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Tag Archives: Sir Colin Davis
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
The train rain refrain
As an encore at the recital the other night, we played a little melancholy Welsh folk song. Simple but effective in its main aim of bringing a lump to the throat and a tear to the eye. A member of … Continue reading
Posted in Gareth Davies, Luxembourg/Paris November 2010
Tagged Alexandre Desplat, arts, Brussels, classical music, concert, culture, Elgar, flute, france, Gareth Davies, instruments, japan, London Philharmonic Orchestra, london symphony orchestra, LSO, Luxembourg, music, musicians, orchestra, Paris, Rain, Salle Pleyel, Sir Colin Davis, symphony, tour, travel, violin
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Colin and Nikolaj
After negotiating the ticket system of Europe, we successfully performed in the Chateau and consequently enjoyed a well earned lie in the next morning when the rest of the orchestra was on a very bumpy flight from Gatwick. As we … Continue reading
Will you still need me? Will you still feed me?
I’m feeling very old this weekend. This is due to a number of factors. Firstly, it is my birthday next month and I shall be 38. I still don’t know what I want to do when I grow up either, … Continue reading
Posted in Gareth Davies, Summer festivals 2009
Tagged arts, classical music, concert, culture, Gareth Davies, germany, instruments, london symphony orchestra, LSO, Philip Cobb, Rod Franks, Sir Colin Davis, symphony, trumpet
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Oh Cologne!
The hall in Cologne has a lovely acoustic but also the steepest stairs I think I’ve ever seen. That bit of time at the start of a concert before the oboe sounds the A, you know, the bit where you … Continue reading
Posted in Dusseldorf/Cologne June 2008, Gareth Davies
Tagged Bruckner, cologne, daniel harding, free beer, Sir Colin Davis
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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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