The Festival will in part be a celebration of Robert Simpson’s birth in Leamington a century ago. The Festival will take place between the 23 and 26 September and will include Simpson’s String Quintet No.1, Quartet No.8, Trio for Horn, Violin and Piano, Variations and Finale on a Theme of Haydn. Full details will be available on www.leamingtonmusic.org – for further information and photographs, contact Richard Phillips on richard@leamingtonmusic.org and 01926 497000.
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29th November 2021
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BBC Radio 3 Composer of the Week
15th April 2021
During the week commencing Monday 31 May 2021 between 12 noon and 1pm, Robert Simpson will be featured on the BBC’s Composer of the Week programme on Radio 3.
Centenary concert online of String Quartet No.1 by the Tippett Quartet
25th February 2021
The concert which will be available for two weeks from 2 March 2021 includes a short introduction and concert programme. It will be bookable via Bromsgrove Concerts (www.bromsgove-concerts.org.uk) website from the afternoon on Friday 26 February.
New Lyrita CD of Symphonies 5 and 6
18th February 2021
Lyrita have issued in February 2021 a new CD of symphonies 5 and 6 under catalogue number SRCD.389. The CD is from BBC recordings by Andrew Davis with the LSO and Charles Groves with the LPO.