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Tag Archives: Mahler
Some in tents music making
Do you remember those I-Spy books from the 1970s? Maybe they still make them, I’m not sure, but I had a small collection for the long car journeys to visit my gran in South Wales. For those of you who … Continue reading
Posted in European festivals September 2012, Gareth Davies
Tagged airport, classical music, Edinburgh Festival, Gareth Davies, Gstaad, Italy, london symphony orchestra, LSO, Mahler, Proms, Switzerland, tour, travel
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The Mahler Question
After a relaxing break for a couple of weeks in the summer it would be nice to gradually ease myself back into work with something low pressure and easy. Of course in the music business this simply doesn’t happen and … Continue reading
Posted in Gareth Davies
Tagged arts, classical music, concert, culture, flute, Gareth Davies, Gergiev, Gstaad, instruments, lebrecht, london symphony orchestra, LSO, Mahler, Mahler 5, music, musicians, orchestra, Sharon Williams, symphony, tour, travel, Valery Gergiev, Why Mahler?
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Britain’s got Talent
As we left the country earlier this week, the news was dominated by one important issue of world shattering importance which took up more column inches than any other story, and which some people consider to be key to the … Continue reading
Posted in Gareth Davies, Italy December 2009
Tagged arts, classical music, concert, Gareth Davies, gatwick, Gergiev, Italy, london symphony orchestra, LSO, Mahler, music, musicians, orchestra, symphony, tour, travel, Valery Gergiev, x factor
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It’s not about the music
Last night we were in Cologne, one of my favourite German cities, with its beautiful cathedral and fabulous concert hall where we get free beer after the performance – I think I’ve told you about that before. We played the … Continue reading
Posted in Gareth Davies, Milan/Cologne November 2009
Tagged arts, cancer, classical music, cologne, concert, daniel harding, Gareth Davies, instruments, london symphony orchestra, LSO, Mahler, Mahler 10, musicians, symphony
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Coast to…er…the…same coast actually
It seems like only 2 weeks ago since we last spoke and sure enough, once again we are off to the USA. This time rather than coast to coast across the country we arrive later this week in Daytona Beach … Continue reading
Posted in Daytona Beach International Festival April 2009, Gareth Davies
Tagged arts, Beach, classical music, concert, culture, daniel harding, Daytona, festival, Gareth Davies, instruments, International, london symphony orchestra, LSO, Mahler, music, musicians, orchestra, symphony, tour, twitter
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A Hot and Steamy Sicilian Night
If you are reading this in England, you might want to go and check your email for a moment and come back in five minutes. We left a very wet Stansted Airport at 9am this morning, and landed 3 hours … Continue reading
Posted in Gareth Davies, Sicily/Italy July 2008
Tagged Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, daniel harding, dodgy pizza, Gergiev, Mahler, Palermo, St Pauls
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Dusseldorf, Cologne and Chocolate
Since we last spoke, the LSO has been busy with Gergiev doing Mahler, Strauss and Mozart with Haitink, and Mozart and Brahms with Previn. It has been non stop, with a whistlestop trip to Paris that was so brief, I … Continue reading
Posted in Dusseldorf/Cologne June 2008, Gareth Davies
Tagged Andre Previn, Bernard Haitink, Brahms, Bruckner, chocolate, cologne, concert, conductors, Dijon, Dusseldorf, Edinburgh, Gordon Ramsey, Guildford, LSO, Mahler, Mozart, Paris, Planetarium, Prokofiev, Schubert, Sir Colin Davis, Strauss, Valery Gergiev
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