Latest News: Classical, NMC (label)
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Interview,
Richard Baker on The Tyranny of Fun 12th March 2024The composer talks about his new album of ensemble and choral works with the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, out on March 15th on NMC Records.
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Interview,
Bracing Change - Helen Grime on contemporary string quartets 11th April 2023Scottish composer Helen Grime discusses her second string quartet, which features on the second volume of Bracing Change string commissions from NMC and the Wigmore Hall.
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Interview,
Rebecca Saunders on 'Skin' 10th January 2023The British composer talks about her new album, drawing together three of her collaboratively-created contemporary works: Skin, void and Unbreathed.
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Interview,
Martin Suckling on This Departing Landscape 5th April 2021The Scottish composer talks about his new album of orchestral and concertante works, drawing on inspirations ranging from childhood friendships to contemporary ceramic art and the philosophical musings of Morton Feldman.
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Interview,
Colin Matthews on NMC 16th May 2019The English composer looks back over 30 years at the helm of Britain's cutting-edge contemporary music label NMC.
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Recording of the Week,
Roderick Williams sings a new work by Howard Skempton: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner 21st April 2017Katherine very much enjoys baritone Roderick Williams in a new work by Howard Skempton: a setting of Coleridge's poem, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.
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Interview,
Mark Simpson on Night Music 6th June 2016James talks to the composer about his new disc of chamber music on NMC.
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Interview,
Judith Weir's The Vanishing Bridegroom 24th July 2014Katherine talks to the composer (recently named Master of the Queen's Music) about her 1990 opera based on Scottish folklore, released this month on NMC Records.
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Recording of the Week,
Unknown Britten 28th September 2009NMC Records release a collection of rediscovered works by the British composer, including a clarinet concerto commission by Benny Goodman, and three songs originally intended for Les Illuminations.
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Recording of the Week,
20 Years of NMC 20th April 2009Founded by composer Colin Matthews in 1989, the British contemporary music label celebrates its twentieth birthday with a songbook featuring music by composers including Thea Musgrave, Tarik O’Regan and Mark-Anthony Turnage.