Music news in brief

Music news in brief

Jan 28, 2025 | News

Music library reinvented An historic music library – the largest in the North of England – reopened in January after undergoing a major redevelopment. First opened in 1950, the refurbished venue at Leeds Central Library features walk-in recording studios,...
Award for Sir Simon Rattle at 70

Award for Sir Simon Rattle at 70

Jan 28, 2025 | News

What do most people do for their 70th birthday celebration? Dinner with the family? A party with friends? Exotic Holiday? One of the great champions of British music, and certainly one of the most influential conductors of our times may well have done all of those...
RICHARD RODNEY BENNETT: Orchestral Works Vol. 5

RICHARD RODNEY BENNETT: Orchestral Works Vol. 5

Jan 28, 2025 | CD reviews

Jonathan Aasgaard celloBBC Scottish Symphony OrchestraJohn Wilson conductor  CHANDOS CHSA5266 Slowly the admirable Chandos project to record the complete orchestral works of this composer proceeds. Postwar, the Concerto for Orchestra genre took off, with...
Sheffield music hub awarded £3.5m funding

Sheffield music hub awarded £3.5m funding

Jan 27, 2025 | News

Plans to transform a Grade II* listed building in Sheffield city centre into a new music hub for the region has been boosted by £3.5m of funding from Arts Council England. The grant has been awarded to music education charity Harmony Works, and follows an award of...
STEPHEN GOSS: Landscape and Memory

STEPHEN GOSS: Landscape and Memory

Jan 27, 2025 | CD reviews

DEUX-ELLES DXL 1202 (3 Discs) This is a hugely rewarding issue by one of the most innovative and appealing composers of our time, and is highly recommended. Most pieces here (but not all) include guitar, reflecting Goss’s distinguished career as performer and academic...