New Vivienne trailer
Another Vivienne trailer is now available for this summer's McCaldin Arts show! Get a flavour of the cabaret and music hall inspired music here.
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Burgess Hill School
Lovely to be back at Burgess Hill School for a very special old girls' concert to mark the retirement of director of music Richard Haslam after nearly thirty years in the role!
Vivienne trailer
The trailer for this summer's McCaldin Arts performance, Vivienne, is available here, featuring recordings from the initial play-through of this new piece with composer Stephen McNeff last week. Directed by Joe Austin, and featuring mezzo Clare McCaldin, the piece explores the character of Vivienne Vivienne Haigh-Wood, TS Eliot's first wife, whose marriage was disastrous and behaviour […]
Konstellation Britten and Finzi
A new Konstellation programme had its first outing yesterday – Let Us Garlands Bring: music for baritone, oboe and piano by Britten and Finzi was very well received as part of the lunchtime concert series Music on the Green in Esher. A glorious sunny day, the only background noise that drifted in through the open […]
Radio 3
Glad to hear that extracts from The English Oboe: Rediscovered, recorded with oboist James Turnbull, were played on BBC Radio 3 this afternoon!
Organ scholars film
Oxford University has released a new film promoting their organ scholarships, featuring interview with current and former organ scholars who have gone onto a range of musical careers – including me! See here to watch the short film.
Orfeo
A new video feature about Silent Opera's performances of Orfeo has been released, here. The 'pre-recorded' music was directed by Christopher Bucknall, featuring a superb line-up of baroque players including the English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble. I was roving keyboard player, playing everything from second harpsichord to regale!
Devon
Mini Devon tour this week with the Berkeley Ensemble Clarinet Trio, featuring concerts in the Honiton Festival and in Chulmleigh both on the same day! Programmes feature Brahms, Beethoven, Bruch and even Gershwin.
Weber: Grand Duo Concertant
Weber: Grand Duo Concertant Op 48 (i) Allegro con fuoco Live performance at Munster Square Music Live St Mary Magdalene Square, London | 9th May 2013 with John Slack (clarinet)
Forthcoming concerts
A diverse few days of playing coming up: Weber's Grand Duo Concertante and music by Poulenc and Bliss in London with clarinettist John Slack tomorrow (Munster Square Music Live); an eclectic programme from Handel to Eva Cassidy with countertenor Jeremy Kenyon in Dartmouth on Saturday (Dart Music Festival); and then a reprise of the Konstellation […]