Rachmaninoff, Brahms and Strauss Durham University Palatinate Orchestra Thursday 22nd June 7:30 Elvet Methodist Church, Durham www.musicdurham.org/event/dupo-easter-term-concert Hello again everybody. I have an announcement today particularly aimed at my North-East-based friends, but nonetheless open to anyone else who may be interested too! For I will be journeying up to the land of Durham this week …
Tag: bassoon
Video: Humoresque, featuring The World’s Smallest Bassoon Quartet
Whilst looking round the house the other day in search of my copy of ‘The Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations’, I was startled to come across a quartet of tiny bassoonists, all of whom looked exactly like me. They were playing a piece of music – Dvořák’s ‘Humoresque’, I think it was. I immediately found …
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 …
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 …
Video: Rey’s Theme, for 2 clarinets and 2 bassoons
It’s been many many moons since I’ve done a one-man/two-clarinets/two-bassoons video of John Williams’ music. In fact, since my last one they’ve made a couple of new Star Wars films, and therefore I would now like to present some music from one of those for you. Here is Rey’s Theme, from Episode VII – I …
This Week’s Adventures
I can truly say I did my bit to contribute to Hull’s ‘City of Culture’ status on Monday, by doing a very successful spot of busking with The Jelly Roll Jazz Band. As some sort of non-definitive proof, here’s a variation on my usual point-of-view photo: Or, for those who would prefer to …
Upcoming Musicals
Good afternoon everybody. Now seems like a suitable moment to inform you all of a few musical theatre productions I’m going to be involved in over the near future, and therefore that is what I shall do. Are you ready? Here we go! Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Monday 24th April – …
What I Did Last Week
Here are a couple of things that you, my loyal readers, may find interesting from the past week. First up, here are some videos of The Jelly Roll Jazz Band that we got before performing in Farrer’s Brasserie on Monday. They feature me on clarinet, James Ure on the world’s fastest sousaphone, and Alastair James …
