Try not to forget this

Try not to forget this

In case you missed it, one of the hottest tickets at this year’s BBC Promenade concerts was the Aurora Orchestra performing Beethoven’s Choral Symphony from memory.  Yes, you read that right, folks – a whole symphony orchestra, 128-piece choir, four soloist and...
The Olympics opening ceremony RUINED?

The Olympics opening ceremony RUINED?

It rained so hard in Paris for the Olympic Opening Ceremony, I felt wet just watching it.  A flamboyant fashion catwalk in the rain, dancers reenacting the French Revolution in the rain, a steel horse sprinting over the Seine in the rain.  Rain. Rain. Rain.   Don’t...
We are the Last Night of the Proms!

We are the Last Night of the Proms!

So, the Rainer Hersch Orkestra are finally taking over the Last Night of the Proms.  Okay, this may not be the Albert Hall Last Night, but who needs that vast barn better given over to lion taming than classical concerts?   Not us.  Instead, my Orkestra and I are...
Born Again Viola Player

Born Again Viola Player

If you are reading this and didn’t know, you are one of the last people on the planet to hear that, a couple of weeks ago, I PASSED MY GRADE 8 VIOLA.  I think I have told everyone else: Facebook, Twitter, random people in the street.  I have even been half expecting...
The entire population of Laos can’t be wrong

The entire population of Laos can’t be wrong

Did you know that over 7 days’ worth or video are uploaded to YouTube every minute?  The most watched clip of all time is one called Baby Shark Dance, which has been viewed 12 billion times.  It lasts 2 minutes 17 seconds and features two children singing the...

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