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Timothy Dickinson interview

The Sir Arnold Bax Website Posted on December 17, 2021 by Bax AdminDecember 30, 2021

British Bass-Baritone Timothy Dickinson is well known from his recitals across the UK to his operatic roles at Glyndebourne, Scottish Opera, Longborough and elsewhere. He has toured internationally with Silent Opera and has also been a regular guest at the St Endellion Festivals in Cornwall.

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Graham Parlett – (1946-2021)

The Sir Arnold Bax Website Posted on June 3, 2021 by Bax AdminJune 7, 2021

A personal tribute by Richard R. Adams.

When in 1996 I created the Sir Arnold Bax Website, I knew immediately the first couple of luminaries I wanted to interview.  Vernon (Tod) Handley was my initial preference, but the media-shy conductor turned out to be very evasive; so I pursued my second choice, who was at that time was the curator of Asian Art at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, and who during his off hours was intensively involved in research on the life and music of Sir Arnold Bax.

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Interview with composer John Pickard

The Sir Arnold Bax Website Posted on January 9, 2018 by Bax AdminDecember 7, 2020

John Pickard is among today’s most accomplished and performed 21st Century British composers. He was born in Burnley, Lancashire, England in 1963 and at an early age decided to become a composer. He studied music and composition at the University of Wales, with the Welsh composer William Mathias, and later in The Netherlands with Louis Andriessen and in 1989 was awarded a PhD in composition from the University of Wales. Since 1993 he has taught at the University of Bristol, where he is Professor of Composition and Applied Musicology and was Head of Music for four years (2009–13). John Pickard is also conductor of the University of Bristol Symphony Orchestra and Choral Society.

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Interview with George Parris, founder and conductor of The Carice Singers

The Sir Arnold Bax Website Posted on June 12, 2017 by Bax AdminJune 14, 2017

George Parris is a singer, conductor and scholar of early-twentieth-century Anglo-Irish music. He was awarded the Elgar Society’s Certificate of Merit for initiating an Elgar Festival as his school, St Edward’s Oxford. In the same year, he founded The Carice … Continue reading →

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Richard R. Adams interviews David Owen Norris

The Sir Arnold Bax Website Posted on September 17, 2015 by Bax AdminMay 23, 2020

Editor’s Note: David Owen Norris is one of the best-known and beloved figures in British music today. He is a pianist, broadcaster and composer as well as Professor of Musical Performance at the University of Southampton, Visiting Professor at the … Continue reading →

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Richard R. Adams interviews pianist Benjamin Martin

The Sir Arnold Bax Website Posted on February 16, 2015 by Bax AdminMay 26, 2020

Posted on January 21, 2015 by Bax Admin Editor’s Note:  Benjamin Martin is an Australian composer/pianist who records for the Melba label and has recorded for BIS and Chandos. A graduate of the Juilliard School where he was a student of John Browning, Benjamin … Continue reading →

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Richard R. Adams Interviews Michael McHale

The Sir Arnold Bax Website Posted on October 22, 2014 by Bax AdminMay 20, 2020

Posted on September 14, 2014 by Bax Admin Editor’s Note: Michael McHale is unquestionably one of the most exciting and active young British pianists performing today. He is in demand as a solo and chamber player as well as an accompanist and he has … Continue reading →

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John McCabe and Robert Barnett discuss Arnold Bax

The Sir Arnold Bax Website Posted on January 5, 2013 by Bax AdminMay 20, 2020

Last Modified January 5, 2000 John McCabe is one of the most distinguished British composers of the latter half of the 20th Century. He is also a magnificent pianist whose repertoire extends from Haydn to John Corigliano. He is president … Continue reading →

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Robert Barnett Interviews Myer Fredman

The Sir Arnold Bax Website Posted on January 5, 2013 by Bax AdminMay 20, 2020

Last Modified July 19, 1997 Myer Fredman is best known to Baxians for his outstanding recordings of the First and Second Symphonies. These recordings appeared on Lyrita in the early 1970s and for many of us they were our introduction … Continue reading →

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Conductor/Violinist John McLaughlin Williams discusses Bax and his American Premiere Performance of the Violin Concerto

The Sir Arnold Bax Website Posted on January 5, 2013 by Bax AdminMay 20, 2020

Last Modified October 6, 1999 John McLaughlin Williams Homepage Address: http://home.earthlink.net/~jonmw It’s amazing to learn that Bax’s Violin Concerto had what is believed to be its first and only American performance just a few years ago. The musician responsible for this … Continue reading →

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