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MYSTERIOUS: Judith weir - What They Never Told You

BBC Proms - Elgar's First: Magnificent symphony re-examined in an insightful reading

4/5 Ryan Wigglesworth brings subtlety to the pomp at this night at the Proms

Evening Standard

BBCSSO/Wigglesworth / Booth review – Brett Dean’s song cycle is rich and strange

Soprano Clare Booth, Ryan Wigglesworth and the BBC Scottish gave the world premiere of Dean’s theatrical and engaging The World’s Wife. Elgar’s 1st didn’t quite achieve lift-off but Weir’s Moon and Star had sweep and shimmer

The Guardian - UK

BBC Symphony Orchestra/ Oramo/ Son review – rainy days, rolling hills and enchanted creatures

Judith Weir’s salute to the Indian monsoon kicked off a concert on nature and folk themes, Korean pianist Yeol Eum Son brought poetic flourishes to works by Bartók and Finzi, while the magical Firebird made a rousing finale

The Guardian - UK

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BBCSSO/Wigglesworth/Pioro/Gerhardt review – consummate artistry and a broken string

Two concerts given by the BBC Scottish with soloists Daniel Pioro and Alban Gerhardt were imaginative and compelling

The Guardian - UK

The week in classical: The Merry Widow; Aldeburgh festival – review

Thomas Allen steals a witty, sparkling new production of Léhar’s masterpiece, and a cosmic world premiere from Judith Weir lives up to her star billing

The Guardian - UK

‘I’ve always been a glass half full person’: Aldeburgh festival’s outgoing CEO Roger Wright

After 10 years at the helm of Britten Pears Arts, Wright is stepping down. He looks back at his festival highlights, and forwards to classical music’s increasingly uncertain future.

The Guardian - UK

Blond Eckbert review – Judith Weir’s bare-bones opera kicks off Aldeburgh festival

Despite excellent performances from the singers and chamber ensemble, this stripped-back version of the folkloric opera failed to convey the horror of its story

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New year honours 2024: awards for Shirley Bassey, Mary Earps and Michael Eavis

Author Jilly Cooper and actor Emilia Clarke also honoured

The Guardian - UK

Ian Spink obituary

Choreographer, creative director and co-founder of Second Stride, a company that transformed contemporary dance in the 1980s

The Guardian - UK

Prom 51: BBCSO/Oramo review – Tetzlaff’s Elgar is as good as one could wish

The violinist gave a masterly performance of Elgar’s violin concerto, well matched by a responsive Sakari Oramo. Judith Weir’s nature-filled Begin Afresh, receiving its premiere, was evocative and full of ideas

The Guardian - UK

The BBC Proms fights for its future

Hurt by arts cuts, gender balance criticisms and a post-Brexit lack of musicians from Europe, this year’s event is rife with insecurity. But, says Opera Now’s editor Hattie Butterworth, there is also defiant innovation...

Evening Standard

Business as usual for rest of royal family as King attends London concert

As Harry prepared to continue his evidence in the High Court phone-hacking trial, his father Charles was listening to coronation music at St James’s Roman Catholic Church in London

Evening Standard

The King attends special concert featuring music from his coronation

Charles attended the event, organised by Wigmore Hall, at St James’s Roman Catholic Church, in London, on Tuesday evening.

The Independent UK

Standards and premieres galore as music takes centre stage at coronation

From Handel to a dozen new commissions, the king selected a fitting soundtrack for the event

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Horns, jigs and hosannas: your guide to Charles’s coronation composers

From the woman who soundtracked Lesbian Vampire Killers to the creator of musical cryptograms, the king has chosen an eclectic bunch. So what are we likely to hear?

Liverpool Echo

Carols from King's 2022: How to watch King’s College Christmas Eve carols this year

The 2022 Carols from King's will be broadcast on Christmas Eve

The Guardian - UK

The week in classical: The Makropulos Affair; Elisabeth Leonskaja & Staatskapelle Streichquartett

Janáček’s knotty study of immortality soars at Welsh National Opera; the great pianist radiates grace and power. Plus a word on Weir and MacMillan

The Guardian - UK

A ringing coda: the music at the Queen’s funeral was both solemn and sublime

As well as the time-honoured 18th-century Sentences and familiar hymns, Westminster Abbey heard superb new work by Judith Weir and James MacMillan

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The Independent UK

Queen’s funeral will be ‘our reality moment’, says Master of the King’s Music

Judith Weir was the first woman to be appointed to the role in 2014.

The Independent UK

Queen’s funeral will be a beautiful day, says Master of the King’s Music

Judith Weir was the first woman to be appointed to the role in 2014.

The Guardian - UK

The Black Spider review – Weir’s opera is ghastly gothic treat

Energy to burn from the Welsh National Youth Opera turned Judith Weir’s work for children into a Covid-adjacent horror for all to enjoy

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