The newest was first: Icarus, by Lera Auerbach (written this century). It’s based on the famous story of the high-flyer who flew too high, and the composer invites listeners to let the music “take you ...

Laura and Max perform Kodlys duo and a selection of folk music in Hoxtons hidden cabaret bar, Hoxton Underbelly, as part of noisenights.Each noisenight features two short classical sets, one early ...

This was an England of Eric Ravilious paintings, Earl Grey tea, the vibrant greens of a hedgerow, the gentle plop of croquet mallets against croquet balls. The compositions spanned more than a century ...

The music was all written in the past 75 years or so – by classical measures that’s pretty recent – and not by any means standard repertoire. And, written for large orchestra in complex scoring in ...