Sally Groves
@SallyHGroves
Arnold Schoenberg b otd 1874! "My work should be judged as it enters the ears and heads of listeners, not as it is described to the eyes of readers." "if it is art, it is not for all, and if it is for all, it is not art." "My music is not modern, it is merely badly played."
This year, for the first time, we extended our postgraduate funding opportunities to PhD students (find out more about this year's recipients via our website). Applications for 2026/27 funding will reopen in December 2025.
Looking forward to performing a new song recital, Freedom Cries Out, telling stories of displaced people and refugees. The programme touches on themes of Homeland, Exile, War, Family, Hope and New Beginnings. ➡️7.30 p.m. on 19. June @HolySepulchreUK 🎫: tinyurl.com/Freedom-Cries-…
Catch the sensational performance @the_halle and Mark Elder @GrovesArtists gave of my Concerto for Orchestra on @BBCRadio3 next Thursday.
Michael Kennedy, writing to Ralph Vaughan Williams in 1957.
Huge thank you to @the_halle and Sir Mark Elder for sensational performance of my Concerto for Orchestra last night! Can’t wait to hear it on @BBCRadio3 next month.
This is fantastic news…
This summer we present one of Sir Michael Tippett’s best but rarely heard compositions – the joyful & beautiful chamber cantata 'Crown of the Year' - revived for the Ryedale Festival by an outstanding group of musicians. 1/4
Also included in this concert, Watkins Concerto for Orchestra, world premiere!
📣 Funding deadline approaching! The VWF supports the advancement of the knowledge, understanding and appreciation of the life and music of Ralph Vaughan Williams, and of the work of Ursula Vaughan Williams. The next deadline for general funding applications is May 1!
LYC is thrilled to announce that we will be in the First Night of the @bbcproms 2025! We will be performing 'Sancta civitas' by Vaughan Williams, alongside @BBCSingers, @BBCSO and soloists @SingCasparSingh and @GeraldFinley, conducted by Sakari Oramo 🤩 bbc.co.uk/proms
Applications are open for the VWF-funded Cheltenham Music Festival early-career composers' programme. Relaunched for the @cheltfestivals 80th anniversary, the 5-day Composer Academy will be in Gloucestershire, during the festival in July. Details: cheltenhamfestivals.org/composer-acade…
Tonight in Amsterdam hear the Dutch premiere of Thomas Larcher’s 'Love and the Fever' — a poignant reflection on death, grief, and the untamed beauty of Northern Japan, inspired by Miyazawa Kenji’s poetry. @RadioFilharmonisch & @grootomroepkoor, conducted by Kevin John Edusei
New video on YouTube 🎥 Ralph Vaughan Williams - Rest Composed in 1902, this subdued hymn is a masterful setting of Christina Rosetti's 'Rest', a comforting depiction of a woman at peace in death, surrounded by perfect stillness. Watch now: youtu.be/MknIrDnRnM8
Over the last 40 years, 260 Vaughan Williams Bursaries have been awarded to help fund Masters Degrees in composition. This year we have awarded seven Bursaries, totalling £30,000, for the 24-25 academic year. 💻 Find out more about the funding we provide via our website.
The 2025 @ryedalefestival will include a rare chance to hear Tippett's chamber cantata Crown of the Year, along with other works by both Tippett and Purcell. Priority booking opens today; general booking on April 14. See you in Pickering! ryedalefestival.com/event/crown-of…
In celebration of the release of New Year by @nmcrecordings, don't miss this Tippett playlist put together by our chair, @OSoden nmcrec.co.uk/discover/nmc-g…
Michael Tippett – New Year (CD Review) sequenza21.com/2025/03/michae…
Thrilled to be celebrating the great Pierre Boulez on @BBCRadio3, as we launch 20th Century Radicals with @KateMolleson and @GillianMoore10 — and join forces with the @BBCSO for a very special day of broadcasting: bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/20…
Creative subjects are disappearing from our schools because of the EBacc. The Curriculum and Assessment Review must not miss the opportunity to give every child access to music and arts education. Read our open letter in today's Times, signed by 700+ people 👇