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It's the third week of opera rehearsals, and things are building to a head. The premiere is less than 10 days away and next week the whole crew mov...
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John Fulljames introduces The Firework Maker's Daughter
Rehearsals got under way this week. It's both a relief and a terror to have matt...
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At the weekend I was treated to a sneak preview of some of the Dick Bird's costume designs for The Firework Maker's Daughter . Here's the one for ...
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It's the new year, so time for a few New Year Announcements.
San Diego Symphony Associate Composer
I'm thrilled to have been appointed Ass...
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As work on The Firework Maker's Daughter developed, so too did my sense of artistic kinship with my librettist Glyn Maxwell . A sense of the co...
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For some reason I feel the urge today to answer this perennial question: Have all the good melodies already been used up? To answer it I will have ...
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It's nice when pieces start to take on a life of their own. I recently received an email from a member of Hartt Music School's Foot in the Door ...
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Work on my new opera The Firework Maker's Daughter is - from my side at least - very nearly complete. We will have a short orchestral read-throug...
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Here's an extract which the LPO have kindly given me permission to post of my recent piece for narrator and orchestra, Prince Zal and the Simorgh ...
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The second batch of players enroled in Carnegie Hall's Academy program, and their performing arm Ensemble ACJW are giving the final performance of ...
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A The Beach Boys opened their show Saturday night at the Hollywood Bowl with aoeDo It Again,a and if that slow-rolling single oozed nostalgia up...
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My piece Fire was always going to be something of an experiment. Part of the idea was to try to create a non-religious 'spiritual space', a conte...
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"The Firework Maker's Daughter," based on a 1995 Pullman work, will have music by David Bruce and a libretto by Glyn Maxwell.
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As composers we're basically suggesting we're capable of creating things that improve upon silence ("Apprentice Silence-improver" is my twitter s...
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I have two huge premieres in a matter of days later this month. First on 23rd May, the London Philharmonic Orchestra will give two world premiere p...
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Hasta hoy no se han hecho públicos los repartos de la próxima temporada de la ROH.
* = New production
Der Ring des Nibelungen Richard Wag...
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The launch concert for my new CD with the wonderful Myriad Trio , featuring my flute/harp/viola trio The Eye of Night is this Sunday 11 March at...
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Forthcoming recital in Bath On Wednesday 29 February 2012, Matthew will give a solo recital in Bath at the Michael Tippett Centre . The prog...
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Spitalfields Festival are currently looking for 200 singers to take part in the London premiere of Fire my new piece for choir, horns and pyr...
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Silk Road Ensemble, rehearsing Cut the Rug in the beautiful Kirkland House, Junior Common Room, Harvard
I'm just back from an inspiring week ...
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