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Radio 3 in Concert features Martin Suckling’s Candlebird

Originally commissioned by the London Sinfonietta in 2011 and receiving widespread critical acclaim at its premiere, Candlebird, a poignant song-cycle for baritone and ensemble setting texts by Scottish poet Don Paterson was performed by Mark Stone with the Aurora Orchestra under conductor Nicholas Collon at King’s Place, London on 7th April and will be broadcast on BBC Radio 3 In Concert on Monday 16th April at 7.30pm.

The concert also features Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 16 with pianist Charles Owen and Beethoven’s Fourth Symphony and will be available online for 30 days after broadcast.

The revival of Candlebird was supported by the PRS Foundation’s Resonate scheme, supporting the best UK orchestral music of the last 25 years.

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• National Radio of Finland Simaku broadcast available online

  Following the success at the 2019 International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM)  – World Music Days , Thomas Simaku’s most recent work, La Leggiadra Luna for mixed choir a cappella, has been broadcast by four European radio stations.

• Current and former students selected as 2019-20 RPS Composers

  The Royal Philharmonic Society have announced the latest members of their prestigious Emerging Composers scheme, including Robin Haigh, currently studying for a PhD at York with Martin Suckling, and Joel Järventausta, a former York undergraduate.

• Martin Suckling on Radulescu at IRCAM

  Back in June Martin was invited to speak about Radulescu’s seminal solo viola piece Das Andere alongside violist Garth Knox at the Spectralisms conference in IRCAM.

• Neil Luck features in 2019 BBC Proms

  Praise for Music Dept students featured in BBC Proms
   
  Following on from his specially-commissioned Radio 3 takeover to extend the Last Night of the Proms 2018, Music Department PhD student Neil Luck was invited to contribute a live set as part of 2019’s first ‘Proms at…’ event.  Joined by second year undergraduate Rebecca Burden and former student James McIlwrath, Neil masterminded three pieces in an event described by the Guardian as a ‘teasing, challenging new-music bill’.  Proms at …

• Andreas Tsiartis a winner in Discovering Young Composers of Europe

  His new work will be performed by four different ensembles in four European cities and released on CD in 2020

  The objective of Discovering Young Composers of Europe (DYCE) Competition was to bring together the four regions of Europe (North, South, East, West) by inviting the composition students and alumni of all European Academies, Conservatories and Universities to submit a work.

• Thomas Simaku selected for the ISCM – World Music Days 2019

   

  His work will be performed by a Grammy Award-winning ensemble

  Thomas Simaku’s recent work, La Leggiadra Luna for mixed choir a cappella, has been selected by the international jury for performance at the 2019 ISCM (International Society for Contemporary Music)  – World Music Days, which takes place in Estonia from 2 – 10 May.