Tuesday 16 August 7.00pm – c. 10.35pm Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man (3 mins) Bax: Symphony No. 2 (39 mins) Barber: Adagio for strings (8 mins) Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 2 (28 mins) Prokofiev: Symphony No. 4 in C … Continue reading →
28 October 2011 19:30 p.m. Bax: Tintagel Kaija Saariaho: Leino Songs (UK Premiere) Sibelius: Luonnotar Sibelius: Symphony No 3 BBC Symphony Orchestra Sakari Oramo conductor Anu Komsi soprano http://www.barbican.org.uk/music/event-detail.asp?ID=11886
Continue reading →Saturday, November 12, 2011 (The Holy City – Vaughan Williams and his Contemporaries) Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending, Toward the Unknown Region Sancta Civitas Parry: There is an old belief (from Songs of Farewell) Stanford: Beati quorum via Holst: Ave … Continue reading →
Friday, April 6th 2012 Arnold Bax: ‘Elegiac trio’ Ravel: Sonatine Ibert: ‘Deux interludes’ Paul Ben Haim: ‘Chamber Music’ Jean Cras: – ‘Suite en duo’ for flute and harp Debussy: ‘Sonate’ Britten: Lacrimae Harold Genzmer: trio Trio Anima: http://www.trioanima.com/ Concert tickets … Continue reading →
Andrew Litton and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra will perform Bax’s Second Symphony at the Royal Albert Hall on August 16, 2011 as part of this year’s Proms Season. This is the first Bax symphony to be played at the Proms … Continue reading →
The pianist Philip Adamson has recorded a recital of 20th Century British Piano music that includes Bax’s Second Sonata. Other work on this disc include Humphrey Searle’s Vigil, Op. 3; Frank Bridge’s Lament for Catherine, In Autumn: Retrospect; In Autumn: … Continue reading →
Bax’s ‘A Rabelaisian Catechism (La foi d’la loi)’ has just been published by Fand Music Press and is available from its website (www.fandmusic.com) for £9.95. This arrangement for baritone and piano of a ribald traditional French folksong was made in … Continue reading →
Chandos has not yet confirm whether Edward Gardner will be recording a follow-up disc of Bax Tone Poems for the Chandos label. Chandos had announced earlier that Gardner would be continuing the Tone Poem series started by Vernon Handley but … Continue reading →
A new foundation honoring the memory of the late Vernon Handley is being created with the intent of promoting the performance of rarely-heard British music and supporting young orchestral musicians and aspiring orchestral musicians. The Foundation hopes to create an … Continue reading →
A Yahoo discussion group has been created devoted to Sir Arnold Bax. Those interested in joining should visit the group’s web site at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Arnoldbax/. This group will be a collecting point for feedback about every aspect of Bax’s work.
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