NEWS
Dimension Trio – debut recording
Posted By: Sinead O'Carroll, 8th June 2011
Dimension Trio will record their debut CD for Champs Hill Records for release in 2012. Further news on the disc will appear here in due course.
Tasmin Little – an Elegiac Elgar Season
Posted By: Sinead O'Carroll, 7th June 2011
Watch out for Tasmin Little as she plays the Elgar Violin Concerto throughout the 2011/2012 Season. Performances include the Ulster Orchestra on 21 October, Singapore Symphony Orchestra on 11 November and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in Edinburgh on 3 February 2012 and in Glasgow on 4 February 2012.
High Praise for Tasmin Little’s Elgar at her 17th appearance at the BBC Proms in the Royal Albert Hall in London
Posted By: Sinead O'Carroll, 6th June 2011
Tasmin’s performance of the Elgar Concerto with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Sir Andrew Davis garnered high praise from the press.
‘Tasmin Little has clocked up some 70 performances of the piece, and her interpretation seems to grow ever more refined. No parade of sobs and throbs for her; yet we still felt the ardour as the violin’s golden thread weaved and soared through Elgar’s tapestry of yearning and regret’
The Times, August 2011
Thomas Carroll receives critical acclaim
Posted By: Sinead O'Carroll, 5th June 2011
Cellist, Thomas Carroll and pianist, Llyr Williams receive high critical acclaim for his debut CD on the Orchid Classics label.
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Thomas Carroll talks about his debut CD
Posted By: Sinead O'Carroll, 2nd June 2011
Orchid Classics release an evocative and thought provoking promotional video for Thomas Carroll’s recently released CD, entitled ‘Vienna’
Tasmin wins major award at Classical Brits
Posted By: Sinead O'Carroll, 25th May 2011
Congratulations to Tasmin Little who won the ‘Critic’s Award’ for her recording of the Elgar Violin Concerto with the RSNO and Sir Andrew Davis at the Classical Brits in May 2011.
Tasmin signs with Chandos
Posted By: Sinead O'Carroll, 24th May 2011
Tasmin Little signs an exclusive contract with Chandos Records. Her highly acclaimed recording of Elgar’s Violin Concerto has quickly become one of the top-selling UK classical releases. Future Chandos releases featuring Tasmin include the Delius Violin Concerto, Delius Double Concerto (with Paul Watkins, cello, both recordings with the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Sir Andrew Davis) and Beethoven Triple Concerto (with Paul Watkins, Howard Shelley and the Orchestra of Opera North).
Tasmin Little at the Royal Albert Hall
Posted By: Sinead O'Carroll, 21st May 2011
Tasmin Little performs Elgar Violin Concerto at the BBC Proms on 2 August with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Sir Andrew Davis.
Tasmin will also perform the Elgar with the BBC Ulster Orchestra and Jac van Steen on 21 October 2011 and with the RSNO/Sir Andrew Davis on 3 February 2012.
London Conchord Ensemble
Posted By: Sinead O'Carroll, 20th May 2011
London Conchord Ensemble have returned from a hugely successful concert at the Library of Congress in Washington. They received two standing ovations from a delighted audience and the music critic at the Washington Post wrote of the ensemble’s ‘luminous sound’, ‘energy’, ‘elegance’ and ‘vibrancy’.
The Olympianist
Posted By: Sinead O'Carroll, 19th May 2011
We would like to send a huge thank you very many UK presenters for their unprecedented support of this project. We have now filled 19 of the 20 available recital slots and are just exploring opportunities for the one remaining recital on 25 May on the North East coast of Scotland (between Stirling and Boat of Garten).
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