In May of this year I attended the premier of Keith Burstein’s new work, Finale With No Ending, a sextet, which offers tango, Jewish folk music with sumptuous classical orchestration. On stage at the Royal College of Music, Burstein gave the audience some insights into its creation. An early memory of his father playing accordion…
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Composer Dani Howard and her ‘Trombone Concerto’ – a journey in rhythm and brass
ArtMuseLondon’s Karine Hetherington catches up with award-winning composer Dani Howard Growing up in Hong Kong you played piano and the drums. In your large-scale compositions, the percussion certainly stands out. Does the sense of rhythm and energy in your orchestral works come from your early days drumming? Absolutely – I definitely think that this early…