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Lodewijk Mortelmans was born in Antwerp on February 5, 1868, as second son of printer Karel Mortelmans. He died on June 24, 1952. He was an outstanding, universal Belgian musician and composer. His un...

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...

Sakura is the Japanese word for 'Cherry Blossom'. It is also widely known as a traditional Japanese folk song depicting spring, the season of the cherry blossoms. The original melody uses a pentatonic...

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...

Antony Clare was born in Nottingham in 1964. He read music at York University and has subsequently combined private instrumental teaching with a range of performing activities. He has formed several s...

Miroslav Spasov, composer of instrumental and live electroacoustic music, was born in Macedonia. He earned his PhD in composition at the university of Calgary and currently teaches composition and com...

Sohrab Uduman read music at the University of Surrey and went on to study composition at the University of Birmingham, receiving his PhD in 1993. His music has received several awards, including an in...

Sarah Watts is an award winning British Clarinettist who has gained an international reputation for her work as a solo bass clarinettist. Her work both as a soloist and with her various chamber ensemb...

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...

It was 1995 when I had the fortune to listen to the freshly published recording of the suites performed by Mstislav Rostropovich. I would have given anything to be able to play them, and this was what...

Twelve concerti grossi, Op. 6, is a collection of twelve concerti, arranged for publication in 1714. These are some of the finest examples of the baroque-style concerti grossi, that is, concertos for...

Though most clarinetists are more than familiar with Holst's two suites for military band, his St. Paul's Suite should not be overlooked. In fact, it was composed shortly after he completed the Second...

Julius Klengel (1859 - 1933) was a German cellist who is most well-known for his compositions for his own instrument, most notably a large output of works for multiple cellos. After joining the Leipzi...

Belgian composer Wilfried Westerlinck composed this solo piece for bass clarinet in 1985. It is doubtlessly one of the most representative works for this instrument. It highlights all the features and...