I am delighted to be travelling north again - back to Edinburgh. Those two favourite activities of mine - playing the guitar and playing squash have somehow combined and I shall be performing at the Waverley Sports Club and also playing for their team at Edinburgh Sports Club Octoberfest - Their annual international squash & social tournament.
Details of the concert are there on the left - note the inclusion of pizza!
Monday 30 September 2013
Friday 6 September 2013
The Ruskin Ensemble rides again
News of a concert in Bursledon by the wonderful Ruskin Ensemble - oh, wait a minute - I can't say that, I'm IN the Ruskin Ensemble...
But it's true all the same, there really is a concert in Bursledon by The Ruskin Ensemble. It is at the Greyladyes Arts Foundation on 27th September. The event is 'All True Love' - an Evening of Romantic Music Poetry and Prose. The performers are Jane Gomm, violin; Jo Easthope, cello and me on guitar. We play music by Vivaldi, Paganini, Beethoven, Schubert, Granados; and, from the contemporary repertoire; pieces by Paul Lewis and Gordon Carr. Gordon Carr's piece is 'True Love' as in the event title, and it was commissioned by The Ruskin Ensemble and premiered a few years ago at the Brighton Festival. Here is the show described on the official Ruskin Ensemble website: All True Love: Passionate, stimulating, intimate. Romantic music, poetry & prose for violin, guitar and 'cello .
I'm really looking forward to it and meanwhile having fun rehearsing the music. There's nothing like playing as part of an ensemble and it is very invigorating. I have never been to the Greyladyes Arts Centre before. It used to be a monastery I believe (so someone told me).
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