Wednesday, 29 February 2012
During the interval of BBC Radio 3’s live concert broadcast on Friday 2 March, you can hear me talking to King Edward Musical Society chairman Tim Ward about my orchestral work June Unfolding, which they premiered last summer as part of the celebrations for the 750th anniversary of the royal charter of Macclesfield. The piece was […]
Photos and recording from King Edward Musical Society’s performance of ‘June Unfolding’ by Chris Swithinbank, 18 June 2011.
Information about the première of Chris Swithinbank’s ‘June Unfolding’ by the orchestra of King Edward Musical Society, Macclesfield, UK, 18 June 2011.
‘So, it’s done! I finished the score of June Unfolding for the orchestra of King Edward Musical Society last week and the parts are being prepared for the first rehearsal on 3 May. I thought I would take a moment to put down some thoughts on the composition process and the ideas behind the piece, […]
Thursday, 13 January 2011
‘Before Christmas I got to hear my adoptive orchestra from King Edward Musical Society in full flow at their concert of Elgar and Duruflé, so it was with excitement that I prepared to kick off the New Year with my first workshop with the orchestra. The orchestra are busy preparing some tricky Bruckner and Strauss […]