For Martha's birthday we went to the Town Hall to hear the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. The high point was Boris Giltburg tackling Rachmaninov's glittering 2nd Piano Concerto - Martha's favourite piece of music. But we liked Tchaikovsky's Firs...
Having been at some concerts this weekend, I've just read a really interesting piece by the Director of the Cheltenham Music Festival. What exactly is classical music? Here are some of his musings: Our name, the Cheltenham Music Festival, remains ...
Went to a great concert yesterday with Tim and Ann, who are visiting for the weekend. Unusually, we sat on the Town Hall stage and watched the orchestra that was on the ground at the back of the hall, I guess because the BBC Philharmonic at fairly...