Last month I had the pleasure to work with the celtic violinist Kieran Fahy on a short programme of Irish music. We were looking mainly at the ballad repertoire (eg ‘Danny Boy’) and I was delighted with the result, which combined violin, ‘cello and voice. It’s a new style for me, and I hope to […]
I missed René Jacobs’ opening concert for the Klara festival in Brussels. And so I listened eagerly when I heard parts of it broadcast as the ‘best of’ on the radio. I had high expectations. An impressive man is René Jacobs. I had read Rudy Tambuyser’s article in Staalkaart. I was prepared to be made […]
I confess that I was rooting for the Italian football team yesterday during the European Championship final. After all, they’d sung so well before their previous matches. What went wrong? I think it was the tempo that threw them. It was just that little bit too quick for them. And once they got behind with […]
My apologies for having been slack at posting info on my blog over the last couple of months. It’s not that I haven’t been busy: there have been some super projects, including a couple with Stevie Wishart and her ensemble Sinfonye which took me to the Herrenhausen Festival in Hanover and the Vooruit in Gent. […]
For those interested, here is a list of some upcoming events over the next couple of weeks in which I’m involved : Thursday March 22, 2012: A 60ieth Anniversary Concert for Lucien Posman. Miryzaal, Ghent Conservatory, Hoogpoort 64, 9000 Ghent at 20:00 Wednesday March 28, 2012: Russian Woods by Chto Delat? Part of the Sapere […]
