Category: Journal
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Warmth, joy and strength at the RPS Awards 2021
Given that it was live-streamed on YouTube with highlights and excerpts broadcast on Radio 3 on Monday 8 November, asking for a ticket to this years RPS Awards felt a little odd. Awards ceremonies are essentially just a series of announcements, the bare content of which can easily be gathered from a webpage, tweet or…
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Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective at Lammermuir Festival
Blistering performances from members of the Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective dominate my first Lammermuir Music Festival experience.
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Thanks BBC Proms
With the Last Night of the Proms closing this years season, an opportunity to reflect presents itself. This season was something of a relief, pointing the way back to live music. The welcome return of an old friend framing the summer months with live performances from a range of different artists and ensembles. There is…
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Balance between risk and reward
Professor Linda Bauld talks to Radio 4’s Paddy O’Connell on the risk of COVID infections at large scale gatherings as highlighted by early published papers from the Events Research Programme.
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Charlotte Bray’s ‘Where Icebergs Dance Away’ at the BBC Proms 2021
Charlotte Bray’s trademark musical language created a haunting atmosphere with an uneasy stillness.
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George Lewis’ Minds in Flux at the BBC Proms 2021 with Ilan Volkov and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
George Lewis’ Minds in Flux performed by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra with Ilan Volkov was like stepping into an art installation.
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Manchester Collective at the BBC Proms 2021
Listening to the broadcast felt like earwigging a textbook Proms gig, the kind where excitement and anticipation spill out from stage and auditorium.
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Incredible
MPs can pack the House of Commons with no masks, but orchestras and choirs still have to be distanced.
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Víkingur Ólafsson Mozart 24 with the Philharmonia at the BBC Proms 2021
“Bizarrely anachronistic”? Nope. It was fascinating.
