Showing posts with label Schumann Violin Concerto. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Schumann Violin Concerto. Show all posts
Sunday, May 12, 2019

The Ghosts of War

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Tracing the path from FS Kelly's death in the Battle of the Somme, through the rediscovery of the Schumann Violin Concerto on the eve of...
Tuesday, April 02, 2019

The strange tale of the Schumann concerto, tomorrow

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Very excited to be heading tomorrow to Great Malvern to do a pre-concert talk about the Schumann Violin Concerto with conductor Ken Woods – ...
Sunday, December 02, 2018

Russian into London: a fabulous violinist makes her debut

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I’ve just had a terrific Skype chat with the young Russian violinist  Alena Baeva , ahead of her London debut at the Royal Festival Hall on...
Saturday, February 17, 2018

And yesterday was...

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Jelly d'Arányi: Schumann heroine ...the 80th anniversary of the UK premiere of the Schumann Violin Concerto, given by our own Jelly ...
Friday, October 20, 2017

A Schumann podcast

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Serendipity! The London Philharmonic is playing the Schumann Violin Concerto at the Royal Festival Hall on 8 November (soloist: Patricia Kop...
Saturday, October 14, 2017

What do you think of the Schumann Violin Concerto?

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Although it's only just over a week to go until the first of our Ghost Variations concerts for the autumn, I have to admit I'm no...
Friday, September 16, 2016

When Steven met Schumann...

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Steven Isserlis is one of those infuriating musicians who writes as well as he plays. His latest book is just out and it is a revisiting of ...
Friday, July 29, 2016

Schumann's anniversary, and a spot of Brahms

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Darguerrotype of Schumann c1850. (source: Wikipedia) Today is the 160th anniversary of Robert Schumann's death. This is the house...
Monday, July 11, 2016

GHOST VARIATIONS: WIN A SCHUMANN CD!

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My friend and colleague Philippe Graffin, the fabulous French violinist, has just released his new recording of the Schumann Violin Conc...
Monday, April 25, 2016

Ghost Variations: The Other Violinist

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My newest post at the Unbound Shed for Ghost Variations is about another violinist deeply involved in the story of the Schumann Violin C...
Friday, February 05, 2016

How I didn't quite meet Helen Mirren, and other stories

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This is one busy week. If you missed me and Marin Alsop on BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour yesterday, you can listen to it online, here  http...
Wednesday, February 03, 2016

How Marin is changing the world

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A few weeks ago I went to listen to Marin Alsop giving masterclasses for young women conductors and had a terrific interview with her. She i...
Monday, February 01, 2016

Eight and a half days...

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I have a busy week ahead! Please come and join in if you can make it to any of these. One, of course, only involves your kitchen radio. TU...
Monday, January 18, 2016

Here it is: GHOST VARIATIONS

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You may have wondered why I've been posting clips of late Schumann and asking you to have a special listen. Now I can reveal all... ...
Friday, December 18, 2015

Dear readers, please familiarise yourselves with THIS

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This extraordinary piece of music is going to dominate my next six months or so, so I'd love you to get to know it a little now. I'...