Birthdays and Commemoration at the Proms–Birtwistle, Davies, Rands, and others
The birthdays of Harrison Birtwistle and Peter Maxwell Davies, both of whom turn 80 in 2014, is one of the major focuses of this year’s Proms. Each has a complete…
Benedict Mason at the Proms
Not only is it hard to describe Benedict Mason’s Meld, which was given it’s first performance on the late night Prom given by the Aurora Orchestra and the choral group…
Inpire and Jane Manning and some Proms
For sixteen years now the BBC, as one of its many activities connected with the Proms, has run a program which it calls Inspire, comprising of a competition and several…
Peter Schulthorpe’s Earth Cry
A reminder of the muscular, haunting style of Peter Schulthorpe, who passed away a couple of days ago.