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2024-03-23 09:49:00
Writing Italian-influenced music in the depths of Northamptonshire: organist William Whitehead on the music of English Baroque composer George Jeffreys
[…] there.Jeffreys wrote some service music, though none is on the disc, but the majority of his choral music is settings of poetic and Biblical texts. During the Civil War and after, public worship became deeply Puritan and public sung worship came to an end. In private, there were still enclaves based in Royal circles; until King Charles I's capture, the King's household preserved some musical traditions whilst Queen Henrietta Maria had dispensation to have sung Roman Catholic services.Jeffreys sets both Biblical texts and poetical texts, though we don't know all the poets. These settings were probably sung for Jeffrey's patron, Christopher Hatton (who was descended from a first cousin of Queen Elizabeth I's favourite, another Christopher Hatton). We don't have much detail, though we know that they had a chest of viols at Kirby Hall, and the sounding board for an organ from this date survives, so we know they […]
2024-03-08 15:52:00
Lumen Christi: I chat to Master of Music, Simon Johnson about his first disc with the choir of Westminster Cathedral
[…] Westminster Cathedral recording at Buckfast AbbeyThe disc is very much a snapshot of the choir's life. The choir has plenty of single composer discs in its back catalogue devoted to composers such as Palestrina and Victoria, but Simon points out that the recording industry has changed significantly and the reasons for doing a disc in 2024 are vastly different to the 1980s. Also, Ad Fontes was keen for the choir to explore recording from a Roman Catholic angle and Simon was happy to do so.To make the recording, the entire choir of men and boys decamped to Buckfast Abbey which Simon describes as an 'interesting operation', but he admits that it was a nice thing to do, to get away from London and to get the boys away from the pressures of everyday life. Also, post-lockdown, the trip represented an important group bonding exercise. However, in the future, their recordings […]
2024-03-07 09:16:00
The Royal Philharmonic Society Awards 2024, at the Royal Northern College of Music
L-R from top: Nicky Spence; Jasdeep Singh Degun; Roman Grigoriv, Olga Diatel and Illia Razumeiko; and Jack Capstaff at the RPS AwardsThe Royal Philharmonic Society held its awards ceremony at the Royal Northern College of Music on Tuesday night (5 March) – the first time they’ve ever done them out of London. And here are my awards for the highlights of the show: l The ceremony began with Conversation in the Forest by Keiko Abe, performed by “The Sound of Manchester” – Delia Stevens and Le Yu (aka Aurora Percussion Duo), with Andrea Vogler, David Hext, Harriet Kwong and Paul Patrick. l Most entertaining acceptance speech of the night was from tenor Nicky Spence (winner, Singer category), pointing out that he’d been up for the award more than once before and “I was beginning to think I was Pippa Middleton” and telling the tale of how his mother […]
2024-03-06 09:47:00
Congratulations to all the winners at the 2024 RPS Awards, and a special mention for Jasdeep Singh Degun, the first Indian Classical musician to receive the Instrumentalist award
Jasdeep Singh Degun at the RPS Awards 2024 (Photo: Robin Clewley)Congratulations to everyone who was involved in last night's Royal Philharmonic Society Awards in Manchester, both the winners and all those terrific names who were nominated. A significant highlight was the Opera and Music Theatre Award, awarded to Ukrainian composers Illia Razumeiko and Roman Grigoriv for their opera Chornobyldorf and they travelled specially from Ukraine for the event. Sitarist Jasdeep Singh Degun received the Instrumentalist award. The first Indian Classical musician and the first sitarist to receive this award. Degun was also shortlisted for the Opera award and the Large-scale composition award.Leah Broad received the Storytelling award for her book Quartet, about Doreen Carwithen, Dorothy Howell, Ethel Smyth and Rebecca Clarke. Composer Laurence Osborn received the Chamber-scale Composition award for TOMB! written for GBSR Duo and 12 Ensemble. Kaija Saariaho received the Large-scale composition award for her final opera, Innocence. Whilst this award […]
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