This was brilliant programming by the Britten Sinfonia, and although the concert going public did not turn out in force (the Barbican barely a quarter full), it was good to know at least some British Music Society members were in attendance…
Crossing London’s majestic Manchester Square enroute to the Wallace Collection I spotted a blue plaque on No. 2…
Following his death earlier this month, much has been written about the musical achievement of Sir Harrison Birtwistle. Unpalatable to some, indispensable to others, his music has dominated the new music landscape for well over fifty years…
My father John Joubert died in January 2019. Just before he died I had written in my diary ‘tidy Dad’s study’ as it was badly in need of sorting out…
How appropriate that in Ralph Vaughan William’s 150th anniversary year this performance of his extraordinary Sinfonia Antartica should take place just a few streets away from Manchester’s former Free Trade Hall…
William Blezard was a pianist, composer and musical director to Joyce Grenfell and Marlene Dietrich, and was married to the pioneering female conductor and musicianship teacher Joan Kemp Potter…