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Malcolm Arnold ‘Brass Quintet No.1’: Vibrant Characters
Malcolm Arnold: Brass Quintet No.1 Context Composed in 1961 specifically for the New York Brass Quintet, Malcolm Arnold’s Brass Quintet No.1 was an instant hit. Read more…
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Alan Menken ‘The Bell Tower’: Notre Dame Views
Alan Menken: The Bell Tower Context Shortly after completing Pocahontas together, Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz were offered the chance to work on the music Read more…
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Clara Wieck-Schumann ‘Piano Concerto in A minor’: Teenage Kicks
Clara Wieck-Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor Context Clara Wieck-Schumann completed her only piano concerto in 1835, when she was aged 15. Already an accomplished Read more…
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Alan Menken ‘Farewell from Pocahontas’: I’ll Always Be With You
Alan Menken: Farewell from Pocahontas Context After some great musical successes in the 1980s, Walt Disney Studios hired Alan Menken to write the music for Read more…
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Arvo Pärt ‘Summa’: Strings and Silence
Arvo Pärt: Summa Context Summa was first composed in 1978 by Estonian composer Arvo Pärt as a choral work. Some twelve years later, Pärt arranged Read more…
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Paul Drayton ‘Masterpiece’: A Musical Assortment
Paul Drayton: Masterpiece Context Paul Drayton was born in the East of Yorkshire, 1944. After taking an academic route at a young age, Drayton successfully completed Read more…
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Interview with Ella Taylor
Interview with Ella Taylor Ella Taylor is a soprano with a passion for performing contemporary music and works by women and gender non-conforming artists. They Read more…
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Christopher Rouse ‘Supplica’: Visceral Intensity
Christopher Rouse: Supplica Context Christopher Rouse was commissioned by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and the Pacific Symphony in 2013 to compose a work for orchestra. Read more…
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Patrick Nunn ‘Escape Velocity’: The Not-So Ugly Duckling
Patrick Nunn: Escape Velocity Context Patrick Nunn was born in Kent, UK in 1969. He studied composition at Dartington College of Arts, Welsh College of Music Read more…
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Baroque Classics in the Orchard with Eboracum Baroque
Baroque Classics in the Orchard Date: Friday 28th August and Friday 4th September The Orchard Tea Garden 47 Mill Way, Grantchester, Cambridge CB3 9ND Eboracum Read more…