I’m listening to the John Williams soundtrack for the film “Lincoln.” It’s magnificent: pure Copland at times with its scoring, full of soaring melodies that could only be American. There […]
Chris Glynn is dad of one of my great kids in the band, and a magnificently talented illustrator. This sketch is from our Christmas concert in the Millennium Centre. Check […]
I’m sitting in a concert hall listening to the pre-match ritual. Harpist is tuning. Trumpeter is checking some corners. One of my fellow horn players is alone up at the […]
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