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The John Pickard interview

Today’s episode is one of the bonus episodes featuring full length versions of the interviews recorded the main strand of A land without music?

Our guest is a Bristol based Burnley born composer John Pickard. John’s works includes six symphonies, two concertos, songs, chamber pieces and six string quartets.

His orchestral piece The Flight of Icarus was described by the San Francisco Chronicle as “…a contender for the most exciting première of the year” and The Times commented that “his orchestral mastery is total”.

Written and presented by Julian Leeks.
Produced by Sound World

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Podcast: Nico Muhly interview

Today’s episode is the third of our bonus episodes featuring the full length interviews that we recorded for the main strand of A land without music?

Our guest, Nico Muhly, is an American composer whose wide ranging work includes orchestral and chamber music, operas, songs and music for film and TV. Since his early days as an archivist for Philip Glass he has worked with many of the worlds major orchestras and opera companies as well as musicians such as Sofjan Steven’s, Bryce Dessner and Björk.

Written and presented by Julian Leeks
Produced by Sound World

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Sound World @ the Fringe

Sunday, 23rd July. St Peter’s, Shaftesbury.

We are very excited to announce the first performance of our new band Sound World will be on the final night of the Shaftesbury Fringe Festival. The band will perform an exciting jazz/blues influence set, including the world premières of two Sound World commissions.

Plain Blue/s : Coleridge-Taylor Parkinson
Perpetual Motion : Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson
April (world première) : Sally Beamish
HOLO : Charlotte Harding
The Neglected Child : Judith Bingham
Klezmer DanceDhipli Zyia : Iannis Xenakis
Fantasy : Jorg Widmann
The Grace of Silence (world première) : Evelyn Glennie
Dancing With the Shadow : Eleanor Alberga
2 Coyotes: 1 : Magnus Lindberg
Duo : Jessie Montgomery

Sound World are:
George Blakesley – clarinet
George Owen – cello
Harriet Riley – percussion
Ricardo Brown Roger – violin
Alex Wilson – piano

Please CLICK HERE to order tickets online.

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John Pickard – 30 years of music.

A concert and reception at Bristol University’s Victoria Rooms today celebrated John Pickard’s 30 years in the Music Dept.

Michael Ellison (mostly hidden) gives a few well chosen words in honour of his long standing colleague

A programme of contrasts included the tragic and moving The Gardener of Aleppo, the playful 3 Chicken Studies and the riveting Verlaine Songs – brilliantly realised by soprano Emma Tring and the Bristol Ensemble.

John is one of the UK’s finest composers and we’re delighted to have him as one of Sound World’s patrons.

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March #SoundWorldSounds

Sorry we’ve missed a couple of months but we’re back with a fantastic recommendation from composer and Sound World trustee Sadie Harrison – Birtwistle’s Fields of Sorrow. Click here for more.