Press Releases

A sonnet by Edna St. Vincent Millay was the inspiration for Canadian composer Kelly-Marie Murphy to weave a touching thread about love, loss, and infatuation through her triple concerto. As she writes in her blog “Watching the concert hall fill up on Friday evening was amazing.  I watch the patrons find their seats; I hear fragments of music from the stage.  It is electrifying!  When the trio took the stage in their scarlet red tuxedos, the audience was exhilarated.  They supported and willed the musicians through every note and every movement.  I could not have imagined a better outcome.  It was absolutely thrilling!”

Read Kelly-Marie Murphy’s Blog here

Annelien Van Wauwe’s love of yoga and its positive influence on her clarinet playing led her to commission Flemish composer Wim Henderickx to write Sutra for her, a work inspired by breathing, yogic philosophy and meditation. She believes music, like yoga, requires a perfect balance between technical skills, active engagement, total concentration and control which, under optimal conditions, leads to a state of ‘flow’ – the title of her latest album for Pentatone which pairs Sutra with Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto (recorded with NDR Radiophilharmonie conducted by Andrew Manze).

Hear excerpts from Sutra here

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Watch the Trailer here

The Trio’s world premiere performance of this four-movement work with its motifs of opera and flamenco was warmly received. El Pais described it as packed with ideas ‘full of verve and magnificent details supported by dynamic contrasts. In short, an excellent work’.  Following the UK premiere in Aldeburgh this summer, Trio Isimsiz will record the work as part of the repertoire on its third album for Rubicon Classics, completing their recordings of the Brahms Piano Trios.

Read Reviews here

Read Erdem Misirlioglu’s Trio Isimsiz Blog here

BBT was one of four co-commissioners of Aho’s Concerto for Two Bassoons for Dutch bassoonist Bram van Sambeek (the others being the two orchestras above and the Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia which gave the Spanish premiere in 2019). He is gradually drawing closer to home with the Belgian premiere on 25 February and the Dutch premiere to follow in the 2022/23 season with The Hague’s Residentie Orchestra.

Read Bram van Sambeek’s Blog here

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