Sep 11, 2021 | Guest Contributors, Insights
December 7, 1941 November 22, 1963 September 11, 2001 There are others, of course. We all know, either historically or in real time, what happened or where we were on those dates. Tragedy often takes the form of a lingering memory, indelibly etched in our collective...
Apr 5, 2021 | Guest Contributors, Insights
30 August 1952 – Good Friday 2 April 2021 Òscar Colomina i Bosch remembers I first met Simon Bainbridge in 2005, while working on a piece for the Philharmonia Orchestra Music of Our Time Series. He had been booked to mentor the group of young composers while we worked...
Mar 30, 2021 | Guest Contributors, Insights
There was a time when the standard repertoire included many pieces that were wonderful to listen to as well as being written in quite individual styles. Some of them were ubiquitous on the concert platform and might have been heard every season. Here are twenty of...
Feb 14, 2021 | Insights, Videos
Ian Partridge & Richard Stokes in conversation. In Praise of Donald...
Feb 12, 2021 | Insights, Videos
Richard Stokes Putney Music: “Translator, song competition juror, author of numerous books on the song repertoire and Professor of Lieder at London’s Royal Academy of Music, Richard Stokes talks to our vice-president Ian Partridge”....
