Yesterday morning, I was checking in at London City Airport (surely the most civilised airport in the world?) and was greeted like a long lost friend. It was equal parts ego boost and nice start to the morning. My suitcase was checked in and tagged HEAVY, my seats allocated and the usual glance to just above my head to check it wasn’t a growth…”it’s a cello – with a seat” – I moaned. This sentence, used verbatim hundreds of times a year by yours truly, has more tedious flying experiences and unfortunate arguments attached to it than you’ll ever know. … Continued
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New Year, New Release!
As some of you will know, I spent most of the summer recording Gabriel Prokofiev’s gargantuan cello suite. It was a lot of work (really, really hard work) but as I sit, typing this update, I’m listening to it and it’s still as exciting to listen to as it is to perform (in my totally unbiased opinion) Quick backtrack: Nonclassical have this thing where they release an original composition alongside a bunch of remixes of that work. It’s de rigour for electronica/dance types, but for those of us over here in the classicalish world, it’s still pretty new… honestly, hearing these remixes … Continued