Programme notes verging on the pretentious led to confusion with constant references to death in ‘variable dustings of sound’. Fine playing throughout however, from some of Birmingham’s top musicians.
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It is good to be present at history-in-the-making as we were for the first performance of the String Quartet No.3 by the acclaimed Birmingham–based composer Ivor McGregor,Read
For more than 20 years Birmingham Contemporary Music Group has provided an invaluable platform for the newest of music, promoting performances of works by cutting-edge composers both from home and abroad.Read
It’s Harmonic time! Birmingham musicians Chris Mapp and Percy Pursglove mounted the first Harmonic Festival in the spring of 2010, mainly at the CBSO Centre, and it was a great success.Read
It is one thing to get together with friends to play occasional chamber music, but it is an entirely different scenario to found a symphony orchestra of over 70 keen players drawn from 11 colleges, universities and fine student orchestras. But trumpet student and conductor, 20-year-old Jamie Phillips has done just that.Read
Sunday’s was a cracking programme even by BCMG’s standards, pulling out all the stops to celebrate the bestowing of the Royal Philharmonic Society’s prestigious Leslie Boosey Award to the powerhouse couple at the helm of BCMG, Stephen and Jackie Newbould (with a gentle, surprise miniwork by artist-in-association John Woolrich).Read
With its rich string sound and nimble winds, the Sinfonia of Birmingham has every right to consider itself amongst the best non-professional orchestras in Birmingham. But this, their second concert of the season at the CBSO Centre was hampered by an uneven programme.Read
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