Category: Blog
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Peckham. Handel. London Handel Festival.
News started dribbling in at first and it was tantalising. Then there was a steady flow of news about concerts and recordings, and then things started to feel like a bit more normal. Every press release after that the presented itself like a mini launch event for the BBC Proms. Like this: DJ Nico Bentley…
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Nice work
The Philharnonia premiered a concert this evening via their YouTube and Facebook channels, with a simulstream via that other radio station dedicated to classical music, Classic FM. Some thoughts bubbled up to the surface whilst I was chopping veg for the casserole tonight. First, the slew of YouTube premieres from various bands are a lovely…
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London Mozart Players start recording their Classical Club concerts
The first of LMP’s Classical Club concerts recorded in Upper Norwood.
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Aurora Orchestra’s principal flute and Creative Director Jane Mitchell wins RPS ABO Salomon Prize
Congratulations to Aurora Orchestra’s principal flute and Creative Director Jane Mitchell who was last night awarded with the Royal Philharmonic Society and Association of British Orchestras Salomon Prize, celebrating an orchestral musicians achievements as nominated by the orchestra they work for. One of those awards you see announced you end up thinking to yourself, “Well,…
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Aurora at Handyside Canopy
The opening chords of Beethoven’s 7th symphony played by the Aurora Orchestra in Kings Cross pinned me to the glass doors of nearby Waitrose in Handyside Canopy. Tears flowed. This was the first actual live orchestral music I’d heard in person in six months. A supercharged affair. There’s a vague sense that this might be…
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Getting used to video streams
These weekly posts help me. They’re probably more helpful to me than they are interesting to read. I have no real idea whether that’s true or whether it’s just a reflection of my own negative thinking. This said, a weekly (or fortnightly) as has been the case in recent weeks does help order my thoughts…
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London Philharmonic Orchestra to play concerts in Royal Festival Hall 30 September – 30 December
Always nice to start the day with an invigorating press release. This from the London Philharmonic Orchestra announcing their concert schedule for the rest of the year offers a little bit of hope and possibly even excitement. All thirteen concerts will be streamed via Marquee.TV which if you’ve got one of a range of Connected…
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Royal Liverpool Philharmonic speaks
The future (financially) isn’t rosy, but the ideas and the execution of them in a post-lockdown world is exciting, and the RLPO are first out of the traps
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Oh for the love of cocking God
Take care when you change your mind about stuff.
