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…
Premier of Chisholm’s ‘Psychologically Brutal’ Opera
Erik Chisholm’s one-act opera Simoon, one of his Murder in Three Keys triptych, is to be performed for the first time in its full orchestral score in Glasgow on Monday, June 8th, the 50th anniversary of the composer’s death. Premièred…
Glasgow Georgian Mansion Hosts Chisholm Recital
One of Scotland’s grandest country mansions will be the setting for a recital of songs and piano music by Erik Chisholm on Sunday, June 7. One of several events being held to commemorate the death of Chisholm 50 years ago,…
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…
Première of Chisholm Organ Work
University of Glasgow Organist Kevin Bowyer gives the first performance of a work by Erik Chisholm in a recital at the university on June 5th. Please note the change of date. Kevin is one of Britain’s leading organ virtuosos with…
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…