Strictly Romance
I’ll be honest—I’ve never watched a whole episode of Strictly Come Dancing. I used to watch bits when my mother was alive as it was, latterly, the one thing that she still enjoyed and, like…
Do you take your piano with you?
Since 2018, I have been occasionally performing around the country with a show that mixes my stand-up comedy and impressions (and, more recently, my own poetry) with around 14 short pieces of…
I never thought you could get injured playing the piano!
"I never thought you could get injured playing the piano!" That’s what I hear whenever I tell people about my latest little niggle or slight ache or totally agonising pain which has come (probably)…
November Pop-up Piano Events
There were a lot of smiles on faces of all ages after our three Pop-up Piano events last weekend—and not all of them thanks to Harry Hill. About 20 talented local players seized the chance to…
The Rise and Fall of John Field
John Field was born in Dublin in 1782 and gave his first public performance at the age of 10. He was musically educated largely by Muzio Clementi who took Field as a young boy to Europe to…
Charles Owen and St Laurence’s Steinway Piano
Charles Owen, who will be giving the Saturday evening recital is no stranger to St Laurence’s. As well as being an internationally eminent soloist, he has also established one of the world’s leading…
All Human Life is Here
For the last few weeks I have been putting together the programme notes that you can find by clicking on the button on each event. I was charged with finding a few short sentences to say a little…
The March of the Trolls
Norwegian composer, Edvard Grieg, was allegedly only 4 feet 11 inches tall. And his wife, it is said, was even smaller. The local story goes that when the two of them went out walking around his home…
Debussy: Alistair McGowan appearing on Mastermind
If you think you know everything there is to know about Debussy, test your knowledge this Saturday (April 22nd) when LPF Chair, Alistair McGowan, appears on Celebrity Mastermind on BBC One at 17:45…
Stepping in for Simon Callow
I hope I can get through Tennyson’s epic poem, Enoch Arden, at the inaugural Ludlow Piano Festival without breaking down in tears after having to take up the reins from Simon Callow. Simon has sadly…