Peter is beavering away to complete his '21st Century Requiem', which will be given its première on Saturday 29 October in London. Writing a Requiem (even a relatively short one) is quite a job ...
Peter Fender
June 14, 2022
For many years I have found the music of JS Bach to be the most sublime and moving music that I have ever experienced. I'm lucky to have been able to play and conduct quite a number of his works. But until recently I'd never read a biography of Bach ...
February 11, 2022
The Covid situation has improved markedly of late, and all types concerts have been getting going again. What a relief! Peter is delighted that his performance of Bach's St John Passion will take place on Good Friday (15 April) in ...
December 16, 2021
A studio recording of Peter's recent composition 'Another Lie', after it's première in London in November, has been released today! Based on a video by Peter Stefanovic, it centres around certain pronouncements by Boris Johnson ...
October 07, 2021
I said I would write something this time about what I called the 'common sense' bit of composing. What I think this comes down to is actually 'why are you composing?' Let me explain.
September 29, 2021
Last week I gave you what I wrote 10 years ago about composing. I'm going to use that as the starting point for my writing today ...
September 22, 2021
Writing new music: ivory towers and eggs. Welcome to the first of a series of six blogs I'm writing in the run-up to a concert I'm conducting on 30 October, which includes a new piece I've written. It strikes me that the business of composition is ...
September 16, 2021
Peter's 'big' birthday concert is on 30 October, and the flyer has just arrived ... please point lots of people in its direction :)
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