Last night was another alt_classical – it was a great success, with Daisy Chute curating an evening of world folk music (I joined for a few of the pieces). There was a great atmosphere, and a really great audience! It was filmed by The Hospital, so I’ll post that video as and when it’s around.
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Terminal CD, scheduling and espresso
As I write this, I’m in self-imposed practice exile north of the border in charmingly rainy Edinburgh. A few weeks ago, I looked at my diary and realised that, while May is pretty straight forward (as far as months go), June-Novemeber really, really aren’t. In fact, I’d go as far as to say that they’ll be the craziest 6 months of my life to date… So, here I am in Edinburgh, amongst the rain and the accents, really laying in to some solid practice – I have 4 different programmes to learn for the next few months, and you have … Continued
80,000 reasons to think about supply and demand
The Proms sold 80,000 tickets on opening day. That is, by any standard, incredible. Furthermore, they will also expect to sell 1,000+ on the day of the concerts! (more info and stats here) – Would this be possible if the Proms ran all year around? No, I don’t think so. – But wait… isn’t the Proms just a festival of the best ’classical’ music? Yes, yes it is. – Can we agree that there is clearly a very real, very engaged and very loyal fanbase out there for the Proms? I think we can. – Isn’t this audience only interested in classical … Continued