Showing posts with label Errollyn Wallen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Errollyn Wallen. Show all posts
Sunday, March 08, 2020

International Women's Day: a celebration!

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It's time to celebrate International Women's Day, and alongside a number of fantastic programmes on BBC Radio 3, which is playing wo...
Friday, August 16, 2019

Proms firsts!

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I'm seriously behind here on all the summer activities. I've been to the wonderful Tuscan music festival Incontri in Terra di Siena ...
Tuesday, July 03, 2018

Concerto rising: Errollyn Wallen's new piece for Kosmos

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Today violinist Harriet Mackenzie takes the floor to tell us about the new concerto for violin, viola and accordion [yes, really] that the f...
Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Great news for two wonderful composers, who happen to be women

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As of this morning, Judith Weir is officially Master of the Queen's Music. She is off to Buckingham Palace today for an audience with...
Friday, March 08, 2013

Seven - no, EIGHT - things to do on International Women's Day

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1. Go to the eclectic Women of the World Festival at the Southbank . Among musically-oriented treats today are Jessye Norman (yes), speaking...
Friday, March 09, 2012

Fanfare for uncommon women

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As promised, for International Women's Day #2: ten women composers of now. A small selection and a personal one - kicking off with Joan ...
Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Yes? Maybe

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An intriguing evening at the world premiere of Errollyn Wallen and Bonnie Greer's Yes . 'Intriguing' because in some ways it suc...
Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Saying YES

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"The peculiar evil of silencing the expression of an opinion is that it is robbing the human race... of the opportunity of exchanging e...