Walking the streets of Newcastle yesterday, I came to the old City Hall. To call it ‘old’ does not mean that it is particularly ancient; it opened in 1927, which, for the standards of central Newcastle, is mature, but not that aged. Nor does it mean that there is a […]
Peregrine 16 February 2010 at 2000 Northern Sinfonia conducted by Peter WiegoldThe Sage Gateshead Hall TwoAlso in the programme: Olofsson, Rijnvos, Lang, CaskenTickets: £7 from The Sage GatesheadGateshead, UKNana del insomne (The Insomniac’s Lullaby)¡Oh Guitarra!19 February 2010 at 1930Recital RoomArmstrong BuildingNewcastle University+44 (191) 222 7636Newcastle upon Tyne, UKWounded AngelA to […]
August is the month when Bolivia celebrates its anniversary on the 6th and when my patron saint is remembered on the 28th. This year, Newcastle University is making me a professor, and the appointment is effective from 1 August. In a separate development, Northern Sinfonia scheduled for this date its […]
Report completion of a revised version of Mystical Dances, leaving just enough time for new material to be prepared for the performance at the Sage on 1 August. I thought I had written the last note last Friday, but I was still feeling dissatisfied with the ending till, in my […]
It was an intensive month with two concerts of Northern Sinfonia and everything that surrounded them. 15 November at The Sage Gateshead: This was a rewarding occasion. The concert was part of a series I run, in my capacity as senior lecturer in composition at Newcastle University, in […]