That’s right, the smallest instrument in the orchestra gets a chair to itself…
Category: Performance
Oliver! In Aylesbury!
I’m going to have a splendid time next week because I will be playing flute and piccolo for Stage Experience’s performances of Oliver! (By the way, that exclamation mark is part of the title – it doesn’t necessarily mean I’m wildly enthusiastic.) In Aylesbury! (O.K., that one did stem from wild enthusiasm.) Here are all …
DUPO Easter Term Concert 2015 – Now With HQ Audio!
So a couple of years ago I played in a concert with Durham University Palatinate Orchestra and I took a video of the concert and at the same time someone else took a high-quality audio recording of the concert, and originally I intended to combine the two in order to create a video that also …
The Pirates of Enfield, and much more!
It’s been a little while since I’ve updated the world in general as to my activities, and in that time I’ve amassed a small collection of nerdy photos for you to enjoy! First, though, let me tell you about this week’s gig and why you should come and see it… The Pirates of Penzance Wednesday …
Here’s One for the Bass Clarinettists…
‘Barnum’, at Hampton Hill Theatre
I don’t think I’ve got any friends in Twickenham, but if any of my enemies want to come along to this then they’d be more than welcome. We can always have a punch-up or something afterwards… Barnum Tuesday 23rd May – Saturday 27th May 7:45, with 2:30 matinee on 27th Hampton Hill Theatre, Hampton, TW12 …
Saint-Saëns’ Organ Symphony in High Wycombe
Wycombe Sinfonia Saturday 20th May 7:30 All Saints Church, High Wycombe www.wycombesinfonia.co.uk Have you seen the film ‘Babe’? I have. And I was most excited recently to learn that somebody called Camille Saint-Saëns has taken the main song from that film and expanded it into an entire symphony! Furthermore, he appears to have then travelled …
I’m Sorry, But You Seem to Have Me Confused with a Drummer…
Haydn: The Creation, with Scarborough Choral Society
Joseph Haydn: The Creation Scarborough Choral Society Saturday 13th May 7:30 Westborough Methodist Church, Scarborough http://scarboroughchoral.com/ Here’s one for anybody who likes The Creation, by Joseph Haydn, and will be in the Scarborough vicinity this weekend. I’ll be joining in with Scarborough Choral Society to help bring this monumental oratorio, by the Man of Many …
Behind the Scenes at Sweeney Todd
I’m about half way through the run of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street with Finchley & Friern Barnet Operatic Society, so thought now would be a nice time to share some behind-the-scenes odds and ends with y’all. Firstly, here’s another little glimpse of life through my eyes: Now, I do …
