Tom Edney

The environmental consequences are so concerning, yet seem to be being largely being ignored.

YouTube video by thenameisgsarci Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - Sea Drift Op. 69 (audio + sheet music)

A double whammy today, as I was travelling via ferry, so this choice feels apt:

Sea Drift (Op.69) is one of Coleridge-Taylor’s later partsongs and his longest, showing his brilliant skill in handling choral forces.

YouTube video by Elizabeth Llewellyn - Topic 6 Sorrow Songs, Op. 57: No. 2, When I Am Dead, My Dearest

Coleridge-Taylor wrote many songs in his short career, and here is one excellent example, setting Christina Rosetti: When I am Dead, My Dearest. The song was later used by his daughter, Avril, in a piece titled ‘In Memoriam’ dedicated to her father.

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YouTube video by TheOneAndOnlyZeno Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - Ballade, Op.33 {Audio + Full score}

Ballade in A minor (Op.33) was Coleridge-Taylor's first commission for the Three Choirs Festival in 1898. The commission came about when Elgar suggested Coleridge-Taylor after declining the commission. Conincidentally, there are moments where you can hear references to Elgar's Enigma Variations.

Can’t wait to hear Bond’s brummy accent

YouTube video by ContrebasseClassique Samuel Coleridge-Taylor – Nonet, Op. 2 (1894)

The Nonet (Op.2), composed while Coleridge-Taylor was a Royal College of Music student and premiered on July 5, 1894, shows the influence of his teacher Charles Stanford and Brahms. In later movements, we can also hear the influence of Dvořák, who became a lasting inspiration to Coleridge-Taylor.

August marks the birth of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, and to celebrate this, I'm going to share a piece by him every day leading up to his birthday on the 15th. There is a huge amount of music to choose from, so I've selected pieces that demonstrate the variety and breadth of his career. #SCT150

Come listen to me talk about Avril Coleridge-Taylor and her music!! Also thrilled that my editions of her orchestral work, To April, and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s Meg Blane are getting outings in the Autumn season.

Performance 🤝 Research

A brilliant day for Howells yesterday. First, an exceptional and thought-provoking talk from Dr @jonathanclinch.bsky.social on Howells and Paradise. Then, a brilliant performance of Paradise Rondel and Hymnus Paradisi under Adrian Partington. @threechoirs.bsky.social

I'm just a boy, deleting my em dashes in Word in case people think I used AI to write the thing

"writing a book is a marathon not a sprint" but what if it's somehow both at the same time

Always feel in awe of academics who manage to read for pleasure. How do you find the time?!

Sincerely,

Someone who just wasted the first week off getting through 100 pages of a novel but wrote lots of words for the thesis

Last night's Prom, featuring the UK premiere of Charlotte Sohy's 'Danse Mystique'! Hopefully the start of her music being heard much more in the UK.

Excellent playing from Randall Goosby and the Orchestre National de France under Cristian Măcelaru.

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Today in the library… what’s RVW listening to?

Last night’s BBC Prom with the Samara Joy octet and BBC Concert Orchestra was one of the most extraordinary concerts I’ve ever been to. Such a high standard of musicianship and outpouring of love in the RAH last night. Won’t be forgetting it for a long time to come!

Lovely team, lovely music, lovely day.

Quiet before the storm… recording upper voices repertoire today! Watch this space

Thanks, Kate! Went really well and had some great feedback

Very excited to present today at the NABMSA symposium 'Rethinking Landscape: Environment, Place, and Heritage in British Music Studies'. Discussing AC-T's orchestral works from the 1930s and her evolving relationship with landscape and place.

Lovely article in @rcmlondon.bsky.social's Upbeat magazine on Samuel Coleridge-Taylor at 150 and some of the work going on in the college that is celebrating his music. In the company of some excellent colleagues, too!

#NowSpinning Howells’s Elegy for Solo Viola, String Quartet and String Orchestra. This is deeply introspective music, often played low on most of the strings giving it a very soulful feel, particularly in the Viola part. It’s a beautifully searching moment in a great programme.

Many of these cantatas only exist in manuscript, so providing edited and typeset scores and parts is my small contribution to bringing this music back into the repertoire.

Watch this space 👀

Nearly 900 bars later… thrilled to have finished a new edition of one of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s cantatas for performance later this year as part of celebrations marking his 150th birthday!

Bloody…

Using your platform for good. Exhibit A:

Luckily remembered the book! But blocking out the background noise of the train is making reading a lot more distracting…!

There is no devastation quite like leaving your headphones at home before a train journey and a day of work 🙃

Saturday listening

Looking forward to delving into this over the weekend!

So looking forward to reading this!