Tickets are selling very fast now, for this latest in my series of concerts with the de Havilland Philharmonic. I’m not surprised… the Nutcracker music is so glorious, who can resist? I had forgotten just how inventive and clever the music really is, until last week, and the first rehearsal, which reminded me of Tchaikovsky’s […]
Category: Musical Notes
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Scheherazade reviewed…
I don’t usually like to post reviews and toot my own trumpet, but a lovely review from the BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE website (no less) has turned up, of the Scheherazade performance last week in Cheltenham. This, I confess, does make me happy – for the orchestra, for the children, and above all for Rimsky-Korsakov! (and […]
The Music Makers: We are the dreamers of dreams…
Three demanding performances over three days, with long haul flights either side: This is how the Orchestra of the Music Makers travelled from Singapore for their European debut, and created a sensation. What stars they are! You may have heard about the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra; well the Orchestra of the Music Makers need fear […]
The sound of fairy-tales: the magical world of Rimsky-Korsakov
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov has always fascinated me as much for his choice of subject matter, as his music. No other serious composer dwelt so long on fairy tales and legends as did Rimsky, and he created whole new methods of instrumentation to bring his vision alive. In just two weeks I will be helping The […]
Orchestrating events
I realise things have been a little quiet on the Katie blog recently. Fear not, all sorts of news will soon be coming and as usual I don’t want to jinx things by making premature announcements. But there are exciting plans, wonderful ideas being discussed. If you are very quiet you might just hear the […]
Maestro Mayhew!
A lovely interview by the Cheltenham Festival has gone online, in which I talk about getting children to try Classical Music. It’s all in preparation for the performances I’ll be giving there this summer, with the extraordinary Orchestra of the Music Makers from Singapore. The article is titled: Maestro – but of course the true […]
Sinbad the Sailor and the stories of Scheherazade
For the last four years I’ve been working with the de Havilland Philharmonic Orchestra on a series of children’s concerts. I think what we do together is pretty unique and is certainly a highlight of my year. Apart from narrating stories around sections of the music I also illustrate them at an easel as the […]
