with B! I cam to realise, however, that after publishing over 110 blogs onto my site, Read more…
Good afternoon classical music fans! I hope you are all well and are raring to go for another very exciting blog on a work that I saw live not long ago – Vaughan Williams’ Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus. This piece was performed by the fantastic London Symphony Orchestra (LSO), and Read more…
Hello classical music fans! After the whirlwind that was my Female Fortnight Challenge 2.0 (check it out on my site!), I think it’s time to post my next blog! This is my 99th blog, so it is very much a celebration of this wonderful composer and friend of mine. For Read more…
Good afternoon readers! Here we are at day 6 of the Female Fortnight Challenge 2.0, what lies in store for you today I hear you cry? Well we’re going back in time to relish in some wonderful Christian hymns, with the ever-popular Nearer, My God, To Thee being the focus for this Read more…
Good afternoon readers! Here we are already on day 5 of my Female Fortnight Challenge and what a treat I have to share with you all today. A composer who composes deeply moving music on both small and grand scales – today’s blog is on the phenomenal Bulgarian composer, Dobrinka Read more…