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Taking inspiration from Sally Beamish
Posted: 23/02/12 05:18 |
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When I heard the composer Sally Beamish talk about her composition for the Cultural Olympiad several weeks ago I took inspiration from the way she had responded to the theme of sports. The composition Spinal Chords, commissioned by the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, expresses the slow recovery process of journalist Melanie Reid who […]
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Radio 3 features Course Leader's choral works
Posted: 06/04/11 05:46 |
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Recordings by BBC Singers to be broadcast April 11-15th Last year I was asked by the BBC to make a selection of pieces for a ‘retrospective’ of my choral music. The performers were to be the BBC Singers, perhaps the finest professional choir in Britain, and a week was allocated for rehearsals. For me this […]
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