U.K. and Europe

One of the most sought-after British composers today, Belize-born Errollyn Wallen has created a new work called Dances for Orchestra, which will receive its world premiere on Nov. 2-3 with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. The rest of the program, conducted by Ryan Bancroft, is thoroughly American: Ives’ Three Places in New England and Copeland’s complete […]

Jannik Giger is a Swiss composer and video artist. The world premiere of his Troisième œil (“Third Eye”) will be given on Nov. 11 by the Basel Chamber Orchestra at Wigmore Hall. Music director Kristian Bezuidenhout will also play the fortepiano in Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 9, and Alina Ibragimova will be the soloist for […]