Bill Carslake

Tuesday 9 July 2024, Royal Albert Hall Students and staff from Sherbourne Fields Special School and Baginton Fields Academy created an original piece about renewable… Read More »‘Precious Energy’

1 – 6 July 2024, Zaragoza, Huesca, Burgos Imperial College’s Symphony Orchestra, Imperial College Sinfonietta and Imperial College Choir jointly toured Eastern and Northern Spain,… Read More »Imperial College Tour of Spain

Saturday 29 June 2024, St Saviour’s Church, St Albans Saariaho, Forty HeartbeatsSibelius, The DryadLiszt, Piano Concerto No. 2 in A; soloist – Bradley NgSmetana, Ma… Read More »St Albans Symphony Orchestra: ‘Five beats for nature’

Sibelius Violin Concerto and alumni reunion, Sunday 9 June 2024 Jason Bae gave a thrilling performance of Sibelius’ Violin Concerto to a packed auditorium in… Read More »Imperial College Sinfonietta

Commissioned by Harry Woolhouse Charitable Trust to celebrate 25th anniversary of Imperial College Sinfonietta. Premiered 9 June 2024, Great Hall, Imperial College, South Kensington For… Read More »New work: ‘Carrownagappul’

Saturday 8 June 2024, Princes Hall, Aldershot. Family Concert – ‘Fantasy Worlds’ Humperdinck, Hansel and Gretel OvertureMussorgsky/Rimsky-Korsakov, Night on a Bare Mountainarr. Miklós Rózsa The… Read More »Farnborough Symphony Orchestra

An incredible opportunity for established artists, and ‘young innovators’ (aged 18-24) Sail aboard the wonderful Excelsior as part of an immersive residency, 23 May to… Read More »North Atlantic Islands Residency

Sunday 10 March 2024, 7.00pm, Great Hall, Sherfield Building, Imperial College, London SW7 2BB Smetana, Ma Vlast – VltavaProkofiev, Piano Concerto No. 3 with soloist, Tsz… Read More »Imperial College Sinfonietta

Saturday 9 March 2024, 7.30pm, St Mary’s Church, Thame OX9 3AJ Beethoven, Overture – CoriolanMendelssohn, Violin Concerto with soloist, Yunus Eshekh-AlonsoMozart, Symphony No. 41, ‘Jupiter’ Tickets

Tuesday 30 January 2024, 1.00pm-2.00pm, online Join John Scott Martin FRSA, President of the Royal Society of Marine Artists (RSMA) and me to discuss Eco… Read More »Royal Society for Arts: Central Coffeehouse Event

Monday 1 January 2024, 7.00pm, St Albans Cathedral, St Albans AL1 1BY Johann Strauss II: Overture – Die Fledermaus; Im KrapfenwaldJosef Strauss: Moulinet Polka; Plappermäulchen… Read More »St Albans Symphony Orchestra: New Year’s Day Concert

Sun 12th November 2023, 2:00pm – 3:30pm, St Saviour’s Church, St Albans AL1 4DF Wood, Hornpipe from Fantasia on British Sea SongsSullivan, Overture – HMS… Read More »St Albans Symphony Orchestra: Family Concerts

Saturday 11 November 2023, 7.45pm,Princes Hall, Aldershot, GU11 1NX Bacewicz, Overture (composed 1943)Gregson, Tuba Concerto with soloist, Charlie JonesStrauss, Serenade for WindsBrahms, arr. Schönberg, Piano Quartet in… Read More »Farnborough Symphony Orchestra

Saturday 14 October 2023, 7.30pm, St Saviour’s Church, St Albans AL1 4DF Sarah Frances Jenkins, And the Sun Stood StillNielsen, Helios OvertureSibelius, Nightride and SunriseRachmaninov,… Read More »St Albans Symphony Orchestra: ‘Sun and Dance’

I’m delighted to be talking with Resonance FM, 3.00pm – 3.30pm on 19 September I’m very happy to join John Scott Martin, President of the… Read More »Resonance FM interview about Royal Society of Marine Artists exhibition, and sail cargo

I’ve just returned from a week bivouacking on one of the most significant raised bogs in Europe: Carrownagappul, East Galway, Ireland. I was honoured to… Read More »Carrownagappul Bog: fieldwork

Sunday 11 June, 7.00pm, Great Hall, Sherfield Building, Imperial College, London SW7 2BB Ravel, Piano Concert in G Grieg, Peer Gynt Suite No. 2 Dvorak, Scherzo Capriccioso Plus… Read More »Imperial College Sinfonietta

