I, Spie A play by Clare Norburn an imagined story of JOHN DOWLAND, combining his life as a court musician and composer with his grisly dealings with the Elizabethan espionage underworld Directed by Nicholas Renton, the actors and musicians in Clare Norburn’s play I, Spie, will perform the music of John Dowland and his contemporaries,…
The 19th annual Flamenco Festival London begins at Sadler’s Wells on Tuesday 4 June 2024 with Rocío Molina presenting Al Fondo Riela (It Glimmers in the Depths) – an intimate and powerfully expressive creation by one of the leading flamenco dancers and choreographers of the younger generation, accompanied by two flamenco guitarists: Óscar Lago and Fran…
Writing about the classical guitar has been an important part of my working life for decades – for Classical Guitar magazine, and 30 years on, still continuing with the monthly Gendai Guitar. In this blog, I want to share my excitement at meeting up with Lance Bosman, an inspiring music writer from a pre-Internet time,…
Flamenco Festival London opened at Sadler’s Wells last week with Ballet Flamenco Sara Baras presenting her latest show Alma – bringing together her two loves: flamenco and bolero. The guitar is always a fundamental part of all flamenco and Flamenco Festival 2023 is featuring Rafael Riqueni, Niño Josele, Miguel Angel Cortés with José María Gallardo…
Review of Hans Werner Henze’s El Cimarrón concert at Wigmore Hall, 11 March 2023
Happy International Women’s Day! CELEBRATING some of the very inspiring women working in music Starting with the Argentinian lutenist and guitarist Evangelina Mascardi. Here she is performing JS Bach’s Suite in G minor, BWV 995 on lute: Although she was born in Buenos Aires, she has remained living and working in Europe, since she came to…
Against the Grain: An Instrument Maker’s Journey, autobiography of British guitar maker Paul Fischer
On Friday 13 January 2023, Milos Karadaglic will be premièring the guitar concerto The Peacock Pavane by David Bruce, performing with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Karen Kamensek at the Royal Festival Hall, London.
The duo of Slava and Leonard Grigoryan will be performing in the Elgar Room at the Royal Albert Hall on Saturday 3 September 2022, presenting their new project called This Is Us: A Musical Reflection of Australia The 18 compositions which they have written for the project, celebrating the 20th anniversary of National Museum of…
The guitarist and composer Laura Snowden has made arrangements of three Christmas Carols – Silent Night, In the Bleak Midwinter and Away in the Manger, which are available in both music score (and TAB) for purchase until Christmas at: Christmas Carols. Most importantly, she is donating all the proceeds to the Gold from the Stone Foundation’s Christmas Dinners Project, a charity…
