Connections and Rediscovery
This Week on MusicOfTheDay.co.uk
This week’s composers invite us to look again – at familiar traditions, overlooked figures, and music that connects culture, community, and craft.
Week of 11–17 January
11 January – John Lodge Ellerton
English composer and scholar whose orchestral and chamber works reflect the richness of Victorian musical life.
12 January – Väinö Hannikainen
Finnish composer and conductor whose music blends Nordic character with late-Romantic warmth.
13 January – Ami Maayani
Israeli composer and musicologist who played a key role in preserving and developing Middle Eastern musical traditions.
14 January – Michael Arne
18th-century composer and theatre figure, remembered for songs that captured the spirit of Georgian London.
15 January – Ivor Novello
Welsh composer, songwriter, and actor whose melodies defined British musical theatre and popular song.
16 January – Tage Nielsen
Danish composer whose works reflect clarity, structure, and a thoughtful modern voice.
17 January – Tomaso Albinoni
Italian Baroque composer best known for elegant instrumental writing, particularly his oboes and concertos.
This is a week for rediscovery – composers who reward close listening and reveal how music travels across borders and centuries.
