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Tag Archives: culture
Use the Force Valery
I remember walking down the Nanjing Road in Shanghai a couple of years ago and being offered goods aplenty. This week however it seems worse than ever. As I get further down the road, I can always see people suddenly … Continue reading
The Gesticulating Tourist
Walking around Beijing, I find it hard to tell whether my lips are numb because of the cold, snow-laden wind blowing in my face, or the Szechuan peppers which were liberally sprinkled on my lunch. If you’ve never had them … Continue reading
Juan more concert
From the comfort of the train speeding through the Spanish countryside, you could be forgiven for thinking that it is summer. The sun is high and the deep blue stretches far into the distance, the only clouds visible on the … Continue reading
Posted in Gareth Davies, Spain January 2012
Tagged classical music, concert, culture, flute, instruments, london symphony orchestra, LSO, music, musicians, orchestra, Paella, symphony, tour, travel, valencia, Zaragoza
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Bad light stops play…eventually
Regular readers of the blog will not be surprised to know that I am writing this having just watched Wales destroy Namibia in the Rugby World Cup. My Welsh father and a childhood involving many trips to Cwmllynfell to see … Continue reading
Posted in Gareth Davies, Guildford September 2011
Tagged arts, classical music, concert, culture, Cwmllynfell, Daniil Trifonov, England, flute, G-Live, Gareth Davies, Guildford, guildford philharmonic orchestra, instruments, Juliet, london symphony orchestra, LSO, musicians, peppa pig, Surrey, Surrey Advertiser, Tod Handley, Valery Gergiev
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Code Vestimentaire
Code Nom masculin (latin codex) a) Ensemble de règles qui font loi en matière sociale b) Système conventionnel, rigoureusement structuré, de symboles et de règles combinatoires Les musiciens du LSO font partie d’une race qui s’adapte à tout. Par exemple, … Continue reading
Game, set and match….Langrée.
Bless Maxine Kwok-Adams! For those of you who are not aware, Maxine is our resident fashionista of the 1st violin section. If column inches on a well known social networking site were the only measure of a person’s popularity then … Continue reading
Posted in Aix-en-Provence Festival June & July 2011, David Jackson
Tagged aix, arts, classical music, culture, france, instruments, london symphony orchestra, LSO, music, musicians, orchestra, percussion, rehearsal, symphony, tour
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Bonjour chers amis français!
Soleil. Atmosphère estivale. Je vous écris d’Aix-en-Provence, où l’orchestre a posé ses valises pour un mois… Adieu la pluie et le ciel gris britannique!… Nous avons commencé les répétitions pour “La Traviata”. Ah! Quelle musique merveilleuse, on ne se lasse … Continue reading
Posted in Aix-en-Provence Festival June & July 2011, Ginette Decuyper
Tagged arts, classical music, concert, culture, france, london symphony orchestra, LSO, music, musicians, orchestra, tour, travel
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Bach to Bach Mahler
The final day of the tour and we have a bit of a marathon to run, or hobble at any rate. Leaving the hotel at 6.45 am after a concert the night before in Lucerne, we get on a bus … Continue reading
Waiting for Christine…
I am at the moment sitting in a café opposite the Gare du Nord in Paris with an obligatory croissant and coffee, for which I am being charged a small fortune. I guess, to channel the ghostly words of Hemingway … Continue reading
Posted in Birmingham & Paris Mahler March 2011, Gareth Davies
Tagged Birmingham, Christine Pendrill, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, classical music, concert, Cor Anglais, culture, flute, Gareth Davies, instruments, london symphony orchestra, Paris, symphony, Symphony No. 7 (Mahler), travel, Valery Gergiev
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Exit stage left
Mahler’s Third Symphony is always an event, partly due to the size of forces needed and the space required. The famous opening with the horns in full flight is truly astonishing writing and the power unleashed by Gergiev’s hands in … Continue reading
