Peter Fender

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 :)

September 08, 2021

FREE CONCERT STREAM: Peter's concert to celebrate his 60th birthday will be on 30 October, in St James's Church, Piccadily, London (see Schedule for full details). The concert will be streamed live ...

August 13, 2021

Rehearsal and concert life is returning to London, and Peter is planning his 60th birthday concert to be held in St James' Piccadilly on Saturday 30 October. It's a concert including some of his favourite music plus a new piece he is writing ...

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