In August 2015, supported by PRS for Music Foundation, we will record our third album for Resonus Classics featuring the winners of our inaugural New Cobbett Prize for composition: Samuel Wesley Lewis, Laurence Osborn and Barnaby Martin.
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One-word interview: Francesca Barritt
What better way to welcome our new violinist than with our traditional interview? Read on for a glimpse into the mind of Francesca Barritt.
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Dartington International Summer School
Dartington International Summer School, Totnes, Devon The ensemble return to the Dartington International Summer School. Sarah Bennington (flute), John Slack (clarinet), James Turnbull (oboe) and Andrew Watson (bassoon) offer wind players of all abilities a supportive and informative workshop environment, in individual instrumental classes, in which to improve technique, hone performance skills and discover new repertoire.
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New recording released on Resonus Classics!
This week Resonus Classics released the Berkeley Ensemble’s new recording of chamber works by Lennox Berkeley. Supported by a grant from the Lennox Berkeley Society, the recording features a number of premières including two fascinating early works recently discovered at the British Library.
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New Cobbett Prize: Winners announced
Following performances of all the finalists’ pieces at the Forge on the 10th December, the New Cobbett Prize panel announced this year’s winners.
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New Cobbett Prize: finalists announced
Following the fascinating semi-finalists’ masterclasses, we can now announce this year’s finalists and judges for the New Cobbett Prize, our composition competition inspired by the work of Walter Willson Cobbett.
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Kate’s fundraising cycle ride to Amsterdam
At the crack of dawn this morning we met the indomitable Kate Wareham, a Friend of the Berkeley Ensemble, as she set off from Waterloo station on a 300-mile cycle ride from London to Amsterdam.
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New Cobbett Prize: Semi-finalists announced
After much deliberation, the semi-finalists for the New Cobbett Prize, our composition competition inspired by the work of Walter Willson Cobbett, have been chosen.
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One-word interview: Sophie Mather, violin
In the last of this week’s one-word interviews, here’s Sophie our violinist.
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Travelling Light at the Greenbelt festival
Inspired by the Greenbelt Festival 2014 theme of ‘travelling light’, the Berkeley Ensemble joined the festival again this year with a music and dance workshop delivered by members of the group alongside the fantastic choreographer and dancer, Jo Meredith.