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Tag Archives: travel
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 Sound of Magic
Cinderella finally danced with her Prince, he found her again, the glass slipper fitted and they all lived happily ever after, once they had completed Prokofiev’s numerous waltzes. As we all left the Royal Albert Hall on Wednesday night, she … Continue reading
Fringe Benefits
The atmosphere created in a city by a festival is almost indescribable. If you were in London during the Olympics recently, you’ll know that it felt like a very different place indeed, Londoners were polite, cabbies let you pull out … Continue reading
The Ecstasy of Wifi
If an alien life form were to land unannounced backstage at a concert in 2012, they would make some basic assumptions about human behaviour which I once would have thought unfounded. Now I’m not so sure. One of the many … Continue reading
Posted in Gareth Davies, Paris & Brussels May 2012
Tagged classical music, concert, flute, france, Gareth Davies, london symphony orchestra, LSO, music, musicians, orchestra, Paris, symphony, tour, travel, twitter, wifi
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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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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
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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Train Tension
The orchestra sat in near silence on the train this morning. The tension rising with the outside temperature as we sped through the mountains. I haven’t felt this much pressure on a train since Sue Mallet was on a trip … 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
