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Review – Ludovico Einaudi, 27 November 2010, Town Hall
I was listening to Radio 4 on the way to this concert, and heard someone say that asking a musician to describe the genre of their own music is like asking someone to bite their own teeth.That analogy stretches to third parties, too, and is pertinent when considering the music of Italy‘s Ludovico Einaudi. Is [...] -
Review – Brian Eno’s Apollo + BCMG, Town Hall, 9 October 2010
Often, I go to a concert and think ‘yeah, that was OK, that was’; sometimes I go to a concert and am exceedingly impressed. And just occasionally I go to a concert and feel that it was just about as near to a life-changing experience as one can get in a concert hall. Brian Eno’s [...] -
Middle East Peace Orchestra, Town Hall, 16 November
A unique and moving collaboration between Arab and Jewish musicians from across Israel, Palestine, Egypt, Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon and Scandinavia. On their first ever UK tour, their songs and instrumentals delve deep into the traditions of Jewish klezmer, Middle-Eastern makam and classical Arabic sounds in a passionate and poetic programme. Come and support these [...] -
Sounds of Space at Town Hall / Symphony Hall – 7-9 October 2010
Town Hall and Symphony Hall present a weekend of music, talks and events inspired by the wonders of our universe and beyond. The Steve Tromans Debop Band gets the weekend off to a flying start. The Symphony Hall foyers are filled with a new specially commissioned piece Musikosmos as part of our Friday evening Rush [...] -
Salif Keita – 25 October, Town Hall
Salif Keita is one of the true giants of African music. For more than forty years he has been the goldsmith of modern Malian music, crossing musical and cultural frontiers with abandon, meshing rock, funk and jazz with the deepest West African traditions to forge a modern and original African sound. ‘The golden voice of [...] -
Review – The Dream of Gerontius, Birmingham Town Hall, 18 September 2010
I sang in the Dream of Gerontius once myself – about twenty years ago, when I was a student at Birmingham Conservatoire and anybody not in the orchestra was expected to be in the choir; my memory’s not that great, but I’m assuming it was for the 90th anniversary celebration because we too performed it [...] -
Coming up at Capsule – June update
Some new gig announcements, SILVER APPLES, electronica’s great granddaddy will be performing at Hare and Hounds, Thursday 5th August. Contrasting the flowery psychedelic rock music of the late-1960s, Silver Apples created an avant-garde sound based on little more than a homemade synthesizer (named the Simeon after their lead singer – Simeon) and an extensive drumkit. [...]
