by Andrew Gillett | Jun 12, 2023 | Blog
James Macmillan’s Memento was written in memory of a friend, David Huntley, the representative of Boosey & Hawkes in the USA, who died in 1994. Memento delicately treads along the borderline of silence and sound. The sounds are hints, faint memories,... by Andrew Gillett | Jun 12, 2023 | Blog
When Felix Mendelssohn visited Queen Victoria and Prince Albert in 1842, the Queen, who apparently had a delightful singing voice, chose a song, ‘Italien’ (published as Felix’s Op 8 No 3), from a bunch of songs that he had brought along with him. Felix then had to... by Andrew Gillett | May 21, 2023 | Blog
Who’s there? Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart c. 1783 by Joseph Lange, Mozart’s brother-in-law. Mozart’s involvement with Freemasonry has been the subject of much speculation and discussion. Freemasonry had a very significant part to play in the last eight years of his... by Andrew Gillett | Apr 3, 2023 | Blog
In our next series of concerts we open with Mozart’s string trio K. 563. Mozart described this piece as a divertimento, implying that it is superficial light music when in fact it is one of his finest works, written at the peak of his powers. The writing...
