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The Conductor’s Interpretation!
Presto – A Happy Dog!
Posted in About Brendan Ball
Tagged cartoon, Conductor, Dog, happy, humor, Humour, interpretation, muic, musical, orchestra, orchestral, presto
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The Messiah – Happy 175th Birthday Royal Liverpool Philharmonic!
Happy birthday! Today is exactly 175 years since the founding of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic. To celebrate, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (Britain’s oldest orchestra, by the way!) and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir are giving our annual performance of … Continue reading
Posted in The Tour Blogs & Brendan's Solo Blogs
Tagged 175, 2015, ainsley, anniversary, bill, brindley, Britain, Britains, choir, concert, Conductor, gaia, gritton, Hall, Handel, houghton, japan, John, liverpool, Mark, Messiah, nathalie, oldest, orchestra, orchestra Uk, petrone, philharmonic, review, Reviews, royal, sherratt, stutzmann, susan, tour, Uk's, Wilbraham, william, years
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Stellar Soprano Pumeza Matshiza Limbers Up For The RLPO ‘Spirit Of Xmas’ Series…
Posted in The Tour Blogs & Brendan's Solo Blogs
Tagged 'RLPO', christmas, concerts, Conductor, ian, matshikiza, of, pumeza, soloist, soprano, spirit, tracey, xmas
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The Arutunian Trumpet Concerto
I’m taking a few days off the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra this week. I have been rehearsing in Chichester as I will be performing the Trumpet Concerto by Alexander Arutunian at St. George’s Church, Cleveland Road, Whyke, Chichester this evening. … Continue reading
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The Hammer Blow Of Fate!
The final movement of Mahler’s Sixth Symphony is punctuated by three hammer blows. Alma Mahler quotes her husband as saying that these were three mighty blows of fate befallen by the hero, “the third of which fells him like a … Continue reading
The Whit Friday March Contests – 13/6/2014
Friday 13th may not strike many as a lucky day to be entering the gladitorial arena that is brass band contesting, but that was the date of this year’s Whit Friday March Contests in the beautiful West Pennine areas of … Continue reading
Posted in The Brass Section
Tagged 'RLPO', alice, and, ashton, ass, bad, ball, band, bands, black, boardman, bousfield, Brass, brendan, brighouse, chris, Conductor, contest, cornet, cowen, crossley, delph, denshaw, dyke, emma, friday, friezland, greenhalls, grieg, haggart, howard, ian, jim, jimmy, jon, jonathan, lees, liverpool, lydgate, lynch, major, march, marches, marcus, mills, morley, murray, orchestra, parkes, peter, phil, philharmonic, powell, rastrick, Robin, royal, simo, stokes, tilly, tomkins, Trumpet, whit
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Michael Nyman ‘Symphony No. 11 : Hillsborough Memorial’
Today, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra has been working with legendary film music composer Michael Nyman. The RLPO has begun a weekend of recording sessions to make a commercial recording of Michael’s ‘Symphony No. 11: Hillsborough Memorial’. The orchestra has … Continue reading
Richard Strauss Horn Concerto No. 2 – Tim Jackson
A great photo (below), by Chris Morley, of RLPO Principal Horn star, Timothy Jackson. Tim will be displaying his solo wares with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra as concerto soloist in the beautiful Concerto for French Horn no. 2. by … Continue reading
Posted in The Brass Section
Tagged 'Concerto', 'RLPO', 2, chris, Conductor, french, Hall, horn, image, jackson, liverpool, morley, no., number, performance, Petrenko, philharmonic, photograph, rehearsal, richard, royal, solo, soloist, Strauss, tim, Timothy, two, Vasily
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