Prosper Van Eechaute (1904-1964), born in Ghent, was a Belgian composer, conductor and teacher. While a student at the Ghent Royal Conservatory, he was awarded first prize for cello, harmony, chamber...
Sailing the oceans is an unpredictable adventure. One moment the sea is calm and then choppy, and before you know, you are in the middle of a storm. Fortunately, most storms don't last long and things...
Mendelssohn composed the Concert pieces for clarinet, basset horn and piano in 1833 for the German clarinet virtuosos Heinrich and Carl Bärmann (father and son). The intention was to be together as fr...
Belgian composer Wilfried Westerlinck composed 'Look, a Bass Clarinet in my Garden' ('Kijk, een basklarinet in mijn tuin!') in 1985 for Jan Guns, bass clarinetist of the Flemish Radio Orchestra. Inclu...
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies on the music of Marc Yeats: 'Marc Yeats' musical voice is quite unlike anything else; the music is challenging to both performers and audiences, and very communicative. He pro...
Iain Matheson is a Scottish composer and musician, based in Edinburgh. He writes concert music in the classical tradition. Most of his work is based on some aspect of time, the medium in which music h...
Gareth Churchill trained in London with Rhian Samuel and in Cardiff with Anthony Powers (PhD Composition 2007); other teachers having included Peter Maxwell Davies, Judith Weir, John Metcalf and Charl...