The Proms: British Pride (Finnissy, Ferneyhough, Birtwistle, Elias, et al.)
One of the most appealing and satisfying things about the Proms is the way that they support and showcase British composers. There are a number of commissions each year (a…
Boulez on BBC Proms
Today is the last day you can hear Derive 2 at the BBC’s web site–they stream for one week after the concert. There was a CD released earlier this year…
UK’s Villiers Quartet Hosts Competition for Young Composers
Update (July 5, 2011): The Villiers Quartet has revised its guidelines for its new music competition. The most notable change is the age restriction, which has been raised to 35.…
Schnittke, Shostakovich and Nyman at the Proms
The Prom concert on August 24, by the London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by Valery Gergiev, opened with Nagasaki by Alfred Schnittke, his graduation piece from the Moscow Conservatory.…
Philip Glass and Unsuk Chin at the Proms
In Live From Golgotha by Gore Vidal, St. Timothy — who is an old man, and by that time the keeper of the story of the early church — is…