7pm
City of London Sinfonia - London
Queen Elizabeth Hall, London & BBC 3 Radio
Celebration of Nicholas Maw (1935-2009)
Reviews
Icareifyoulisten.com2011The British composer Nicholas Maw (1935-2009) received mixed reception during his life; dubbed a ‘neo-romantic’ his music was in stark contrast with the European avant-garde. The Telegraph obituary from May 2009 wrote that “at a…Read the review 
The Guardian2011It is often said of Nicholas Maw, who died in 2009, that he was born at the wrong time. The lyrical, predominantly tonal idiom he cultivated from the 1960s onwards, so strikingly at odds with musical styles favoured by his more…Read the review 
The Times2011A rhapsodic critic once said: “For generations people will be buying tickets to hear his music”. It’s a cheering prophecy, though to judge by the half-empty auditorium on Sunday night, when one work by Nicholas Maw followed…Read the review