Written by ClassicalWeblogs on September 16th, 2009
Monday 5 October 2009, 7.45pm
PURCELL ROOM at Queen Elizabeth Hall
DEBUSSY arr. Benno Sachs Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
PROKOFIEV arr. David Matthews Peter and the Wolf
MAHLER arr. Erwin Stein Symphony No. 4 in G major
Orchestra of St Paul’s
Richard Baker | narrator
Katherine Broderick | soprano
Ben Palmer | conductor
Katherine Broderick (winner of the 2007 Kathleen Ferrier Award) joins OSP for Mahler’s Fourth Symphony in the beautiful chamber version by Erwin Stein, and legendary broadcaster Richard Baker narrates Peter and the Wolf.
The Orchestra of St Paul’s, resident at the Actors’ Church in Covent Garden, brings together some of the finest professional musicians in London under the baton of their conductor Ben Palmer.
Written by ClassicalWeblogs on September 15th, 2009
Edgy classical venue ‘The Forge’ launches its associated label Forge Records on Thursday September 17, 2009.
The Forge in Camden is a new and exciting venue for classical music, and this September, owners Charlotte and Adam Caird launch their associated label – Forge Records.
The Forge adjoins the bustling Sicilian Restaurant, Caponata, run by Charlotte’s Brother-in-Law. The venue realises a dream several years in the making, combining the owners’ two passions: food and music. However, the road to creating a successful venue was not easy and severe delays in the construction of the new building led to the conception of Forge Records.
The Hospital Club’s Philanthropic Department opens its call for applications for the second year of the Creatives in Residence Programme.
Creatives in Residence (CIR) is a cross-disciplinary initiative. Over the course of a year, we help the Residents develop their current projects, give them access to our studios and facilities, help build their business confidence and expand their networks.
The Residents also get access to a Guidance Group, made up of Club members who specialise in everything from design, film, music and art to marketing, PR, finance and law. The programme is also a platform to collaborate and share knowledge with creatives from other disciplines.
Creatives at the beginning of their chosen careers are selected with the help of a panel of industry experts. Applications are open to a wide range of talent including classical musicians (2008/ 2009 classical artist is: Alex Nikiporenko, composer and winner of the Guardian Young Composers Prize and BBC Proms Competition); from FILM, and MUSIC to FASHION, THEATER, GRAPHIC DESIGNER, VISUAL AND PERFORMANCE ARTS.
All applicants should have at least 2 years experience in their field.
Details of CIR 2009 and the application form for CIR 2010 can be found at:
Building lasting relationships amongst young professionals in the arts
In an environment dominated by senior, seasoned professionals, Young People in the Arts is bringing together a network of newcomers.
“YPIA is not only about allowing junior professionals in different areas of the music industry to improve their own standing. It is also about catalysing a return to traditional value of face to face dialogue and personal communication, values that have been somewhat diminished by the onset of the digital era”. Classical Music Magazine
Founded in May 2008 by Nicki Wenham, Lis Lomas and Andreas Flohr, YPIA’s story is one of rapid success – their aim to connect young professionals has struck a chord with their members, which now total over 600.
September 25, 2009 sees Young People in the Arts launch a season of events, including panel debates, concert talks, networking evenings and collaborations with the Association of British Orchestras, Wigmore Hall, Limelightat the 100 Club and the Roundhouse.
With the growth of their events season also comes a development of the mission of YPIA. Co-founder Nicki Wenham, envisages a platform to nurture and develop new talent, starting with a function supported by philanthropist Vernon Ellis.
Ivor Bolton: Announced as blogging Insider for the Salzburger Festspiele this year
News
Ivor will be staging a unique experiment in coorperation with one of Austria’s biggest newspapers, the Salzburger Nachrichten, which sees Ivor blogging every couple of days live from the Festspiele about concerts, lifestyle, gossip and of course everything music.
Video interviews will also be added shortly to the site.
Ivor Bolton: International conductor, English gentleman – British success story
A world stage
Bayerische Staatsoper. Covent Garden. Glyndebourne. Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. Opéra National de Paris. Many a prestigious house, festival and company has shared in the international success of British-born (and based) opera and concert conductor, Ivor Bolton. If you add to that list a string of well-received engagements in Amsterdam, Berlin, Bologna, Brussels, Geneva, Hamburg, Lisbon and Sydney, you have a snapshot of this respected musician’s world-class career.
In 1988, Vladimir Horowitz donated a treasure trove of original recordings to Yale University from his Private Collection. Recorded live at Carnegie Hall between 1945 and 1950 and unreleased until now, these stunning performances capture Horowitz at the peak of his technical and musical glory.
On June 30th, 20 years after his death, Sony Masterworks had the privilege of releasing the never-before-released live recordings by arguably the greatest, certainly the most fascinating pianist of the 20th century …
Sony Masterworks two-time Grammy®-nominated Miami-based Cuban music group, Tiempo Libre have released ‘Bach in Havana’.
Uniting the two musical worlds of the band’s Cuban childhoods, the CD connects the rhythm and sensibilities of Afro-Cuban music with the compositions of Johann Sebastian Bach and features guest tracks by the Cuban legend Paquito D’Rivera and the Cuban born sax player Yosvany Terry.
DilettanteMusic.com, the web’s global classical music hub, has announced the launch of its Digital Composer-in-Residence competition, which makes DilettanteMusic.com the web’s first social network to commission and present original content from its community.
The competition launches alongside the site’s brand new intuitive searching and shopping features.
A Unique Competition Uniting Online and Offline Music
Composers from around the world are invited to submit their work for the opportunity to be the first Digital Composer-In-Residence on DilettanteMusic.com. By opening the competition to a global audience and hosting a virtual residency, Dilettante is redefining the concept of a composer-in-residence for the Digital Age to provide the winning composer with a sustained platform and profile.
Composers can submit their work until 1 September 2009, when an international panel of judges including Anna Meredith and Michael Christie will select three finalists. Then, embracing Web 2.0 principles that put-decision making in the hands of the community, Dilettante will post podcasts of the finalists’ works on the Dilettante site where users can choose the winner by voting for their favourite work. The winner will be announced at a live concert on 5th November, 2009 and the year-long residency will begin.
