This week, I have been mostly practising… The teeny tiny squeaky squawky Eb clarionet! Why have I been doing that, you may wonder? Why put myself and my local community through such torment? Surely any instrument that requires earplugs merely to practise should not be permitted at all in civilised society! Well I’ll tell you …
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 …
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 …
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 …
