Teach them to finger themselves

by | Nov 19, 2009 | A view from the podium, cello

I’ve been delighted to see how many responses I’ve had to my last post on fingerings and bowings. By a complete coincidence, I found this morning I have another comrade in arms, Alban Gerhardt, who writes – I don’t know how it sounded out there in the hall...

Stop the fingerings!

by | Nov 15, 2009 | cello, Nuts and bolts

I suppose on of the main perks of a blog, for some the raison d’etre, is having a forum in which to rant about one’s little pet peeves. Given this facility, it’s a small wonder that I have not yet had a good little rant about one of my pet hates- fingerings in music....

Ischia Festival 2010- dates announced

by | Nov 15, 2009 | A view from the podium

Chamber music played with passion, coached professionally, in a truly stunning Mediterranean setting May 8-15, 2010. The Location The fabled southern Italian isle of Ischia – dreaming with Capri in the timeless blue waters of the Bay of Naples, is home to the...

What anxiety dreams tell us?

by | Nov 10, 2009 | A view from the podium

While in that fertile last hour of morning sleep before the alarm went off th other, I had strange and troubling dream. I’ve been trying to allow a bit of time lately to go back through pieces I’ve conducted this year using my own parts and make some small revisions,...