Third Coast Brass – Americana concert – Review
If you’re a fan of a particular composer it is very likely that when you tune in to a performance you will usually get introduced to other pieces you may not know. Such was...
Jernej Albreht plays Copland’s Sonata for Clarinet and Piano – Review
The majority of the “livestream” concerts I have watched during the Covid Lockdown have been pre-recorded and edited. Beethoven’s Legacy: Music Imitates Life at St Stephen’s South Dulwich by contrast was the real thing...
Nathan Williamson plays Copland’s Piano Sonata – Review
As a Copland fan I am constantly scouring the concert listings waiting for one of those rare gems from his early or late periods to get an outing, hopefully at a venue near me....
ROCopera – Emily Dickinson Songs – A Covid Retrospective
When I paid my $10 and settled down to watch the online ROCopera Song Cycle Festival event called Dickinson Songs I was expecting a fairly straightforward rendition of Copland’s 12 Poems of Emily Dickinson....
Welcome to the Roaring Twenties – Northern Sinfonia celebrate the centenary of the Jazz Age at the Sage Gateshead – Review
It was all about the 20s at the Sage, Gateshead last night. The theme was a celebration of the centenary of the Roaring Twenties and the Jazz Age. The iconic fusion of jazz and...
We’re organising child friendly classical music concert series in Bristol with pianist Allan Schiller
We are delighted to announce a series of tea time mini concerts featuring world famous pianist Allan Schiller. The concerts will run every other month at Totterdown Baptist Church in Bristol and in each...
Music for a Great City – rare outing at Aldeburgh Festival
Hats off to the Aldeburgh Festival, Oliver Knussen and the BBC Symphony Orchestra. A premiere and three rarities in the Snape Maltings Hall on a packed Saturday Night including Copland’s monumental Music for a...
The Piano Variations part of major workout at Snape
The Piano Variations is a pivotal Copland work. If Appalachian Spring is the crowning glory of his populist idiom then the Piano Variations plays the same role for his modernist works. 20 variations in...