Sat 10 June, 7.45pm, Princes Hall, Aldershot GU11 1NX Elgar, Froissart OvertureBritten, Serenade for Tenor, Horn and StringsElgar, Enigma Variations Soloists: Alison Wyld (French Horn) and… Read More »Farnborough Symphony Orchestra

Sat 20 May, 7.45pm, Drill Hall, Ware SG12 9HP Nielsen, Helios Overture; Beethoven, Leonore Overture No. 3; Grieg, Morning Mood; Schumann, Symphony No. 3, ‘Rhenish’  Tickets

A ‘circular’ masterpiece Cesar Franck was one of the great organ improvisers – and an inspiring teacher to a generation of French composers. It’s probable… Read More »Imperial College Sinfonietta – Sat 11 March, 7pm, Great Hall, Sherfield Building, South Kensington

Lark Ascending, Farewell to Stromness, Czech Suite and more… Saturday 29 October, St. Mary’s Church, Thame, 7:30pm It’s a delight to collaborate again with Crendon Chamber Orchestra.… Read More »Crendon Chamber Orchestra

Bogs, glaciers and swans I’m over the moon to be collaborating with a wonderful professional orchestra on a project featuring my compositions. More on that… Read More »News! News! News!

Imperial College Touring Orchestra, 4-10 July What a joy this was. So good to be making music abroad again! Fantastic to be part of the… Read More »Tour to Prague

7.30pm, St Saviour’s Church, Sandpit Lane, St Albans AL1 4DF Two days short of Independence Day, SASO will celebrate with two American classics: Dvorak, Symphony… Read More »St Albans Symphony Orchestra, Saturday 2 July

A new work for Imperial College Sinfonietta, to feature current members and alumni. I am delighted to have been commissioned by the Harry Woolhouse Charitable… Read More »New commission from the Harry Woolhouse Charitable Trust

Great Hall, Imperial College, Sunday 12 June Imperial College Sinfonietta was joined by alumni from the past 25 years for a festival weekend, culminating in… Read More »Imperial College Sinfonietta 25th Anniversary Concert

Princes Hall, Aldershot, Saturday 11 June FSO gave a beautiful performance of Mahler’s Symphony No. 1 in Princes Hall to mark the end of our… Read More »Farnborough Symphony Orchestra: Mahler Symphony No. 1

Recorded at the premiere on 22 January by Farnborough Symphony Orchestra. Listen here. FSO is grateful to the sound engineer and producer, Haresh Patel, for… Read More »Recording of ‘Mountain Hare’

7.30pm, St Albans Cathedral, St Albans, AL1 1BY A beautiful programme in the fabulous acoustic of the cathedral. We are joined by soprano, Jessica Cale,… Read More »St Albans Symphony Orchestra, Saturday 14 May

6.30pm, Great Hall, Sherfield Building West, Imperial College South Kensington Campus, SW7 2AZ Rimsky-Korsakov, Capriccio Espagnol; Dvořák, Carnival Overture; Sibelius, Symphony No. 2 in D.… Read More »Imperial College Sinfonietta, Sunday 20 March

7.30pm, St Saviour’s Church, Sandpit Lane, St Albans AL1 4DF Arnold, Clarinet Concerto  No.2 with Mark van de Wiel; Arnold, Symphony No. 5; Brahms, Symphony… Read More »St Albans Symphony Orchestra, Saturday 12 March

I have Covid so I’m very grateful to Orlando Jopling for stepping in to direct CCO this Saturday 26 Feb at St. Mary’s Church, Thame, 7:30pm Arnold,… Read More »Crendon Chamber Orchestra cond. by Orlando Jopling

Saturday 22 January, Princes Hall, Aldershot, GU11 1NX with Farnborough Symphony Orchestra. Farnborough Symphony Orchestra is brilliant for performing contemporary music. Recent concerts have included… Read More »Premiere of ‘Mountain Hare’

I am honoured to be an Ambassador for EcoClipper! This inspiring company has a vision for clean cargo shipping. ‘Ten years ago everybody thought it… Read More »EcoClipper Ambassador

Bill introduces incredible pieces played by the Razumovsky Quartet This is such a blast. The playing by Ellie Fagg, Tom Norris, Dorothea Vogel and Orlando… Read More »The Raz Club

Bill introduces a live-streamed lunchtime concert featuring Daniel King-Smith, piano 27 November, available online Bill gives the introductory talk for this live-streamed recital given by… Read More »Imperial College Performers

Series hosted by Jonathan James, trustee Bill was delighted to chat to Jonathan James about mountain hares and the composition process for Timidus. Timidus was… Read More »The Finzi Trust podcast