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Alumni
News
First
part of Britten Song Cycles recorded
The first part of the Britten Song Cycles have been recorded
in the Britten Studio with Alumni including Elizabeth Atherton,
Katherine Broderick, Robin Tritschler, Ben Johnson and Malcolm
Martineau and the first double CD will be out by the Festival
this year on the Onyx label and also available from our Visitor
Centre. By 2011, they are hoping to release two sets of two
volume CDs.
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Hesse
Alumni News
Gillian
Buchanan (Hesse, 1984) emailed that she and her brother, Andrew
Buchanan (Hesse, 1983, 1984) were both Hesse students together.
Gillian is now the Classical Music Editor for BellaOnline,
an e-zine for women. We are still interested in getting back
in touch with more Hesse family dynasties so please contact
me at mpeel@aldeburgh.co.uk
with any more relations.
Tim Hone (Hesse, 1976) is now the Head of Music and Liturgy
at Salisbury Cathedral. He emailed: 'The BBC producer Stephen
Shipley and I realized that we had both been Hesse Students
in 1976 and shared our memories of that extraordinary year
with the premiere of Phedre with Janet Baker and going to
the Red House in Britten's final year.'
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Hesse News
Other
news
In the 63rd Aldeburgh Festival this
year to mark the 100th birthday of Peter Pears, we are celebrating
his life and career, and artistic legacy. Between 22nd of
June and the 24th of June there will be several events including
seminars, concerts and film. I would like to hear from you
about your experiences of studying and working with him while
you were here - click
here to read them.
Elisabeth
Söderström died in November. She taught two courses
at the BPP: "Sibelius and Strauss" in 1999 and Janácek
Opera Roles in 2002. Please let me have any memories or anecdotes
from your time here with her for the Alumni webpage on mpeel@aldeburgh.co.uk
Awards
Prize-winning Aldeburgh Alumni
Britten's Billy Budd has won The Best Opera Recording category
at the 2010 Grammy Awards. Ian Bostridge (French Song, 1989)
and Matthew Rose (Handel Opera and Oratorio, 2000) star on
this award-winning recording with Daniel Harding conducting
the London Symphony Orchestra.
Oliver Coates (Contemporary Performance and Composition, 2005)
has become Artist in Residence at the Southbank Centre in
London where he is currently working on a collaboration with
Dance East and Aldeburgh Young Musicians for 'Sound Moves:
Music & Dance - the next generation'.
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