BRIDPORT: Yellow Room acoustic trio to perform at Beach and Barnicott
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David Squirrell on Mandolin started out on double bass in a Trad Jazz band, Pete Millson on guitar is a singer-songwriter and Emma McEvoy with her extensive knowledge of classical music plays violin and recorder. Together their diverse musical …

BRIDPORT: Local performances by classical guitar star
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CLASSICAL music star Craig Ogden will be performing and signing copies of his bestselling albums at Bridport Music next week. After playing in high-profile venues such as The Barbican and The Royal Albert Hall, Classic Brit Award nominee Craig Ogden …

Thoughts of a sitar hero
Herald Scotland
I'd been getting more and more interested in Indian classical music with Baba around. So when the Second World War broke out, my brother disbanded the troupe and I went back to India and decided to focus on the sitar,” he says. …

In-spiring music in shadow of cathedral
Peterborough Today
CLASSICAL music concerts continue to provide a touch of culture to Peterborough city centre during the summer. Free concerts in Cathedral Square are being held on Wednesdays from 12.30pm to 1.20pm through August. One of London's best recognised …

Classical and Jazz: Preview – Kora player Sona Jobarteh at the Vortex Jazz …
Islington Tribune newspaper website
To be made into a musical instrument, it is cut in half and covered with cow skin to make a resonator; then a notched bridge like that of a lute or guitar is added. Ordinarily played, the kora sounds like a harp. When played in the West African style, …

Nero: Welcome Reality – review
The Guardian
It has vast brass fanfares, a film-trailer voiceover, disaster-movie strings, lashing rain, a dramatic sample from John Adams's Harmonielehre – a classical piece inspired by a 1911 study of tonal harmony by Schoenberg that married the developmental …

Classical guitar duo at Great Witley Church
Kidderminster Shuttle
A CLASSICAL guitar duo will give a free recital at Great Witley Church on Sunday, August 7. Dodici Corde, will play works from the early classical guitar era of 1780-1880 on period instruments. Dodici Corde features Danielle Saxon Reeves and Mark …

Susan Nickalls on the other classical offerings on the Fringe
Edinburgh Festivals
Late-night events include Shostakovich Late and Messiaen Late and a chance to hear phenomenal Edinburgh guitarist Sean Shibe playing Ginastera and Piazolla in Latino Nights – Classical Guitar. Canongate Kirk on the Royal Mile is another of the city's …

World Routes Academy, Royal Albert Hall – review
Evening Standard
I was trying, and failing, to think of a classical singer with the same status and artistry – Jesse Norman, Cecilia Bartoli? I'm afraid not. I asked Roger Wright, director of the BBC Proms, after the concert. He also couldn't think of anyone with the …

Sweet, Swede jazz in Edinburgh
Scotsman
As one third of the celebrated Esbjörn Svensson Trio (EST) – whose blend of jazz, contemporary classical, rock and sheer artistry attracted the kind of audiences associated with stadium rockers – Öström was indeed at the heart of things, …

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