Concerts: A Social Affair
We go to concerts for a variety of reasons: to be moved emotionally, to be entertained, and as a social event. There was a time, prior to the nineteenth century, when engaging with what is generally...
View ArticleLie Down and Listen
Friday 21st September, Church of St John the Divine, London SW9 Christina McMaster, piano Lie down and Listen is a unique multi-sensory classical music experience created by pianist Christina McMaster...
View ArticleAustralian brings a fun history of women pianists to Edinburgh
Guest post by Emma Knights Isn’t it time all those piano boys stopped getting it all their own way? (Not that we don’t love ‘em!) From Bach to Ben Folds, from Beethoven to Billy Joel and from Mozart to...
View Article‘Intimate Voices’| Tom Hammond & Orchestra of the Swan
In Intimate Voices, conductor Tom Hammond combines his great love of Sibelius’ music with his skill in creating imaginative programmes to explore the musical and personal landscape of Jean Sibelius...
View ArticleSix concerts. Five pianists. Four days
17-20 September CityMusic Live, a new online concert platform, announces its 2020 Piano Fest Over four days, pianists Warren Mailley-Smith, Yuki Negishi, Daniel Grimwood, Duncan Honeybourne, and Julian...
View ArticleThe Power of Quiet
It’s still quite unusual these days to attend a concert where the programme begins with a quiet and/or slow piece. Often performers have a favourite “warm up” piece, one with which they feel very...
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