Alice's Wonderful Summer Of Music

Hello, wonderful people of the world!

What an incredible summer of music it has been, with the Queens Jubilee Concert, National Festival of Music for Youth, the cultural Olympiad, The Proms and, of course, the usual summer festivals.

Last weekend I went to (a very very very muddy) Greenbelt Festival at Cheltenham Racecourse, and what a folk-ey line up there was! We were treated to some well-loved favorites like Megson, Seth Lakeman, Jackie Oates, Karine Polwart, Imagined Village and the amazing foot-stomping Bellowhead, as well as discovering some exciting new things to listen to, like Rachel Sermanni, a brilliant lyricist, how does she do it!?

http://www.rachelsermanni.net/

http://imaginedvillage.com/

http://www.bellowhead.co.uk/

http://www.megsonmusic.co.uk/

To finish off a lovely summer I took a spontaneous trip to London to watch Prom 62, Eric Whitacre. It was inspiring to see so many talented musicians performing such beautiful music!

I especially enjoyed seeing 'Alleluia' performed live, my favourite of Eric Whitacre's compositions. It’s great to have such a fantastic composer based in the UK for the next few years!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/player/b01m5lkr

Speak to you soon!

Love from Alice.