Latest News: Classical, Interview
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Interview,
Christina Pluhar on Wonder Women 27th May 2024
The Austrian early instrumentalist and conductor talks about her new album of works by Renaissance women composers, and focusing on female perspectives.
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Interview,
Julius Asal on Scarlatti and Scriabin 23rd May 2024
The young German pianist discusses his debut album on Deutsche Grammophon, the connections which he feels between these two composers who seemingly inhabit 'different universes', his love of improvisation, and how music became his 'first attempt at communication' as a toddler.
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Interview,
Gerald Peregrine on Folk Tales 21st May 2024
The cellist talks about his second album of miniatures for cello and piano from Britain and Ireland.
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Interview,
Adrian Bradbury on The Pre-Raphaelite Cello 20th May 2024
The cellist talks about his new album of British Romantic works for cello and piano with pianist Andrew West, out now on Somm.
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Interview,
Edward Cowie on the natural world and music 14th May 2024
The composer, physicist and visual artist talks about his recent albums of music inspired by the natural and scientific world.
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Interview,
Lawrence Zazzo on Weeping Philosophers 13th May 2024
The countertenor and academic discusses his new album exploring depictions of philosophers in music, featuring works by Carissimi, Durante, Strozzi, Purcell and more...
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Interview,
David Parry on Stanford's Shamus O'Brien 9th May 2024
The conductor discusses his recent recording of Stanford's tuneful 1896 opera, set in the Cork mountains during the Irish Rebellion of 1798 - enormously popular in the early years of its life, the work was withdrawn by the composer in the years leading up to the Easter Rising.
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Interview,
Paul McCreesh on Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius 2nd May 2024
Following the release of his latest project with Gabrieli, the conductor talks about the differences that period instruments bring to the music, the extensive work he carries out in rehearsal with singers, and the importance of the Gabrieli Roar scheme in involving young people in classical music.
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Interview,
Brindley Sherratt on Fear No More 25th April 2024
Ahead of the release of his debut solo recording (due out on Delphian tomorrow), the veteran British bass discusses his 'upside-down' singing career, overcoming his anxieties about song-recitals, and being told to give up the trumpet by Janet Baker...
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Interview,
James Ehnes on John Williams and Leonard Bernstein 24th April 2024
The violinist talks about his new album of pieces by two titans of twentieth-century American culture, what their music has meant to him throughout his life, and his thoughts on the differing stylistic qualities and requirements of writing for film as opposed to the concert hall.
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Interview,
Rebecca Miller on Dorothy Howell 17th April 2024
In the wake of her world premiere recordings of the Humoresque, The Rock, the Three Divertissements and the ballet Koong Shee with the BBC Concert Orchestra on Signum, the conductor discusses delving into the orchestral music of the Birmingham-born composer - beginning with a visit to the family archives in Worcestershire...
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Interview,
Bridget Cunningham on Thomas Roseingrave and Baroque music in Dublin 15th April 2024
The harpsichordist talks about her new album exploring the music of Thomas Roseingrave - improviser, organist and founder of a 'Scarlatti cult' among his fellow keyboard players.
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Interview,
Lost Majesty - the Monteverdian music of George Jeffreys 11th April 2024
Musicologist Jonathan Wainwright and organist William Whitehead talk about the new album from Solomon's Knot that features the unusual music of George Jeffreys - drawing heavily on the influence of Monteverdi and reflecting the distracted times of the English Civil War.
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Interview,
Marin Alsop on John Adams 8th April 2024
The conductor talks about her latest album on Naxos of three virtuosic orchestral pieces by John Adams with the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, including the premiere recording of a work dedicated to her.
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Interview,
Dani Howard on writing for orchestra 4th April 2024
Ahead of the premiere of her Percussion Concerto by Evelyn Glennie later this month, the British composer talks about her debut album of orchestral works (released on Rubicon in March) - and how she made it her mission to 'to learn everything possible about things that I knew nothing about' when she arrived in London to study composition.
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Interview,
Berginald Rash and Fiona Gryson on 'Dathanna' 2nd April 2024
The duo talk about their new album 'Dathanna: Hues & Shades', released in February on Orchid Classics and featuring works for clarinet and harp - both originals and arrangements.
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Interview,
Simon Johnson on the Easter Vigil at Westminster Cathedral 28th March 2024
The Master of Music at Westminster Cathedral talks about his new album on the Ad Fontes label, featuring music for the unique liturgy of the Easter Vigil.
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Interview,
Beatrice Rana on Chopin and Beethoven 20th March 2024
The pianist talks about her new recording of Chopin's 'Funeral March' sonata and Beethoven's Hammerklavier Op. 106.
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Interview,
Richard Baker on The Tyranny of Fun 12th March 2024
The composer talks about his new album of ensemble and choral works with the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, out on March 15th on NMC Records.
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Interview,
Sebastian Studnitzky on 'Memento Odesa' 11th March 2024
The trumpeter and composer talks about his new EP of works recorded in the Ukrainian city of Odesa, in collaboration with the city's symphony orchestra and its conductor Volodymyr Dikiy.
