Weather Afternoon: 14°c Light showers Tonight: 9°c Light showers

News

HEADLINES:
RSS

Peter Maxwell Davies

Related topics: 

Latest articles

Agent faces jail for stealing £½m from Queen's composer

21.10.09
Former agent of the Master of the Queen's Music was faces jail for swindling more than half a million pounds from the composer's account after allegedly becoming a gambling addict... more

Proms 2009: It was a balmy night in Athens

10.09.09
On Tuesday night the chill winds of the Hebrides blew through Peter Maxwell Davies’s account of Mendelssohn’s Fingal’s Cave Overture... more

Manager defrauded Queen's composer of £500,000

08.09.09
A former manager of the Master of the Queen's Music has admitted defrauding the composer out of more than £500,000 to spend on online gambling... more

Exhilarating playing at Noseda Prom

07.08.09
All those who couldn't afford Tuscany this year gathered to hear the next best thing, an evening of music inspired by Great Boot Italy with Noseda.... more

Self-portrait of a composer in Proms

27.07.09
Fast-moving passages left the BBC Symphony Chorus and BBC National Chorus of Wales, superbly drilled and finely tuned.... more

Herbides Ensmeble takes no prisoners

26.06.09
The Hebrides Ensemble played as if it was a matter of life and death.... more

Concert celebrates Cambridge's 800th anniversary

23.06.09
The City of London Festival programme juxtaposed two big choral pieces by Peter Maxwell Davies with a new one by John Harle.... more

Pick of the Proms - from Bollywood to Barenboim

26.05.09
No other festival offers so much for so little money. Here is a round-up of the concerts not to be missed as part of this year's Proms festival.... more

Welcome to the Slumdog Proms

08.04.09
The Proms are going to Bollywood with a day dedicated entirely to Indian music culminating in a Bollywood song and dance extravaganza... more

A music revolution

07.05.08
When Kings Place Concert Hall opens later this year it will aim to prove that the arts can thrive without public money.... more

Right music but the wrong room

02.04.08
The bright lights and bare wood of the Purcell room was the wrong setting for the LPO's young talent programme, says Barry Millington.... more

Reaching for heaven

04.10.06
No-one could accuse House of the Gods of lacking ambition. If anything, this First World War opera tries too hard, says Nick Kimberley.... more

More related topics: Peter Maxwell Davies and

NewsSportShowbiz

Latest pictures



Don't Miss
  • Lenny Henry

    Lenny Henry: 'Maybe one day we can have a black Doctor Who'

     As he wins the outstanding newcomer prize at the Evening Standard theatre awards for his role as Othello, Lenny Henry has come a long way from black and white minstrels
  • John and Edward

    Spread of the Jedhead

     Jedward, voted off the X-Factor this weekend, are the most obvious proponents of the sticky-uppy look - but the style crosses boundaries of age, gender, sexuality and taste, says Nick Curtis

Sky in plot to hire students on the cheap

Sky News is currently recruiting students as reporters for its coverage of next year's general election. However, the opportunity doesn't quite seem so appealing

All stories

Promotions

Environmental initiatives

Find out how you can help to meet the challenges of climate change in London.


The Open University

Every year The Open University helps thousands of professionals progress in their careers.


Win the Best Seats

In London theatre when you vote for your favourite celebrity spec wearer.


Breast Cancer Care

Donate £1 and leave a message of support for a loved one in the Swarovski Garden of Wishes.


Win an iPodTouch

With Courvoisier when you share your thoughts on this week's cocktail.