Archive for January, 2011
Out with the Glass…
Investigation of some of Feldman’s shorter piano pieces from the ’50s has left me convinced that Glass’s Mad Rush is completely out of place in my recital programme. So, in its stead, I shall be playing the first two Intermissions, the Three Piano Pieces, Extensions 3, Vertical Thoughts 4, and Piano Piece To Philip Guston. [...]
New work for tuba
I’ve written a new piece for solo tuba in memory of Trish Keenan, the singer from Birmingham group Broadcast, who died of pneumonia this month. I didn’t know Trish personally at all, but still vividly remember her amazing ice-cold stage presence during the only time I saw Broadcast perform live at the Irish Centre in [...]
Performance news
After much faffing around, in which I abandoned the Liszt Sonata again (no surprises there), managed to learn some of the Godowsky left-hand only transcriptions of Chopin Études, but not the Ravel left-hand concerto (preparation for which was the whole point of learning them in the first place…) I have decided that I’m going to [...]
Indiepop galore
Just discovered that Birmingham’s indiepop sensations Trevor Sensitive and the Locals have launched their new website sensitivemusic.co.uk with artwork by Manda Rin which looks pretty spiffing if you ask me. The blog page claims that their debut album will be out next week, and if the sample’s anything to go by it should be well worth a listen…