Red Admiral – Lucillia caesar
If you look closely you can see this little creature’s “tongue” inserted deep into one of the budlia’s nectar wells.
RLPO Concert, Royal Albert Hall, London
Concert with Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.
Grieg and Tchaikowsky
Tristan and Isolde – Philharmonia Orchestra – Festival hall – London
Concert performance of the whole of Tristan and Isolde with Philharmonia Orchestra.
I’ll be leading the offstage horns.
Run To The Beat, a London half-marathon
I shall be running 13.1 miles with thousands of other runners.
Run To The Beat
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Schostakovitch 15th Symphony, etc…
Tour with Philharmonia Orchestra – Europe
details to follow….
Impropera! Improvised Opera at The Leicester Square Theatre.
I’ll be playing with Impropera at the Leicester Square Theatre, London.
Impropera (improvised opera!) in Dorset
I’ll be playing with Impropera at the Serenata Music Festival in Dorset.
I’ve been working with Impropera for a year or two now. The singers are extraordinarily talented performers and the shows are hilarious and bizarre. It’s a wonderful sendup of opera and a great night out for anyone who likes to laugh until it hurts. The music and the opera plots are completely made up on the spot as it is performed, as is all the music. It’s a tough job for the “orchestra” which can be as small as a duo. When it’s just me and piano I have to do a lot of switching between horn and trumpet to keep as many colours on the go as possible.
Perhaps you would like to come along to a show sometime? Check out the Impropera website, or the Impropera Facebook page.
Here are a few photos I took during an Impropera rehearsal:
Recordings – Glasgow – Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Mozart Divertimento
Recordings – Glasgow – Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Mozart Divertimento – two horns and string quartet (with bass replacing ‘cello)
Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony – Philharmonia – Gloucester
Philharmonia Orchestra, Mahler’s 2nd Symphony in Gloucester Cathedral. Part of the Three Choirs Festival