United Kingdom

10 articles related to United Kingdom:

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   Contemporary Composer

   The path to Earth's orbit for Errollyn Wallen's music

   A modern composer, songwriter, and singer Errollyn Wallen was recounted by The Observer as a "renaissance woman of…

   January 25, 2019

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   Film

   The drama of The Chain kept alive on the big screen

   The Chain, included on Fleetwood Mac’s classic 1977 Rumours album, has retained that particular brand of culturally…

   August 16, 2018

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   Film

   Young Adam score captures the desolate landscape of the 50s Scotland

   An adaptation of Scottish writer Alexander Trocchi's loosely autobiographical novel, Young Adam is a harsh portrait of…

   August 9, 2018

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   Fiddle

   Fresh take on the The Isle of Man folk tradition

   The Isle of Man, or Mann, is an island in the Irish Sea which small but proud nation can boast a vast cultural heritage…

   July 17, 2018

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   Film

   Full-method approach to the score for Shakespeare's play

   The classic Shakespeare play The Merchant of Venice had seen many adaptations, one of them a 2004 venture for the big…

   July 12, 2018

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   Songwriter

   There were no bluebirds over the White Cliffs of Dover

   (There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover is an iconic song composed in 1941 by the American songwriting…

   July 8, 20184 comments

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   Film

   Orlando's director sang the score's leitmotifs

   Sally Potter’s film Orlando follows the life of an eponymous, time traveling, androgynous nobleman who transforms from…

   June 7, 2018

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   Film

   New pragmatic Bond score by Thomas Newman

   Thomas Newman, having never written a proper action score before Skyfall, succeeded in updating Bond's aesthetic with a…

   May 10, 2018

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   Lute

   Atmospheric collaboration of medieval and modern underground on Only Lovers Left Alive

   For his post-modern tale of vampires trying to find purpose in their immortal lives, Jim Jarmusch employs his own group…

   April 26, 2018

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    Classical Guitar

    Farewell to Stromness: the protest tune that fell into national consciousness

    One of the most respected composers of his generation, Peter Maxwell Davies (1934–2016) bridged medieval and…

    March 15, 2018