Edward Elgar: The Music Makers Edward Elgar is fondly remembered as one of the forefront English composers of the late 19th/early 20th century. His music is often incorporated into international concerts, with some of his most Read more…
Howard Goodall: The Lord is my Shepherd Known for his choral music and his music for television, English composer Howard Goodall CBE is a household name. After studying music at Christ Church, Oxford, Goodall has since been Read more…
Morton Lauridsen: O Magnum Mysterium Morton Lauridsen is known today as one of the leading choral composers, due to his extensive collection of works, recordings and awards he’s picked up along the way. By far the Read more…
My dearest readers, welcome (or welcome back) to Classicalexburns – the No. 1 Classical Music Blog. Ahead of Classical Sheffield’s Festival Weekend (March 10-11th 2018), I am writing this blog on Ola Gjeilo (pronounced ‘yay-loh’), Read more…
It is time, dearest readers, for us to explore another composer for my Alphabet Challenge. We have come to Day ‘V’ and for this blog I shall be delving into the world of Italian composer, Read more…
Dearest readers, the time has come to present the composer for Day ‘O’ of my Alphabet Challenge! Perhaps best-known for his cantata Carmina Burana, I have decided to delve into Carl Orff’s famous piece from this work Read more…
Dearest readers, welcome to Day ‘M’ of my October Alphabet Challenge. I have been eagerly anticipating writing this blog as I had a pre-conceived idea as to what I wanted to write about, and after Read more…
Dearest readers, welcome to Day ‘F’ of my October Alphabet Challenge. Similar to most days in this challenge, it is difficult to choose just one composer and one of their pieces. For this blog I Read more…
Good evening dearest readers – welcome to day 8 of my Female Fortnight Challenge 2.0! For today’s blog I am taking you way waaaaaay back in time to find out about one of the most 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 Read more…