Gemma is taking the hot-seat for the second in our series of interviews with members of the ensemble.
Year: 2014
One-word interview: Paul Cott, horn
To mark the beginning of our new season we’ll be publishing probing interviews with our players over the next few days.
Lachlan Radford: live on Radio NZ
On the 27th May Lachlan, our double bassist, appeared live on Radio New Zealand where he discussed life as a musician in London as well as the New Cobbett Prize with presenter David Morriss. Also broadcast were tracks from the new album – the New Zealand radio premiere of Michael Berkeley’s Clarion Call and Gallop and the last movement from […]
The Berkeley Ensemble / Resonus Classics New Cobbett Prize for Composition
‘Clarion Call’ reviews roundup
Released earlier this year, our debut recording Clarion Call has been receiving positive reviews in the press and online – read our pick of them here.
Our viola player, Dan Shilladay, has written a guest article for International Arts Manager on the trials and tribulations of hunting down repertoire. Read it here.
Live at the BBC
The Berkeley Ensemble made its radio debut on BBC Radio 3’s In Tune on the 4th March, performing Michael Berkeley’s Clarion Call and Gallop as well as movements from Ferguson’s Octet and Beethoven’s Septet live on air.
Debut album ‘Clarion Call’ now available
The Berkeley Ensemble’s debut recording Clarion Call: Music for Septet and Octet is now available for download from Resonus Classics. The recording echoes Beethoven and Schubert with 20th- and 21st-century chamber works by Charles Wood, John Casken, Howard Ferguson and Michael Berkeley.
Our annual residential course for piano, strings and winds will be on 2nd – 5th May 2014. Spend the May bank holiday weekend playing beautiful chamber music with like-minded musicians in the idyllic surroundings of rural Somerset. More information and how to book