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…

SONGS OF PRAISE, GOSPEL STYLE

SONGS OF PRAISE GOSPEL STYLE ! Lanzarote Gospel Choir, Teatro Tias, January 2020     review My wife and I had spent the previous hour in a wonderful new restaurant Arreyate un Millo, just around the corner from Teatro…
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CONCERTS AT THE CAMEL HOUSE

SLEEPING BEAUTY UNDER A MUCKHEAP Kirsty Wark How closely Lanzarote might resemble the desert island for which BBC Radio 4 castaway Sir Ernest Hall once selected his musical and literary preferences with Kirsty Walk is hard to say.…
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WORDS FROM THE WRITER: LARRY YASKIEL an exclusive interview for Sidetracks And Detour

JUKE BOX JUDGE AND JURY Diligently undertaking the depth of research our readers demand of us, I googled Larry Yaskiel before conducting our interview with him, and unearthed an extensive on-line presence, though some of those entries that…
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STREET SCENES praised by Steve Bewick

STREET SCENE by Kurt Weill: Opera North Grand Theatre, Leeds, January 18th 2020 The synopsis for the Opera North production of Street Scenes, which opened at ´The Grand Theatre,´ Leeds on Saturday 18th January 2020, of one of Kurt…

REVIEWS AND PREVIEWS OF CLASSICAL MUSIC by Graham Marshall

Graham MarshallRochdale Music Society MUSICIANS IN TRANSCIENCE On reading my latest e mail from Graham Marshall I was also reminded of not only how many classical musicians have enjoyed opportunities early in their careers through Rochdale…
MORE THAN TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS It all started for us on Friday December 6th with an event that is all-inclusive and is always elegant, cheerful and bright. The Princessa Yaiza Hotel has been inaugurating a Christmas lights display for…