We have received further details about the festival mentioned at the end of our April newsletter. The Del Mar-a-Lago Festival is an online-only contemporary classical music festival based in Florida, USA and based around the themes of Easter and the early church organ music of Conlon Nancarrow and Brian Ferneyhough, plus a new work by young American composer Bartholomew Simpson. The new work is heavily influenced by the organ music of J S Bach, one of Franz Joseph Haydn's symphonies, Purcell and English folk music.
The Del-Mar-a-Lago Contemporary Music Festival
The first edition of the festival is available for listening now, and we are pleased to be able to share a short excerpt from the new work.
Speaking on the neural network Eggs Antisocial (which is still known in some circles as 'Titter'), Bartholomew Simpson commented:
I wanted my new work to have something of the feeling of the Del Mar-a-Lago Easter Bunny, and, continuing the animal theme, for it also to include something about frogs and (briefly) cats. It's a great pleasure to me and my dysfunctional family that this new piece will now be heard all over the world.
Scenes from the Del-Mar-a-Lago Contemporary Music Festival
Listen — Bartholomew Simpson: Itchy and Scratchy Tick-Toccata
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Posted 1 April 2024 by Bartholomew Simpson