Director of the John Ireland, Trust David Wordsworth, pianist and Ireland champion, pianist Mark Bebbington, together with Kevin Price (Head of Music, Performance at the RWCMD) were the adjudicators for this Covid delayed competition. The interest from students was such … Continue reading →
Director of the John Ireland Trust, David Wordsworth, sponsor of the First Prize Professor Vincent Emery, and Kevin Appleby, Chief Executive of Turner Sims Hall, were the adjudicators for The John Ireland Prize on 21st March 2022 at Turner Simms … Continue reading →
The latest grants awarded by the John Ireland Charitable Trust have been announced: The Presteigne Festival 2022 – funding towards a performance of Ireland’s ‘Concertino Pastorale’, solo songs etc… The English Music Festival 2022 – funding towards performances of a … Continue reading →
Our friend and much valued Trustee, Graham Parlett, died on 30th May, after a short but terrible and debilitating illness. Although the most modest of men, who wore his very considerable knowledge, not just of Ireland but in particular Bax, … Continue reading →
Anthony Payne (1936-2021) It might seem odd to lament the passing of a contemporary British composer on a website devoted to the work of a British composer from another generation, but Tony Payne was no ordinary composer. Quite aside from … Continue reading →
Two recent recordings on the Heritage Records label have been announced; find more details on our New Releases page: http://johnirelandtrust.org/category/newreleases/ … Continue reading →
Some live and online events are starting to be advertised on our Forthcoming Performances page, incorporating Coronavirus-related restrictions – please support live music where you can. Photo shows one of The John Ireland Trust’s Ambassadors, baritone Roderick Williams, who will … Continue reading →
Discover the latest recordings of John Ireland’s work on our NEW RELEASES page, including Volume 2 of The Complete John Ireland Songbook ; the second CD in a four-disc series that will comprise the first complete recording of the songs … Continue reading →
Amongst other composers, John Ireland is being featured in the ‘live in lock-down’ English Music Festival this coming weekend 22 – 25 May 2020 www.englishmusicfestival.org.uk The English Music Festival (EMF) is delighted to announce an online Festival, following the necessary … Continue reading →
“If any performance could once and for all put paid to the ridiculous notion that only English musicians understand English music, this was it.” Once a staple part of the repertoire and often regarded as one of the best Piano … Continue reading →
Finley South-Klein was awarded First Prize and Hannah Swadling, runner-up. Both were accompanied by Duncan Honeybourne. On the judging panel: David Wordsworth, Director of the John Ireland Charitable Trust; Kevin Appleby from Turner Sims, and Professor Vince Emery. … Continue reading →
John Ireland’s Piano Concerto returns to the BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall on Saturday 31st August for the first time since 1993. The work will be performed by British pianist Leon McCawley with the BBC Concert Orchestra under … Continue reading →
Four leading musicians – all international ambassadors for British music – have been appointed patrons of the John Ireland Charitable Trust with immediate effect: pianist, Mark Bebbington, cellist, conductor and principal of the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, Julian Lloyd Webber, baritone … Continue reading →
Music Director, conductor and promoter, David Wordsworth, has been appointed Director of the John Ireland Charitable Trust with immediate effect from November 2017. Wordsworth succeeds Bruce Phillips, who has been Director of the Trust for over a decade. The Trust was … Continue reading →
March 2017 sees the 100th anniversary of a work which propelled its British composer into the limelight; the Violin Sonata No. 2 in A minor by John Ireland. Violinists Madeleine Mitchell, Susanne Stanzeleit, Midori Komachi, Sophie Rosa and Louisa Stonehill … Continue reading →
An Ealing Music and Film Festival concert St Barnabas Church, Pitshanger Lane, London W5 1QG Ealing Symphony Orchestra, conducted by John Gibbons William WALTON, Spitfire Prelude and Fugue – as heard in The First of the Few Alan RAWSTHORNE, music … Continue reading →
For pianist Rebeca Omordia, continuing her exploration of music by British composers has led to a UK and Romanian tour with cellist, Razvan Suma; resident cellist and director of the Romanian National Broadcasting Orchestras. Their programme of British works for … Continue reading →
The British Music Society collaborated with Nigel Foster’s London Song Festival in presenting the Competition (BASC), adjudicated by Sir Thomas Allen. Here is the BMS’s report of the competition: To watch Sir Thomas Allen give a masterclass is to watch … Continue reading →
‘Choral Music by John Ireland and E J Moeran’ (8.573584) is the second recording for Naxos by The Carice Singers, under the direction of George Parris. “John Ireland’s part-songs are exquisite contributions to their genre”, explained The Carice Singers’ Director, … Continue reading →
