The Erik Chisholm Summer Newsletter has just been published and is now available to download in PDF format.
RECORDING NEWS: SIMOON CD TO BE ISSUED IN NOVEMBER
A CD of the recording of the Glasgow premiere of Erik Chisholm’s one-act opera Simoon will be issued on the Delphian label on 18 November 2016. This is exciting news for lovers of Chisholm’s music and for anyone interested in…
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 …
Kevin Bowyer Organ Recital – Change of Date
We regret to announce that this event has been cancelled due to Kevin Bowyer’s indisposition. It is hoped to re-schedule at a later date. Kevin Bowyer’s organ recital at Glasgow University Memorial Chapel, previously incorrectly advertised as being on Wednesday, June…
Chisholm Piano Concerto to Tour China
Erik Chisholm’s Piano Concerto No 1 Piobaireachd, one of his most popular works, is to be played in China – almost certainly the first major piece of his to be heard there. The team that recorded the two piano concertos…
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…
The Catalogue Raisonné
Michael Tuffin’s UCT Complete Chisholm Catalogue is now available on the main website at www.erikchisholm.com/catalougeraisonne/ In 2004, Chisholm’s centenary year, Michael Tuffin, then head librarian, obtained a grant to catalogue all Chisholm scores and paper records at the University of…
Summer 2014 Newsletter
The summer Newsletter has just been published. Please click here to download a copy.