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    Proms 2011: Peter Maxwell Davies – Musica benevolens (World Première)

    by 5:4 September 25, 2011 • 19:54
    September 25, 2011 • 19:54

    The 2011 Proms season began with a première, and the last night began with one too, a concert-raiser from Master of the Queen’s Music Peter Maxwell Davies titled Musica benevolens, the title of which tips the hat at the work’s commissioners, the Musicians Benevolent Fund. It was performed by the…

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    Proms 2011: Harrison Birtwistle – Concerto for Violin & Orchestra (UK Première)

    by 5:4 September 24, 2011 • 12:51
    September 24, 2011 • 12:51

    As already noted, this year’s Proms season has seen an abundance of new concertos, the last and most substantial of which was given its UK première on 7 September: the Concerto for Violin & Orchestra by Harrison Birtwistle. Birtwistle wrote the work for soloist Christian Tetzlaff, who gave the first…

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    Proms 2011: Thierry Escaich – Evocation III (UK Première)

    by 5:4 September 23, 2011 • 11:50
    September 23, 2011 • 11:50

    Thierry Escaich‘s recital on 4 September brought to a close the contribution of the organ to the new music at this year’s Proms (preceded by Michael Berkeley’s Organ Concerto and Stephen Farr’s recital at the start of the season). Escaich’s programme included much familiar fare—Reger, Franck, Liszt—in addition to an…

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    Proms 2011: Michael Berkeley – Organ Concerto

    by 5:4 September 21, 2011 • 20:23
    September 21, 2011 • 20:23

    The Prom concert on the evening of 3 September included a performance of Michael Berkeley‘s rarely-heard Organ Concerto, performed by David Goode with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. There are few British composers who seem to be so centrally connected to the world of music than Michael Berkeley. Son…

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    Proms 2011: John Tavener – Popule meus (UK Première)

    by 5:4 September 19, 2011 • 20:06
    September 19, 2011 • 20:06

    Right, where were we? Saturday 3 September brought the last of the Proms’ Matinee concerts from the Cadogan Hall, each of which has featured contemporary music prominently. This final occasion was no exception, including works by Tippett and Sofia Gubaidulina, and presenting the first UK performance of John Tavener‘s Popule…

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    Proms 2011: Graham Fitkin – L; Cello Concerto (World Première)

    by 5:4 August 31, 2011 • 21:10
    August 31, 2011 • 21:10

    The music of Graham Fitkin has been featured twice this week at the Proms, both occasions in the hands of cellist Yo-Yo Ma. First came L, a work for cello and piano composed for Ma’s 50th birthday (commissioned by Kathryn Stott, who accompanied the performance), while this evening’s Prom brought…

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    Proms 2011: Anders Hillborg – Cold Heat (UK Première)

    by 5:4 August 31, 2011 • 06:19
    August 31, 2011 • 06:19

    Monday evening’s Prom brought one of the pieces i’ve most been looking forward to hear in this year’s season, the first London performance of Cold Heat by Swedish composer Anders Hillborg. Few composers in recent times have revivified the Straussian idea of the symphonic poem more effectively than Hillborg, although…

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    Proms 2011: Stevie Wishart – Out of this World (World Première)

    by 5:4 August 30, 2011 • 12:13
    August 30, 2011 • 12:13

    As on previous occasions, new music featured strongly in last Saturday’s Proms Matinee from the Cadogan Hall, this time including the world première of a new work by Stevie Wishart: Out of this World, composed for the BBC Singers. Earlier in the concert, music by Hildegard of Bingen had been…

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    Proms 2011: Kevin Volans – Piano Concerto No. 3 (World Première)

    by 5:4 August 24, 2011 • 21:12
    August 24, 2011 • 21:12

    If one thing has dominated the premières at this year’s Proms, it’s the presence of the concerto; thus far, we’ve heard no fewer than six (Dalbavie, Carter, Holloway, Holt, Larcher and Aperghis), with more coming in the days ahead. Monday’s Prom brought yet another concerto into being, Kevin Volans‘ Piano…

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    Proms 2011: Colin Matthews – No Man’s Land (World Première)

    by 5:4 August 23, 2011 • 21:14
    August 23, 2011 • 21:14

    Sunday night’s Prom brought the world première of a new work from Faber’s finest, Colin Matthews: No Man’s Land for tenor and baritone soli and orchestra. Commissioned by Richard Hickox immediately prior to his death in 2008, it was presented by the orchestra Hickox himself formed 40 years ago, the…

