Words by Jonathan Glen / Pics by Steve Thorne & external sources Performing: Mozart Piano Sonatas 5, 4 & 8 / Chopin Ballades 1, 2, 3 & 4 It can’t be easy walking out on stage as ‘one of the world’s greatest pianists’. Having the knowledge that if this is not the best performance the […]
Words by John Noblet / Pics supplied by Liz Mason In an age of constant technological advancement, getting a tattoo made entirely by hand poked bamboo may seem like an odd idea. No machine at all? If nothing else, you’d have thought the extra investment of time would put most people off. But the recent […]
Words by John Noblet Can you remember those World War II soldiers who, isolated from the rest of their army, hid on a deserted island and didn’t realise the war had ended, decades after everyone else had finished fighting? Sometimes music scenes work like that – the media declares something to be over, but a […]
Words by John Noblet / Pics from www.sleafordmods.com When the economic downturn started a few years ago, it bought out a naive hope in a certain class of music fan. It was thought that recession, coupled with the tightfisted spite of a Tory government, might bring angry music with a strong penchant for social comment back […]
Words by Jonathan Glen Performed by Gabriela Montero & the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Conducted by Michael Seal Tonight the Symphony Hall is witness to a duel between two great Russians. The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO) is joined by Venezuelan-American pianist Gabriella Montero to take on Sergei Rachmaninov’s stirring 1901 Piano Concerto […]
