Philomena Thumboochetty: Portrait of an Artiste
The few, grainy, black-and-white photographs date from a century ago. Yet, together with the short ‘sketches’, and a couple of...
India’s Harmony Chorus visits the University of York’s Music Department, UK
On Tuesday 28th May 2019, Sandra Oberoi and her Harmony Chorus from Bangalore visited the Music Department of the University...
THE RELEVANCE OF CLASSICAL MUSIC, PART II
If classical music is the art of “therapeutic” interiority, then thinking about presentation, marketing, funding, etc. needs to be developed from this insight. “Selling” music in wrapping paper which belies its nature will inevitably lead to disappointment: the regular listeners...
TWO CONTRASTING EVENINGS AT THE BARBICAN
31ST MARCH | BARBICAN’S RESIDENT ORCHESTRA SURPRISES WITH A CORKER German diva Diana Damrau in her last slated concert of...
The Sustaining Pedal: the Soul of the Piano
When we were children, my sister and I called the pedal on the left, the ‘soft’ pedal and the pedal...
The Aurul Conundrum
ON Stage brings you excerpts from the NCPA Quarterly Journal, an unsurpassed literary archive that ran from 1972 to 1988 and featured authoritative and wide-ranging articles. In the second installment of a two-part series, William P Mann dissects the belief...
HOW TO PLAY FOR SINGERS
Pianists, you’re a busy bunch. So how do you learn all that music, and prioritize like a pro? When it...
The Music Makers: Volume 3
We take a closer look at some of the people who have been an integral part of the Symphony Orchestra...