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Judith Weir

June 2024

  • Images embargoed for use until first night curtain up 1600hrs Sunday 9 th June 2024<br>Danielle de Niese (Hanna Glawari), centre, in The Merry Widow by Franz Lehár @ Glyndebourne. Directed by Cal McCrystal. Conducted by John Wilson. Designer, Gary McCann. Choreographer, Carrie-Anne Ingrouille. Lighting Designer, Ben Cracknell. (Opening 09-06-2024) ©Tristram Kenton 06-24 (3 Raveley Street, LONDON NW5 2HX TEL 0207 267 5550 Mob 07973 617 355)email: tristram@tristramkenton.com

    The week in classical: The Merry Widow; Aldeburgh festival – review

  • Three adults confer in a cabin while a woman in gold cloak lurks outside

    Blond Eckbert review – Judith Weir’s bare-bones opera kicks off Aldeburgh festival

May 2022

  • Threw themselves into it … Welsh National Youth Orchestra in The Black Spider.

    The Black Spider review – Weir’s opera is ghastly gothic treat

    Energy to burn from the Welsh National Youth Opera turned Judith Weir’s work for children into a Covid-adjacent horror for all to enjoy

December 2019

  • Hebrides Ensemble

    Home listening: from Judith Weir to an all-Russian Nutcracker

    The Hebrides Ensemble and Ailish Tynan revel in Weir’s chamber works, while Vladimir Jurowski conducts a thrilling live Nutcracker in Moscow

September 2019

  • Richard Brooks

    How our poet laureate has embraced his new role

    Richard Brooks
    Simon Armitage’s output since being made poet laureate is to be lauded, while his musical counterpart prefers to keep a low profile

July 2019

  • Calm before the storm … pastoral works by bygone composers will contrast with more urgent pieces from today.

    Crisis crescendos: how the Proms is sounding the alarm for a planet in peril

  • Elim Chan debut4 lfa chan c patrick huerlimann lucerne festival 9

    Cheltenham music festival review – rousing premieres by female composers

March 2018

  • Schubert Ensemble

    The Schubert Ensemble review – quintet bid farewell with gentle wit and Weir

    With a programme of Schubert, Chausson and Weir, the chamber group stuck to the formula that has proved so successful for them

June 2015

  • Nicholas Collon

    Aurora Orchestra/Collon/Connolly review – Weir's song cycle is sweet but never saccharine

    Good Morning, Midnight’s meditation on night-time uses words by poets including Emily Dickinson to create something greater than the sum of its parts

May 2015

  • Clean Bandit - Jack Patterson and Grace Chatto at the Ivor Novello Awards

    Clean Bandit, Hozier and Boy George honoured at 2015's Ivor Novellos

    Clean Bandit took home two awards at this year’s industry event. Here’s the full list of winners at the 60th ceremony

April 2015

  • Composer Judith Weir

    Storm: Judith Weir CD review – the BBC singers are invigorating and vibrant

    This cross-section of Weir’s output showcases her fine choral writing

August 2014

  • Benjamin Grosvenor

    Proms 2014: when Benjamin Grosvenor met Judith Weir

    The pianist and composer came together to create a world premiere for the Proms. How did they get on?

July 2014

  • Long Yu conducting the China Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Albert Hall

    Proms 1, 4, 9, 6; Chamber Music 1 review – celebrations, and doubt

    The 120th season began in grand style with Elgar, but the World Orchestra for Peace sounded a note of uncertainty, writes Fiona Maddocks

  • Judith Weir

    Judith Weir prepares to be a radical master of the Queen's music

    For Weir, the first woman in the position, it means supporting composers and exploring the state of music education
  • Judith Weir

    The Guardian profile
    Judith Weir: the female music master with royal seal of approval

    The 60-year-old composer is the first female master of the Queen's music, a position that has existed since 1625

June 2014

  • Judith Weir

    Judith Weir to be appointed first female master of Queen's music

  • Composer Judith Weir

    Judith Weir as Master of the Queen's Music is a vital step for new composers

    Jessica Duchen

November 2013

  • Britten Sinfonia

    Britten Sinfonia/Kuusisto – review

    George Hall: A fascinating journey towards Britten's 1943 Serenade sampled 11 works including a Judith Weir premiere

September 2012

  • A Night at the Chinese Opera

    A Night at the Chinese Opera – review

    This revival of Judith Weir's 13th-century Chinese fable is a forceful reminder of just how fine an opera composer she can be, writes Tim Ashley

May 2012

  • Composer Judith Weir

    A guide to contemporary classical music
    A guide to Judith Weir's music

    Lightness, wisdom and imagination. Welcome to the rich musical world of Judith Weir, writes Tom Service in No 5 of our contemporary composers guide

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