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    Proms 2011: Peter Maxwell Davies – Il rozzo martello; Georges Aperghis – Champ-Contrechamp (World Première); Harrison Birtwistle – Angel Fighter (UK Première)

    by 5:4 August 22, 2011 • 12:52
    August 22, 2011 • 12:52

    Last Saturday’s Proms matinee was devoted to new music, featuring no less a line-up than the BBC Singers and the London Sinfonietta, both conducted by David Atherton. The concert opened with Peter Maxwell Davies‘ Il rozzo martello, a sombre and rather austere choral work that comes across as older than…

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    Proms 2011: Thomas Larcher – Concerto for Violin, Cello & Orchestra (World Première)

    by 5:4 August 20, 2011 • 10:29
    August 20, 2011 • 10:29

    Last Thursday’s Prom was an all Austrian affair, opening with the world première of Thomas Larcher‘s Concerto for Violin, Cello & Orchestra; Viktoria Mullova and Matthew Barley were the soloists, pitted against the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra conducted by Ilan Volkov. Beforehand, one wondered if it might prove to be…

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    Proms 2011: Jonny Greenwood/Robert Ziegler – Norwegian Wood – Suite & Purcell; Joby Talbot – Chacony in G minor (World Premières)

    by 5:4 August 15, 2011 • 11:49
    August 15, 2011 • 11:49

    The most recent premières at this year’s Proms have been a pair of arrangements, the first, a suite formed by Robert Ziegler from Jonny Greenwood‘s score to the film Norwegian Wood, the second, a new rendition of Henry Purcell‘s Chacony in G minor, by Joby Talbot. Greenwood’s music was performed…

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    Proms 2011: Simon Holt – Centauromachy

    by 5:4 August 10, 2011 • 20:49
    August 10, 2011 • 20:49

    Simon Holt has been featured at the Proms on numerous occasions over the years, and yesterday his music returned to the Albert Hall with the orchestral work Centauromachy. It was given by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, with whom Holt is Composer in Association; they were conducted by François-Xavier…

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    Proms 2011: Robin Holloway – Fifth Concerto for Orchestra (World Première)

    by 5:4 August 4, 2011 • 22:02
    August 4, 2011 • 22:02

    After a few days’ break, new music returned to the Proms this evening with the world première of Robin Holloway‘s Fifth Concerto for Orchestra, played by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra conducted by Donald Runnicles. His previous quartet of orchestral concerti have been diverse, making it difficult to predict with…

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    Proms 2011: Marc-André Dalbavie & Elliott Carter – Flute Concertos (UK Première)

    by 5:4 July 29, 2011 • 21:19
    July 29, 2011 • 21:19

    Yesterday evening’s Prom concert brought not one but two flute concertos, performed by Swiss virtuoso Emmanuel Pahud, together with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, again under Thierry Fischer’s direction. The two pieces are nearly five and three years old respectively, the first from Marc-André Dalbavie, who turned 50 earlier…

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    Proms 2011: Pascal Dusapin – String Quartet No. 6, ‘Hinterland’ (‘Hapax’ for string quartet and orchestra) (UK Première)

    by 5:4 July 27, 2011 • 21:07
    July 27, 2011 • 21:07

    Turning one’s attention to the second work of Pascal Dusapin‘s to be featured at this year’s Proms, superficial similarities to the last première, Sally Beamish’s Reed Stanzas, immediately present themselves. This, too, is a piece for string quartet (Dusapin’s String Quartet No. 6), although extensively augmented and amplified by the…

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    Proms 2011: Sally Beamish – Reed Stanzas (String Quartet No. 3) (World Première)

    by 5:4 July 26, 2011 • 10:24
    July 26, 2011 • 10:24

    The first chamber music première at this year’s Proms took place yesterday afternoon, at the Cadogan Hall. Sally Beamish‘s new work for the Elias Quartet bears two conjoined titles, reflecting different aspects of the work: Reed Stanzas throws together modern notions of marshland and poetry, while String Quartet No. 3…

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    Proms 2011: Pascal Dusapin – Morning in Long Island (UK Première)

    by 5:4 July 19, 2011 • 20:22
    July 19, 2011 • 20:22

    The music of Pascal Dusapin is being featured twice at this year’s Proms. The first piece, Morning in Long Island, was given its UK première yesterday evening, by the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, directed by Myung-Whun Chung. It’s not exactly the kind of appellation one would immediately associate with…

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    Proms 2011: Havergal Brian – Symphony No. 1 ‘Gothic’

    by 5:4 July 18, 2011 • 12:12
    July 18, 2011 • 12:12

    Rarely have i felt the need to prepare so thoroughly before a concert as i did prior to yesterday evening’s Prom performance of Havergal Brian‘s Symphony No. 1 ‘Gothic’. Books were re-read, CDs were re-listened to, and i even re-visited the writings of John Ruskin, who wrote with such authority…

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