Don’t bother counting the candles…
“…we’re pretty sure it’s your birthday or something” – why anniversary programming fails to bring new listeners to classical music. “We’re quite fond of anniversaries here on the Early Music Show”,...
View ArticleReflections
Reflections ⓒ Alexander Brett More of Alex’s photographs are available on his website We are on Twitter @Oxford_Culture, and on Facebook
View ArticleTime and the Seasons: An Interview with Robert Saxton
This week Oxford University’s Faculty of Music is celebrating the sixtieth birthday of composer Robert Saxton. On Monday evening, Ensemble ISIS, a group of student performers based at the Music Faculty...
View ArticleReview: M@SH Marathon
This was the fifth year that the Jacqueline du Pré Building hosted a M@SH Marathon, an increasingly entrenched tradition that provides an intriguing snapshot of Oxford’s new music scene. The format is...
View ArticleReview: Brodsky Quartet & Loré Lixenberg –‘Trees, Walls, Cities’
Known for their innovative programming, the first half of the Brodsky Quartet’s concert at the Jacqueline du Pré Music Building was an inventive tour of the Latin world, moving from music by Italian...
View Article‘A Celestial Map of the Sky': An Interview with Tarik O’Regan
Tarik O’Regan is an award-winning composer, who has written for orchestras such as the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Leo Mercer spoke to him about the Hallé Orchestra’s...
View ArticleIndustrial Intimacy: An Interview with Elaine Mitchener
Elaine Mitchener is a classically trained vocalist, noted for her unique mixture of styles ranging from avant-garde and free improvisation to gospel and jazz. She has worked with a similarly diverse...
View ArticleParadise Lost: An Interview with Eric Whitacre
Grammy-winning composer Eric Whitacre has had number one albums in both the UK and US, and launched the ‘Virtual Choir’ project which has over 15 million views on YouTube. Following his appearance at...
View ArticleLost: An Interview with Graham Fitkin
Graham Fitkin is a composer and winner of two British Composer Awards. He recently performed in Oxford as part of the Will Gregory Moog Ensemble, and at the Cheltenham Festival with his own ensemble,...
View ArticleHyperpersonal Music: An Interview with William Brittelle
William Brittelle is an American composer whose music draws from multiple musical traditions, with pieces spanning orchestral works, genre-defying art-songs, and a broad catalogue of electro-acoustic...
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