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
Take care when you change your mind about stuff.
I’ve been a little restless today. I haven’t been able to put my finger on why exactly. Not until now. I’ve wanted to write (since watching last nights Proms gig with the LSO) but couldn’t. So I read instead (about Vaughan Williams and the British perception of music and landscapes). Then I read Gretchen Ruben…
What actually is this? How can anyone publish something about whether or not to clap at a classical music concert when there aren’t any going on that anyone can attend? Also, do your research. Please. This kind of stuff isn’t helping the cause.
A fitting evening with poignant music choices and a satisfyingly pared-back presentation style too.
The Last Night of the Proms (without an audience) is on Saturday 12 September.
This week’s update from (near) the English Riviera – Falmouth Without live events there seems to be little impetus to write. Since the £1.57 billion pledge to the UK arts scene, it feels a little as though the fire has gone from the fight. Nicola Benedetti stoked the grate a considerable amount a week last…
The commissions will be broadcast as part of BBC Radio 3’s New Music Show in August 2020 It’s been a pleasure to work on the PRS for Music / Riot Ensemble project this year which saw six composers commissioned to write new works for solo instrumentalists who form part of the Riot Ensemble. My involvement…
They are broadcast moments – so far – that remind me of the only thing which appears to make sense to me right now: someone’s musical intent articulated by a team of musicians who themselves create a spectacle that moves not only me but a whole crowd of other people I don’t know.