Superb Mendelssohn from Augustin Hadelich tonight at the Proms. And the arena really is the best place to listen. Apart from the sticky floor, which squeaks loudly whenever anyone tries to unstick a foot. Which is quite often. Donβt they ever clean it?
24.07.2025 22:56 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Walton 1 on the radio now β one of the few symphonies thatβs actually better to listen to than play, especially as enough time has passed since I played it with CCO that I can appreciate it without PTSD!
22.07.2025 13:33 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
The string wisdom of Alfred Brendel
The legendary pianist, who died on Tuesday, was typically insightful and frank about fashions in string playing
βUntil the day before yesterday, string players as well as singers made use of various kinds of vibrato β faster and slower, wider and narrower. Fast vibrato seems to have become extinct.β The string wisdom of Alfred Brendel...
elbowmusic.substack.com/p/the-string...
19.06.2025 11:06 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Scientists at Loughborough University create 'world's smallest violin'
The violin is smaller than a human hair and has
βThe violin is a microscopic image rather than a playable instrumentβ β ie not a violin in any sense of the wordβ¦ π€
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
08.06.2025 17:07 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Oh my. Just got home to find Bruce Springsteen and the E Streets in Hammersmith in 1975 on TV. π
31.05.2025 22:00 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Guess whoβs got an interview with her favouritest favourite living violinist tomorrow and guess who it is??? π€©
Clue β¬οΈ
21.05.2025 15:28 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
So frustrating to think of the amateur music projects Rattle would have created with LSO, had he come to London. π
16.05.2025 13:14 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
With the bad news about the closure of the Newark Violin Making School, my 2023 article on why it matters...
elbowmusic.substack.com/p/news-a-ver...
11.05.2025 15:50 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
My latest for BBC Music Magazine, in which I break a classical music taboo and admit that... *whispers* sometimes I get bored in concerts. But it's okay β Bertrand Russell says so...
www.classical-music.com/articles/bor...
07.05.2025 12:28 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
The History of Revolutionary Ideas: The Rite of Spring w/Dominic Dromgoole
Podcast Episode Β· Past Present Future Β· 17/04/2025 Β· 47m
Fascinating episode of @ppfideas.bsky.social on Rite of Spring. Superb storytelling, including about Stravinsky trying to leave after 5 minutes and getting into fisticuffs with Nijinsky. Although Iβve never heard Stravinsky described as βa bit of a tartβ before! π
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/p...
05.05.2025 16:13 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
As Heifetz reportedly said when someone complimented him on the sound of the violin after a concert, holding the instrument up to his ear: βI donβt hear it!β π€£
15.04.2025 18:53 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
BBC Four - Omnibus, The Great Gatsby: Midnight in Manhattan
A profile of F Scott Fitzgerald, author of celebrated novel The Great Gatsby. From 2000.
Fascinating and thorough archive Omnibus on The Great Gatsby on now, with talking heads including Christopher Hitchens, Garrison Keillor and Hunter S Thompson. And of course the theme seems very a proposβ¦
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
03.04.2025 20:53 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
I shall definitely be returning to Søstrene Grene⦠#shazam #louiskaufman
03.04.2025 19:05 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
This is the angriest performance of this piece Iβve ever heard. Still love his sound and the unfussiness of it, but itβs definitely a mood.
21.03.2025 09:09 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
A good @nytimes.com Spangram for classical music nerds todayβ¦ π
19.03.2025 18:03 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
β‘οΈCharlie Chaplinβs film music on BBC Radio 3 and Modern Times performed at London Soundtrack Festival β a good excuse to re-up my article on how his music obsession morphed from playing violin to writing lush scores.
elbowmusic.substack.com/p/charlie-ch...
16.03.2025 08:50 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Book online - Sinfonia Smith Square
Cyndi Lauper picks Debussy Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune on her (brilliant) #desertislanddiscs! Come and hear Corinthian Chamber Orchestra play it tonight with Leonard Elschenbroich at @sinfoniasmithsq.bsky.social!
www.sinfoniasmithsq.org.uk/book-online/
14.03.2025 09:24 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
YouTube video by Pimp Your Bushcraft
Lee Marvin Wandering Star 1969 HD
Been rehearsing DvoΕΓ‘k New World today with Corinthian Chamber Orchestra for our concert on Friday with Leonard Elschenbroich and now I canβt get rid of this earwormβ¦ π³
youtu.be/-jYk5u9vKfA
09.03.2025 22:30 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Why did you confiscate some food I had in my bag at entrance bag search, @hackneyempire.bsky.social? If you think itβs going to make me buy stuff at your bar, thatβs deeply cynical and unsuccessful, and leaves me with a really bad feeling about your organisation.
01.03.2025 00:17 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Just asked ChatGPT for examples of the voyage and return archetype in classical music and a) blimey itβs good and b) basically every piece ever written is voyage and return anyway! π€£
27.02.2025 14:00 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Shostakovich Seventh play date with @kso.org.uk. Powerful stuff. Need to lie down for a bit.
16.02.2025 18:34 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0
Academics can be real killjoys, thoughβ¦
15.02.2025 13:37 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Watching Bringing Up Baby, which is still brilliantly whipsmart. Would love to see these outtakes!
15.02.2025 13:35 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Is there any music more exquisiteβ¦ β€οΈ
04.02.2025 14:50 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
And I make no apology for flooding my feed with Fritz Kreisler today! β€οΈ #kreisler150
02.02.2025 12:47 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
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