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JUDITH WEIR
Composer
New in Knightsbridge
Maggie Hamilton, the visionary editor of Choir and Organ Magazine, has been attempting to bring new music and her readership closer...
Jan 12, 2016


Composing for Christmas
After two years of judging BBC Radio 3’s Carol Composing competition I am beginning to see the wood for the trees. A remarkable number of...
Dec 20, 2015


St Paul's, Knightsbridge
This was my first ever look inside St Paul’s Church, Knightsbridge, but as it’s a regular venue for the BBC Singers, I wasn’t at all...
Apr 18, 2015


Temple Church
After sitting behind the perfectly-engineered screens of Ty Cerdd's digital-audio studio on Monday, my recording venue on Friday was the...
Dec 1, 2014


Carol Competition
My day off from Occupation this week was spent in the basement of the BBC Maida Vale Studios, as a member of a panel judging the BBC...
Nov 20, 2014


Ives 4th Symphony
Inside the implacable walls of the Barbican Centre last night , it was mayhem backstage, during the interval of the BBC Symphony/BBC...
Sep 25, 2014


Steve Reich Prom
It’s now so easy, and informative, to follow the Proms on the internet that I’m in danger of becoming the musical equivalent of that...
Aug 14, 2014


BBC Singers
One more announcement - I have been appointed Associate Composer with the BBC Singers starting at the beginning of 2015. You can read the...
Jul 23, 2014


The Vanishing Bridegroom
NMC have released their CD recording of my opera The Vanishing Bridegroom today. The opera is almost 25 years old – I wrote it for...
Jul 21, 2014


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