Eden 24 January 2020 Manchester Foden’s Band conducted by Russell Gray Royal Northern College of Music Brass Band Festival www.rncm.ac.uk/performance/fodens-band/
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Mass in Troubled Times nominated in the Choral category of The Ivors Composer Awards
John Pickard’s Mass in Troubled Times has been nominated in the Choral category of The Ivors Composer Awards (formerly the British Composer Awards). ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors-composer-awards
8 September 2019, BBC4 to show Pictured Within
The Proms world premiere of Pictured Within (with John’s Finale, The Art of Beginning) will be shown on BBC4 television on Sunday 8 September at 19.30 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes It will then be available on the i-player
21 November, 2019, Pictured Within, Glasgow
Pictured Within Thrusday, 21 November, 2019 Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Martyn Brabbins Glasgow City Halls, Glasgo www.bbc.co.uk
1 December, 2019, Pictured Within, Antwerp
Pictured Within Sunday, 1 December, 2019 Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Martyn Brabbins Koningin Elizabethzaal, Antwerp www.antwerpsymphonyorchestra.be
22 September 2019, Snowbound, St George’s, Bristol
Snowbound Sunday, 22 September, 2019, 18.30 Bristol Ensemble St George’s, Bristol www.stgeorgesbristol.co.uk
The Art of Beginning – BBC Commission for Proms 2019
Prom 35 on 13 August 2019, will feature the world premiere of Pictured Within: Birthday Variations for M. C. B. Commissioned by the BBC to mark the 60th birthday of Martyn Brabbins, the work will be played by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conducted by its dedicatee. Like Elgar’s Enigma Variations (to be heard in… Continue reading The Art of Beginning – BBC Commission for Proms 2019
13 August, 2019, The Art of Beginning – Finale to Pictured Within: Birthday Variations for M. C. B.
<i>The Art of Beginning – Finale to Pictured Within:</i> Birthday Variations for M. C. B. (BBC Commission. First Performance) Tuesday, 13 August, 2019, 19.30 BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Martyn Brabbins BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall, London www.bbc.co.uk
Mass in Troubled Times available in iPlayer
The premiere of Mass in Troubled Times is available to listen to until 12 March. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0002hf7
Mass in Troubled Times – Première
John’s large-scale new work for unaccompanied voices will be premiered by the BBC Singers, conducted by Andrew Griffiths at St. Peter’s Church, Eaton Square, London, 1 February, 2019. The work is the second collaboration with the writer Gavin D’Costa, who wrote the text for Daughters of Zion. The text draws on multiple sources across five… Continue reading Mass in Troubled Times – Première