The last step, regarded as most important by Brewster, was to place the reflecting panes in a draw tube with a concave lens to distinctly introduce surrounding objects into the reflected pattern. A version followed in which some of the objects and pieces of glass could move when the tube was rotated. An early version had pieces of colored glass and other irregular objects fixed permanently and was admired by some Members of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, including Sir George Mackenzie who predicted its popularity. This triggered more experiments to find the conditions for the most beautiful and symmetrically perfect conditions. A while later he was impressed by the multiplied reflection of a bit of cement that was pressed through at the end of a triangular glass trough, which appeared more regular and almost perfectly symmetrical in comparison to the reflected objects that had been situated further away from the reflecting plates in earlier experiments. He forgot about it, but noticed a more impressive version of the effect during further experiments in February 1815. Read more about the album on the Chandos website.In 1814, Sir David Brewster conducted experiments on light polarization by successive reflections between plates of glass and first noted "the circular arrangement of the images of a candle round a center, and the multiplication of the sectors formed by the extremities of the plates of glass". Hear the ensemble's recording of the work by Amy Beach on the BBC's Record Review. Vote for the recording on the BBC Music Magazine website. Their recording of Florence Price and Amy Beach’s piano quintets was released on Chandos Records in May: this is the world premiere recording of Price’s Quintet in A minor and it was Editor’s Choice in Gramophone Magazine (July 2021). The group is an Associate Ensemble of the Wigmore Hall and performed in the Hall’s 120th anniversary celebrations this year. Another highlight from the current season is her work as a member of the Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective, with whom she has performed multiple BBC Radio 3 and Wigmore Hall broadcasts. Last year, she recorded an album of solo viola music by twentieth-century and contemporary female composers and she has performed this repertoire at a number of prestigious festivals and venues in this year. Rosalind has collaborated with renowned artists such as pianist Mitsuko Uchida, violinist Nicola Benedetti, cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason and actor Simon Russell Beale.The Timeswrote of a concert in March this year: ‘the plaintive responses of violist Rosalind Ventris –the echoes finding their own echo, as it were – were actually the most affecting of all.’ Her work celebrates repertoire outside of the traditional musical canon. As a soloist, she has appeared at the Bozar, Royal Festival Hall, Wigmore Hall, Slovak Philharmonic and the Concertgebouw, and with orchestras such as l’Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie and the Belgian National Orchestra. Her career was launched as a prizewinner of the Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition aged 17. Rosalind Ventris is the Faculty of Music's Director of Performance and Performance Studies and is a leading advocate of the viola and works as a performer, teacher and researcher. The BBC Music Magazine Awards celebrate the very best of the classical recording world, from ambitious symphony and opera releases to imaginative and intimate chamber and solo albums. The recording is the world premiere recording of Price’s Quintet in A minor and it was Editor’s Choice in Gramophone Magazine. The album features recordings of works by Amy Beach, Samuel Barber and Florence Price, and was released last year. The album 'American Quintets' recorded by Rosalind Ventris with her group the Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective has been nominated for the 2022 BBC Music Magazine Chamber Award. Progressive Rock: Geography, Culture, Discourse.Italian Opera Aria on the London Stage 1705-1801.Tools for collaboration and recording during the COVID-19 crisis.Music Faculty recording studio spaces: COVID-19 strategy.
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