THE YOUNG Scottish guitarist, Sean Shibe, a BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist, performed with the BBC Singers in their Music from Spain and Latin America concert, broadcast Live on Radio 3 from St Paul’s Church, Knightsbridge, London on Thursday 15 January 2015. The programme included Celebratio amoris et gaudii by Almeida Prado, Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 by Heitor Villa-Lobos, arranged…
The third annual Guitar Weekend at Bridgewater Hall in Manchester starts Friday 16 January until Sunday 18 January 2015. Craig Ogden is joined by steel-string guitarist Tommy Emmanuel, the Katona Twins Guitar Duo and the BBC Philharmonic, conducted by Juanjo Mena, with Craig Ogden as soloist in a performance of two guitar concertos: To the Edge…
THE AUSTRALIAN composer Peter Sculthorpe was born in Tasmania and started to compose after his first lesson in piano, despite the strong disapproval of his piano teacher. He won a scholarship to attend the University of Melbourne’s Conservatorium of Music and then in 1958 was awarded the Lizette Bentwich Scholarship for doctoral studies at Wadham College, Oxford,…
On 15 January 1915, 100 years ago to this day, the Ateneo de Madrid paid tribute to the music Manuel de Falla and Joaquín Turina with a concert featuring the first performance of the Siete canciones populares españolas, songs which Manuel de Falla had composed during his last few months in Paris. Tonight, on 15 January…
