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It’s with great pleasure that we welcome Sir James MacMillan as our second contributor to our recommendations page Sound World Sounds. His choice, Martyrs – Gaelic Psalm from the islands of NW Scotland. Its extraordinary combination of the individual and the congregational has a transcendental beauty unlike anything we have ever heard before.
To hear James’ recommendation click here and please feel free to leave a comment.
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We are pleased to announce that Amazon users can now support Sound World, at no cost, when shopping at Amazon.
AmazonSmile is a website operated by Amazon with the same products, prices, and shopping features as Amazon.co.uk. The difference is that when you shop on AmazonSmile, the AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the purchase price of eligible products to the charitable organisation of your choice.
To support us via Amazon Smile register here and choose Sound World as your charity.
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We will shortly be launching Sound World Sounds a new, regular feature in which leading music professionals (often with a Sound World connection) talk briefly about music that they love. Check in here every month (or look for #SoundWorldSounds on social media) for everything from exciting, vibrant new sound worlds to fresh perspectives and personal reflections on repertoire classics.
Starting this month with Roxanna Panufnik
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With Bristol Ensemble at St. George’s 22nd September. A great chance to revisit some of the best commissions from the first five years of NMSW (including highlights from the delightful “A Modern Menagerie” by John Pickard, Michael Ellison, Anna Meredith and Geoff Poole) alongside work by Roxanna Panufnik and James MacMillan and repertoire classics (Dance Macabre and Hoedown).
Click here for more info.
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We are delighted to announce the launch of In The Steps of Apollo: from the first Moon landing to the Universe beyond…
This stunning audio-visual show celebrating the 59th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing has been created by Sound World in collaboration with the planetarium team at We The Curious. The show features 5 wonderful, specially commissioned string quartets and premières at WTC on Saturday, 20th July.
For full details see our press release here, or visit We The Curious to book tickets.
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We’re pleased to announce the 2019 Sound World Young Composers’ Prize. Free to enter and open to school age composers from across the UK, it’s a great opportunity for young composers to have their work played by professional musicians at a major, high-profile concert. For more info please click here.
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A big thank you to Didymus who are supporting our Composing Clubs project. For more info on the project please click here.
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We are very grateful to the Foyle Foundation for their generous support for two upcoming Sound World projects: In The Steps of Apollo and The Composing Club Project.
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A big thank you to the Wingate Foundation for their generous support for the Young Composers’ Academy that we run in partnership with St. George’s, Bristol.
The next YCA event will be at St. George’s on Sunday 22nd September. For more info please click here.
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Sound World is in talks with the planetarium at We The Curious about creating a new, multimedia show celebrating. More news to follow…