Volodmyr Runchak
With Volodmyr Runchak in Odessa 2001 Volodymyr Runchak-non-concerto 1 + 16 PSS-Violin Conductor-Volodymyr Runchak Ukrainian Symphony Orchestra Hall of Columns, K’yiv 2000 Volodymyr Runchak-Sounds re-sounds…
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Beethoven Explored
Peter and Aaron have taken ‘Beethoven Explored’ worldwide. What began as a research project supported by the Royal Academy of Music and the London College…
Moses
Moses One of the most instantly recognisable, and most imitated of Pagnini’s show pieces, has become known as the Moses Fantasy. This work has inspired…
Coffee, Libraries, Losses and Gains.
Coffee, Libraries, Losses and Gains. 27-12-09 I have found myself the perfect cup of coffee, in the old market quarter of Sarajevo, the Bašaršija.…
Paganini Prelude-Vuillaume Steel Bow
Niccolo Paganini-Unpublished Prelude 1838 From the Collection of Andrew McGee Instruments-Vuillaume Rolled Steel Bow, Violin-Stradivari 1698 World Premiere recording. PSS 2005 Engineer/producer-Jonathan Haskell (astounding sounds)…
Calumnies
Calumnies Violinists have often been assumed to be feckless wastrels. In 1802, Wilhelm Triest wrote a pen-portrait of this popular cliché, one which Paganini seemed…
Paganini Capriccio No 16
The G minor Capriccio No 16 is where I feel most in the presence of Bach, or at the very least, that Paganini was very…
Paganini Caprice No 9
On Paganini – Capricci Op 1 No.9 E Major Caprice No 9 seems to take place in a forest, though of course this is not…
Mozart and the divine Bohemian
Mozart and the Divine Bohemian Talk given prior to performance of Mozart-Quintets in D Major, E Flat Major, and Adagio K411. Wilton’s Music Hall September…
Mozart and the Quintet, thoughts on…
Mozart and the Quintet, thoughts on… Bishop Joseph Hurdalek (Mozart’s album) ‘When Orpheus’ magic lute rings out, Amphion to his lyre sings, The…
Evis Sammoutis at Wiltons
Today we are delighted to bring the fantastically colourful music of Evis Sammoutis to Wiltons for the first time. We have been working very…
Trockne Blumen-Schubert (an appreciation)
Trockne Blumen ‘Variations on an Original Theme for Flute and Piano’y Und Lenz wird kommen, und Winter wird gehn Und Blümlein werden in Grase stehnn…
Mendelssohn-Sextet Op 110
Sunday’s concert offers a very rare opportunity to hear Mendelssohn’s early Sextet. This ebullient piece, written in 1824, was first performed at one of the…
Mendelssohn at Wiltons 20-12-09
Felix Mendelssohn A Major String Quintet Op 18 Wilton’s Music Hall Sunday December 20th 6 pm On Sunday, the we will be returning to…
Louis Krasner
(This article cited here-Auditorio Nacional) I have never forgotten the advice that Louis Krasner gave me about concerto playing. There is an astounding recording…
Nesi Hensu
Nesi Hensu The Zagrebacka Mumija lies in a small dedicated room at the back of the Archeological museum in Zagreb. The museum is set…
Alexandre Boucher and La Marseillaise
Boucher and La Marseillaise Alexandre-Jean Boucher (1770-1861) was born and died in Paris. His father was a member of Louis XV’s Mousquetaires Gris A pupil…
Schubert, Dale Roberts, Penderecki
On the way home after a day working with the inspired young composers at York University. In the middle of the day, a happy return…
Paul Pellay-Evolving to
I met the composer Paul Pellay when we were both students at the Royal Academy of Music. At that time, although I was involved in…
Luca Francesconi
Last night, we played Luca Francesconi’s wonderful 1993 Quartet, ‘Mirrors’ at Wiltons. This is one of the most physically uplifting pieces that we play-a work…
Turbulent Quartets
Turbulent Quartets Pre-Concert Talk-Wilton’s Music Hall-13th December 2009 Schubert’s friend Eduard Bauernfeld noted: “Schubert has the right blend of the ideal and the…
Beethoven and Tsar Aleksandr. A Polonaise
One promise too many Beethoven had little time for Polonaises, and rejected the craze for this dance which swept through Vienna at the time of…
Practice
Much practice is done away from the violin, and much of it does not lead anywhere. I am not ashamed to admit that I am…
Bach-Beethoven-Mendelssohn-David Matthews
Bach-Beethoven-Mendelssohn-David Matthews Extract from pre-concert talk given at Wilton’s Music Hall, Spring 2009 The unifying figure behind all of the composers that we are playing…
Louise Vale-Poetry for Wilton’s
Poet Louise Vale responds to the enchanted spaces of Wilton’s Music Hall. As It Was [Fuse the future with a version of the…