I am about to release, Gregory Rose’s wonderful concerto, recorded last month, with the composer conducting the Royal Ballet Sinfonia. Here’s some thoughts on the piece. The premiere of Gregory Rose’s Violin Concerto in 2018, was one of the most satisfying performances it has been my privilege to play a part in. It marked a […]
December 22, 2019
Canon 22 12 19 Over the next week, I am going to talk a little bit about how musicians choose what to play. This might seem like a most prosaic topic, but it goes to the heart of who we are, and how we communicate. So I am going to begin, here, with what I […]
December 17, 2019
Recording Session 16 12 19 St John the Baptist Aldbury – UNEDITED! Outtakes This disc is inspired by the music and the violins heard in London at the end of the 1600s. The first edition of John Walsh’s (1665 or 1666 – 13 March 1736) extraordinary collection, ‘Preludes & Voluntarys’, appeared in 1700. It is […]
December 7, 2019
Playing Edward Cowie – a player-collaborator’s point of view [still needing proof-reading, forgive me!] Every collaboration, with every composer, is different. Each time I am fortunate enough to be in this position, I notice the balances, the natures of relative contributions to scores and performances, seen from each side (composer and performer), are subtly changed. […]
December 2, 2019
In two weeks time, I will record the set of ‘Preludes & Voluntarys’ (note the spelling) published by the young John Walshe in 1700. This extraordinary set of pieces for solo violin inspired my ‘Preludes & Vollenteries’ series, which has been running since 2017 LINK TO UPCOMING Concerts. The violin that I will use to […]
December 1, 2019
December 27, 2019