Catching up

June 19, 2015

It may well be that some of the pre-Runnymede nervous tension has taken a while to subside, but really it …

The Great Charter

June 15, 2015

It was so early this morning when my alarm sounded that I instinctively thought that I must be catching a …

June 11, 2015

I reached one of those tipping points a few days ago, as the Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis on Eb reached …

June 5, 2015

Well, so much for promising to do some writing yesterday. In the end the emails started arriving thick and fast, …

June 2, 2015

A long interlude between blog posts usually means one of two opposite things. Either I am terribly, crushingly busy, or …

May 20, 2015

I spent the weekend in Anghiari, working with the singers there in preparation for the performance of the Verdi Requiem …

April 28, 2015

I was away in charming Puycelsi over the weekend on one of my regular visits for concerts in the church …

January 15, 2015

The hard work continues on 1215: The Foundation Of Liberty, the cantata for Magna Carta 800. Having completed the rehearsal …

December 18, 2014

I have spent a hugely productive morning on the first movement of the Carta Cantata, working on the first version …