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How Musicians of a Previous Era Managed to Survive and Comments on the Present Day Situation. #2

Carol wrote 1 month ago: It was WWII that put classical music on the map in England.  During the war an organization was for … more »

Tags: BBC Symphony, CBC Radio Orchestra, double bass, London, London Philharmonic, Memories, Philharmonia, Sir Thomas Beecham, CBC Radio Orchestra

Unusual Concert Venues

Carol wrote 1 month ago: I was playing in Israel with the London Symphony Orchestra. One of the concert venues was  Ein Gev, … more »

Tags: double bass, Memories, Ein Gev, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

In ruhig fliessender Bewegung …

blueless wrote 2 months ago: A friend took me to see Gergiev conducting Mahler’s Second Symphony with the LSO last night. It ha … more »

Tags: Raymond Yiu, LSO, Valery Gergiev, rachmaninoff, mahler symphonies, Barbican, Raymond Yiu

Getting started

andrewmccormack wrote 2 months ago: I am currently going through the painful process of finding raw material for this piece (in other wo … more »

Tags: Andrew McCormack, Andrew McCormack, Colin Matthews, Composition, LSO, Panufnik

Interview by Jason Heath1 comment

Carol wrote 2 months ago: Thank you to Jason Heath for sending me this interview with me which I am very pleased to put on m … more »

Tags: double bass, Benjamin Britten, Memories, London, English Opera Group, London Philharmonic, Philharmonia, conductors, Orchestral personalities

BBC Music Magazine article on Herbert von Karajan #4

Carol wrote 2 months ago: The Philharmonia and the Berlin Philharmonic’s Sound The Philharmonia and the Berlin Philharmo … more »

Tags: Orchestral personalities

In my beginning ...1 comment

blueless wrote 2 months ago: Last Sunday morning, all the houses were covered with snow; during the week, there was plenty of sun … more »

Tags: Raymond Yiu, Music, Compose, Create, Panufnik, Colin Matthews, Wallace Stevens, LSO, LSO Discovery

Requiem for an Orchestra (4)

Carol wrote 3 months ago: I don’t really want to get into the subject of funding of the CBC, but I do believe it is imp … more »

Tags: BBC Symphony, Benjamin Britten, CBC Radio Orchestra, double bass, English Opera Group, London, London Philharmonic, Memories, Sadlers Wells

Famous Orchestral Personalities of Yesteryear: John Solomons, trumpeter1 comment

Carol wrote 6 months ago: John Solomons, Trumpeter It was in the late 1940’s.  The London Symphony Orchestra asked me t … more »

Tags: double bass, Memories, conductors, Orchestral personalities, Sir Malcolm Sargent, John Solomons, Bach, Handel, Long D Trumpet

Musical Families: The Cockerills1 comment

Carol wrote 6 months ago: The Cockerills were a famous musical family who came from Birmingham, England. Arthur Cockerill who … more »

Tags: double bass, Memories, London, London Philharmonic, Orchestral personalities, BBC Symphony, Arthur Cockerill

Martin Suckling with the LSO

Tim Rutherford-Johnson wrote 6 months ago: Readers might like to note an unadvertised addition to the LSO’s Elgar and Tippett concert tom … more »

Tags: Concerts, Music, contemporary classical, suckling

Famous Orchestral Players of Yesteryear: Marie Wilson1 comment

Carol wrote 7 months ago: Probably not many people have heard of Marie Wilson, violinist, who was a leader in all senses of th … more »

Tags: BBC Symphony, double bass, London, London Philharmonic, Memories, Orchestral personalities, Sir Thomas Beecham, Dame Ethel Smythe, George Szell

What's your musical horoscope? (Put your player on shuffle and write down the first 10 songs that come up.)

Nyenye wrote 7 months ago: LOS ANGELES Audioslave “The Worm”Out Of Exile London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Coli … more »

Tags: cagney lacee, Sonora Carruseles, Radiohead, street official mixtape, Sarah McLachlan, sir colin davis, dj loda, Audioslave, Lena Horne

A Happy Concert in Istanbul

Carol wrote 7 months ago:   In 1964 the London Symphony Orchestra asked me if I would be available to play with them in … more »

Tags: double bass, Memories, Tour Trivia, conductors, Sir Malcolm Sargent, istanbul, topkapı, Janissary Band,

Coitus Interruptus?

Carol wrote 1 year ago: In 1964 The London Symphony asked me if I would go on a three month world tour with them. I though … more »

Tags: double bass, Memories, Tour Trivia


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