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Battle of Britain 75th Anniversary Concert

Posted on August 3, 2015 by rogerpinnock

Click/touch the link below for a poster for a poster to this concert in aid of The Battle of Britain Memorial Trust – the National Memorial at Capel-le-Ferne in memory of The Few. August poster print Trumpet Jeremy

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Goodbye and thank you to Ashford Sinfonia

Posted on July 21, 2015 by rogerpinnock

Always good for a giggle, Still, we work hard on our pieces, Having a go, Forgetting to play the sharps and flats, Oh good, I got that bit right, Remembering to watch Wes, Dynamics – what are they again? Sleigh … Continue reading →

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Open Day plus Part, Ravel and Beethoven July 19 at Finchcocks

Posted on July 9, 2015 by rogerpinnock

How time flies. Only was it last week that Arvo Part was Composer of the Week Radio 3. It’s hard to imagine that such beautiful work was banned by the communists in the 70’s, but come and hear live the … Continue reading →

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Ashford Sinfonia Quartet Weekend

Posted on July 6, 2015 by rogerpinnock

Three of us – Carole Collins-Biggs, Roger Pinnock and I plus a new friend, viola player Leigh Kennedy from Hastings – are just back from a highly enjoyable string quartet weekend course at Benslow Music. We played together for a … Continue reading →

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A Routine Rehearsal

Posted on June 12, 2015 by rogerpinnock

David Worsley I need to make two changes to set the record straight about my last blog. In no particular order: the title should have been “At the heart of the orchestra”, and not “The heart . . .”. My … Continue reading →

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Midsummer concert of Grieg, Mozart and Elgar

Posted on May 31, 2015 by rogerpinnock

Dear Music Lover For midsummer on Sunday June 21 at 7.30pm why not recall some of that old romance into your life with Primavera in a concert featuring piano quintets by Elgar and Grieg at the Ballroom in Herstmonceux Castle. … Continue reading →

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Half Term

Posted on May 20, 2015 by rogerpinnock

There will be no rehearsal on 25 May 2015 as it is half term and a Bank Holiday!

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The Heart of the Orchestra

Posted on May 18, 2015 by rogerpinnock

This term is going to be good. Sibelius, Mussorgsky, Dvorak, Elgar, and a threat of Wagner’s Mastersingers overture – what’s not to love! I recently made some discoveries: the French for a French Horn is ‘cor’. One notable composer wrote … Continue reading →

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New term

Posted on April 27, 2015 by rogerpinnock

Tonight was the second rehearsal of this term, and we were very pleased to welcome Catherine and Malcolm, two new French Horn players. We are fast approaching a full brass section! Sibelius’s Finlandia went well – if only the cellos … Continue reading →

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Bum Notes from the Brass

Posted on March 5, 2015 by rogerpinnock

When are passages difficult? We began the rehearsal with the 1st movement of Mendlesohn’s #3. We got as far as the 8th bar and started again, and again, and yet again. Why? Because Wes thought that we were not good … Continue reading →

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