The Erik Chisholm Summer Newsletter has just been published and is now available to download in PDF format.
Erik Chisholm Anniversary Weekend
A report by Hugh Macdonald Sometimes it seems that we only hear the music of composers from beyond well-worn and familiar paths when there’s an anniversary to celebrate. But too often the celebration amounts to little more than a token gesture …
Landmark Events
Erik Chisholm’s road to recognition: Landmark Events An ambitious programme to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Erik Chisholm’s death on 8th June 1965 is now on view on the website. Many major events, spread over a three-month period, are planned…
Chisholm’s Concerto for Orchestra Premièred at Last!
A major unperformed work by Erik Chisholm, his Concerto for Orchestra of 1951, will finally be heard on June 6th in the version he made for two pianos as part of an all-Chisholm recital at Glasgow University by Andrew Johnston…
Study Day Focuses on Chisholm Between the Wars
As part of the weekend marking the 50th Anniversary of Erik Chisholm’s death, Glasgow University is presenting a fascinating study day entitled Scottish Modernism – Literature, Music, Painting and Erik Chisholm. Dr John Purser and Prof Alan Riach lead the…
Ronald Stevenson Obituary
RONALD STEVENSON (6 March 1928 – 28th March 2015) Ronald Stevenson, the composer and pianist, whose monumental Passacaglia on DSCH was premiered in Cape Town in 1963, at the encouragement of Erik Chisholm, has died recently at the age of 87.…
Essays by Erik’s daughters
Impulsive…impossible…a human dynamo is how we knew our father, Erik Chisholm, the loving Dad who shaped our lives. He introduced us, his three daughters to his academic friends at the University of Cape Town saying, “This is Morag, my eldest…
Publication of the Sorabji Letters
Scholars and admirers of the both composers will be delighted to learn that the entire collection of Kaikosru Sorabji’s letters to Erik Chisholm, spanning over 30 years, will shortly be published on this website. Brought last week from Cape Town…
Coming Event: Reid Concert Hall, Edinburgh
On October 17, 2014 in the Reid Concert Hall at Edinburgh University at 5 pm – 6.30 pm there will be a recital of Songs from Chisholm’s Celtic Song Book with soloists Arshak Kuzikyan,Olga Ivakina and Rusne-Monika Palsauskaite conducted by…
50th Anniversary of Chisholm’s Death
The 50th Anniversary of Chisholm’s death on the 8th June 2015 is being marked by many exciting events. The 2015 subcommittee of The Erik Chisholm Trust is meeting in London on 5th August and will release details of definite events…