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    Sally Beamish: how the viola has shaped my musical life

    2026-06-02T08:54:00Z

    Sally Beamish’s new album House of Wonder features a compilation of viola works combining her own music with six commissions, including from her three children. As she approaches her 70th birthday, she reflects the role the viola has played in her life

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    Concert review: Rosalind Ventris (viola)

    2026-05-22T09:02:28.783Z

    Hattie Butterworth visits London’s Wigmore Hall on 8 March 2026 for the performance of Lillian Fuchs, Thea Musgrave, Sally Beamish, Elizabeth Maconchy, Amanda Feery and Imogen Holst

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    Twenty years in the Neuk: A festival like no other

    2025-06-24T08:42:00Z

    Celebrating its 20th anniversary, the East Neuk Festival returns with world-class string quartets playing late Beethoven, a new Sally Beamish commission for the combined ensembles and a spirit of musical adventure shaped by its breathtaking coastal Scottish setting

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    Review

    Katrina Lee: Chronicles for Solo Violin

    2025-06-13T08:55:24.427Z

    A debut solo album focuses on three intriguing female composers

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    Rosalind Ventris: Sola

    2023-09-11T04:09:00Z

    A lockdown project proves fruitful for female composers

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    The Seafarer. Debussy: La mer (arr. Beamish). Beamish: The Seafarer

    2014-11-21T00:00:00Z

    THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: December 2014Description: An unusual but rewarding pairing of nautical music for piano trioMusicians: Apaches Trio: Matthew Trusler (violin) Thomas Carroll (cello) Ashley Wass (piano); Willard White (voice)Composer: Debussy, BeamishSally Beamish’s piano trio arrangement of Debussy’s La mer came about as a result ...