We were lucky enough to find out about this concert from the pianist who attends my local Meeting. I had heard him play last autumn as a part of the Aurora Ensemble and so was thrilled to have the chance to hear him again. The setting was delightful - an old Victorian House that made you feel like a part of the old Sálons - warm, golden oak ( Read more... )

Finally, the review you've all been waiting for, and indeed I think the Prom I had also most looked forward to of the entire season. . .and it was fabulous. I think what pleased me most was that Mr. Ma, while a fantastic soloist, also turned out to be a wonderful ensemble member. He mentioned in his intro, that at this stage in his career what he ( Read more... )

I left our Proms tickets this year up to raayat and this was one of his picks. We arrived just in the nick of time with the tuning note sounding literally as our bums hit our seats. In our rush, we missed getting a programme, which meant that I didn't have a chance to review the text of the first piece, Holst's First Choral Symphony using the poetry of ( Read more... )

As promised, if somewhat belated. . .

Fiddler on the Roofas playing at the Savoy and I really couldn't resist going. . . and it turned out to be a lovely evening. They didn't do anything dramatically original, just good solid acting, a very versitle set, well played music, well thought-out choreography and a great story. It's everything a nice ( Read more... )

Fortunately, work has calmed down somewhat and I'm slowly but surely eating away at the edges of all the stuff that I pushed to the side during the 2 and a half weeks of craziness. So that's satisfying if nothing else ( Read more... )

So last night we went to St. Martin's for the Gershwin concert, which turned out to be pretty awful. The musicians seemed to have really good technique, but the performances were completely void of any emotional content whatsoever. For the first time in my concert going existance, I felt like I was being played at rather than for ( Read more... )

So, raayat and I have both had pretty tough weeks (and they aren't over yet *argh*), so we both decided to cut our respective work days "short" (meaning we left before dark) to take in the concert at St. Pauls to raise money for the refurbishment of their world renown organ. It was exactly what we needed too. There was a really nice range of music ( Read more... )