I bring you good news! The Jelly Roll Jazz Band – everyone’s favourite jazz band (but least favourite rock band) – have made a new video! And the good news is that this time, they remembered to agree on a tune, key, tempo and structure! Even better news: There’s an opportunity for you to win …
Christmas has surely come early for you, most esteemed reader, for today I have not one, not three, but two lovely videos to share with you! The first is a festive medley for four bassoons, which I have put together as an exclusive video for the online Christmas carol service of St. Andrew’s Church. You …
You may not have realised it yet, but today is a very special day and this is a very special blog post! For this is the 100th post I have written since starting this venture way back in 2017. To celebrate, I’ve been looking back into the mists of time and working hard to put …
Happy Star Wars Day everybody! Assuming you read this on the same day that I am writing it, which I suppose in the grand scheme of things is unlikely. But I hope you appreciate the sentiment nonetheless. Dance of the Sugar Plum Clari To mark the occasion, I would like to share a brand …
I don’t think I’ve got any friends in Twickenham, but if any of my enemies want to come along to this then they’d be more than welcome. We can always have a punch-up or something afterwards… Barnum Tuesday 23rd May – Saturday 27th May 7:45, with 2:30 matinee on 27th Hampton Hill Theatre, Hampton, TW12 …
Wycombe Sinfonia Saturday 20th May 7:30 All Saints Church, High Wycombe www.wycombesinfonia.co.uk Have you seen the film ‘Babe’? I have. And I was most excited recently to learn that somebody called Camille Saint-Saëns has taken the main song from that film and expanded it into an entire symphony! Furthermore, he appears to have then travelled …
Now isn’t that nice? A big musical mosaic on the southbound Northern line platform at Tottenham Court Road. What’s more, I managed to photograph it without falling onto the tracks. What a good day. But let’s take a moment to consider this work of art, and what instruments it is attempting to depict. At …
‘Tahiti!’ Bloomsbury Opera Saturday 25th – Sunday 26th March 8:00 Great Hall, Goodenough College, WC1N 2AB www.goodenough.ac.uk/opera This weekend sees me in Bloomsbury, where I shall be performing in the orchestra for ‘Tahiti!’! This show gives you two operas for the price of one (although they’re both quite short so that probably makes …
[EDIT: Sadly these videos seem to have been lost in the mists of time, but have a dig elsewhere on this blog for other samples from my baritone saxomophone and bass clarionet! – MG, 3/4/23] To kick off this shiny new blog, I thought it would be nice to introduce to you two new …
