News

Musical Times, Autumn 2001

Appointments

Nicholas Daniel succeeds Lady Barbirolli as Artistic Director of the Isle of Wight International Oboe Competition.

Morgan Hayes is appointed Composer in Residence at the Purcell School.

Gwen Hughes is appointed the Arts Council of England's Head of Classical Music.

Richard Baker is appointed 2001-02 Composer in Residence at the Cambridge University arts centre Kettle's Yard.

The Royal Academy of Music has appointed Professors for the first time in its 180-year history. They are the Academy's Vice-Principal and Director of Studies Jonathan Freeman-Attwood, Head of Woodwind Sebastian Bell, Head of Brass John Wallace, and composer Simon Bainbridge.

Martin Alsop is appointed Principal Conductor of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.

Thierry Fischer is appointed Principal Conductor of the Ulster Orchestra.

Debroah Bull has been appointed Artistic Director of the Royal Opera House's Linbury Studio Theatre and Clore Studio Upstairs.

Awards

Anthony Payne has been awarded an honorary DMus by the University of Birmingham.

Events

'Music and the aesthetics of modernity' is the title of an interdisciplinary conference to be held at Harvard University from 9-11 November. Speakers will include Carolyn Abbate, Scott Burnham, Lydia Goehr, Klaus Kropfinger, David Lewin, Anthony Newcomb, Charles Rosen and Leo Treitler. Ursula Oppens will give a piano recital.

Karlheinz Stockhausen is the featured composer at the Barbican Centre's 'Elektronic', a week of concerts and other events which runs from 13-18 October. Highlights include such classics of the genre as Hymnen, Telemusik, Kontakte, and extracts from his ongoing Licht project, notably, on Monday 15 October, a complete performance of 'Friday'. Details: .

The 42nd Little Missenden Festival of Music and the Arts, co-masterminded by MT contributor Richard Drakeford, runs from 12-21 October and includes a programme of 16th-century Venetian music, a concert by Collegium Musicum 90, a recital in which Robin Blaze sings English lute songs, a chamber evening featuring Rubbra's Second Violin Sonata, and the first performance of John Webb's specially commisioned ... into a several world for accordion and cello. Details: .

The eleventh London Bach Festival will take place between 31 October and 9 November, when half-a-dozen Bach-- centred concerts will be held in a variety of venues. Events include a complete performance of the Musical offering, a recital and masterclass by the Japanese organist Kei Koito, and a selection of cantatas. .

The Suffolk Villages Festival, which has been held annually in August for the past thirteen years, is all set for a modest expansion. A winter concert series, featuring MT contributor Peter Holman, will be held between 21 October 2001 and 26 May 2002, at St Mary's Church, Boxford, and St Mary's Church, Hadleigh. Highlights include evenings devoted to Heinrich Schutz (10 March) and Thomas Linley (26 May). Box office: 119 Maldon Road, Colchester C03 3AX. Peter Holman will also be directing Opera Restor'd in a double bill of Scarlatti's La dirindina and Haydn's La canterina at the Royal Opera House's Linbury Studio Theatre on 7 and 8 November. .

`Related rocks', a two-part celebration of the music of Finnish composer Magnus Lindberg, will take place at London's South Bank Centre from 27 November -9 December 2001 and 6-10 February 2002. Performers will include the Philharmonia Orchestra, Lindberg's experimental music ensemble Toimii, the London Sinfonietta and the Arditti Quartet. Highlights will include the UK premiere of Cantigas, the London premieres of Parada and the Cello Concerto, and performances of Kraft and Aura. Details: .

The Royal Opera's 2001-02 season includes new productions of Verdi's Rigoletto, Janacek's Jenufa, Haydn's Lanima del filosofo (Orfeo ed Euridice), Wagner's Parsifal, Mozart's Don Giovanni, Bartok's Duke Bluebeard's castle, Schoenberg's Erwartung, Bellini's La sonnambula, Verdi's 11 trovatore and Macbeth, and Puccini's La rondine. Details: .

English National Opera's 2001-02 season includes new productions of Prokofiev's War and peace, Mozart's

The marriage of Figaro, Stravinsky's The rakes progress, Verdi's A masked ball and Spontini's La vestale. Details: .

Welsh National Opera's 2001-02 season includes new productions of Beethoven's Leonore and Verdi's Rigoletto, as well as eight revivals. Details: .

Sir Malcom Arnold celebrates his 80th birthday on 21 October.

The ISCM World Music Days, 26 September-3 October 2003, will be hosted by Slovenia.

The 2002 Glyndebourne Festival will feature three new productions - Gluck's Iphigenie en Aulide, Weber's Euryanthe and Bizet's Carmen, and three revivals Don Giovanni, Kata Kabanova and Albert Herring. Before that, however, Glyndebourne Touring Opera's 2001 season begins on 8 October with Fidelio, followed by Le nozze di Figaro and Rodelinda. Details: .

Publishing news

Chester Music has signed a long-term publishing agreement with the 75-yearold composer Hans Werner Henze.

G. Schirmer announce the signing of Augusta Read Thomas to its catalogue. .