Published on Friday 17 February 2017 Written by Kate Molleson The Scottish Ensembles’s default setting is flux and dynamism: that’s the mission of this string orchestra, and it makes for nimble conversations within the group. So it was a thrill to hear what happened when they were joined by Alina Ibragimova – a violinist of… Read more »
Published on Monday 14 November 2016 Written by Kate Molleson At the start of Ken Loach’s latest film I, Daniel Blake, the beleaguered Daniel spends hours on the phone to the Department for Work and Pensions, driven nuts by a chirpy holding jingle. Later we see Dan take a spray can to the local jobcentre: “I,… Read more »
Written by Alfred Hickling Published on Monday 23 November 2015 The composition of Bach’s Goldberg Variations will always be mysterious. Were they really a musical sheep-counting exercise for the benefit of an insomniac ambassador? A harmonic exegesis of the Ptolemaic universe? A private joke at the expense of an unkind critic? Or maybe, as this… Read more »
Our news feed is now looking REALLY IMMODEST but please know that we are proud/grateful/humbled. #RPSMusicAwards… https://t.co/BZJ2a0mcoI, Yes, we're delighted to say that we've been shortlisted for the #RPSMusicAwards for our work across 2017. Great to… https://t.co/RSufLNzaWj, Without wanting to parp our own trumpets too much (not least because we're a string ensemble) - can we take a momen… https://t.co/cLISiyqupa,