Further Listening: Max Mandel After Our Beethoven Tour
Tuesday 20 February 2018
For our Beethoven tour with Nicola Benedetti, we did ten concerts in three different countries, ending in Abu Dhabi. We asked our Principal Viola Max Mandel for more Beethoven that you might want to read, watch or listen to next.
What is it like to be a Mezzo-Soprano?
Monday 26 February 2018
What is it like to be a mezzo-soprano?
Introducing Mozart's Horn
Friday 19 July 2019
Principal Horn Roger Montgomery looks at the instrument that would have been used to perform Mozart's horn concertos.
Introducing the Baroque Cello
Friday 19 July 2019
Our Principal Cello Luise Buchberger introduces the Baroque Cello.
Introducing the Baroque Oboe
Friday 19 July 2019
Our Principal Oboe Katharina Spreckelsen explains why the quirks of the baroque oboe make it so exciting.
Introducing the Baroque Horn
Friday 19 July 2019
Principal Horn Roger Montgomery shows us the basics of the baroque horn and how it differs from the modern instrument.
Introducing the Clavichord
Friday 19 July 2019
Our Principal Keyboard Steven Devine introduces the 'wildcard' keyboard instrument, the clavichord... in his kitchen.
Introducing Haydn's Oboe
Friday 19 July 2019
Principal Oboe Daniel Bates tells us about the instrument that composer Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) would have been familiar with.
Introducing Mozart's Fortepiano
Friday 19 July 2019
Our Principal Keyboard Steven Devine shows us the instrument Mozart would have played towards the end of his life.
Introducing Mozart's Clarinet
Friday 19 July 2019
Our Principal Clarinet Antony Pay takes us through the staple instrument of the time, the five key clarinet, and shows us the type of basset clarinet he believes enables you to play Mozart's Clarinet Concerto best.
