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Nash Ensemble BIS disc wins Contemporary category in 2021 Gramophone Classical Music Awards
The Nash Ensemble’s recent recording of seven of John’s chamber works has won the Contemporary category of the prestigious Gramophone Classical Music Awards 2021. Read more about it on Gramophone https://www.gramophone.co.uk/awards/gramophone-classical-music-awards-2021/contemporary
Nash Ensemble BIS recording shortlisted in 2021 Gramophone Classical Music Awards
The Nash Ensemble’s recent recording of seven of John’s chamber works has been shortlisted in the Contemporary category of the prestigious Gramophone Classical Music Awards 2021. The category winners will be announced on 22 September. The complete shortlist of recordings can be found here:www.gramophone.co.uk/classical-music-news/article/gramophone-classical-music-awards-2021-shortlist-is-revealed
Nash Ensemble recording to be issued in May.
Nash Ensemble recording to be issued in May. The Nash Ensemble’s recording of seven of John’s works will be issued on the BIS label in May 2020 The disc surveys over 30 years of composing activity and includes The Gardener of Aleppo (2016); Ghost-Train (2016), Serenata Concertata (1984); The Phagotus of Afranio (1992); Chicken Studies… Continue reading Nash Ensemble recording to be issued in May.
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
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
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
Seven chamber works recorded by the Nash Ensemble
In September 2018, the acclaimed Nash Ensemble of London www.nashensemble.org.uk recorded seven of John’s chamber works for release on the BIS label during 2019. The disc covers 32 years of John’s composing career and six of the works are premiere recordings. This will be the fifth all-Pickard CD to have been released by BIS Records.… Continue reading Seven chamber works recorded by the Nash Ensemble