WE ARE THE MUSIC MAKERS: Maximum Ensemble & The Pelleas Ensemble by Norman Warwick & Graham Marshall

ENSEMBLES OF EXCELLENCE Maximum Ensemble maestros del minimalismo Salon Indieras, Tias, March 2020 Review by Norman Warwick Maximum Ensemble We turned up to collect our reserved tickets at the desk in in Salon Indieras in Tias…
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WE ARE THE MUSIC MAKERS: exclusive interview with pianist Natalia Nicolaeva

´MY LIFE AND MY ART WERE BORN BY THE SEA´. Exclusive interview for all across the arts Russian pianist, Natalia Nicolaeva – March 2020 As I knew nothing at all about either Iya Zhmaeva or Natalia when my wife and I and two friends…

WHERE RAP MEETS JAZZ an exclusive interview with Steve Bewick

SMALL BOY TALL WHERE RAP MEETS JAZZ presenting at crescent radio We had a couple of computer screens, carrying adverts, news, programme reminders and, often, calls to prayer, as well as two microphones and our own downloaded playlists.…
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CONCIERTO ´SOUVENIR ROMÁNTICO’

MAKING NEW FRIENDS THROUGH MUSIC A review. We tend to ignore the first minute of any phone calls from Maigret Marguerita as she is usually so excited we can´t follow a word she is saying, but after a while the story unfolded. She had…
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AND THE PICKIN´ DOWN THE LINE

Guitarras en Haria Festival Internacional; review There were no signs at 4.00 pm that this was yet the case, and with the gala concert not scheduled to start until 7.00 pm we had time to dip into Arietta for omelette and chips and a coffee. Later,…

MEET THE MUSIC-MAKERS: Murray Mclachlan & family

SPECIAL CONCERT WAS A FAMILY AFFAIR Murray McClachlan & family. A Camel House Concert BBC Music Magazine had already introduced to me the musician in glowing terms. “Murray McLachlan is a pianist with a virtuoso technique and…

CONCERTS IN CAVES AND CONVENTS

CONCERTS IN CAVES AND CONVENTS 36th Festival International Classic Music  Canarias BEETHOVEN AT EASE, MUSICIANS AT PLAY Cuarteto de Cuerdo Ornati Inglesia de San Roque, Tinajo, January 11th 2020 As genuine lovers of chamber…

SINGING IN THE CHOIR

SINGING WITH THE CHOIR: Anne Rees We brought you a review recently of a performance by Lanzarote Gospel Choir (see archives) and mentioned an English lady in the choir, called Anne Rees who charmingly agreed to sit through one of our hugely…

MUSIC SOCIETY CELEBRATIONS by Graham Marshall

HEART AND MIND AND FINGERTIPS by Graham Marshall Graham Marshall l Rochdale Music Society LUKA OKROS pianoforte Heywood Civic Centre  2020 review This was the third in what is proving to be a musically most rewarding…

MUSIC FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES

MUSIC FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES A Meeting Of Timples, Teatro Tias, January        2020 review The annual La Canderlaria and San Blas religious festival in Tias always presents a plethora of arts that…