• When a Man Knows

    Updated: 2010-08-24 14:37:22
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Planet Hugill Classical Music blog from Robert Hugill Classical Music Blog from London based singer and classical music composer , Robert Hugill News , Views and opera reviews , CD reviews musings on contemporary music and writing new . music Tuesday , August 24, 2010 When a Man Knows Saturday saw the successful second performance of my opera When a Man Knows as part of Tete a Tete:The Opera Festival at the Riverside Studios in Hammersmith . We had the same cast as last time , still a concert performance , but doing it in a theatre , with proper lighting made a great deal of difference . Also , performing the work for a second time was a great help . Present in the audience was Ian Caddy , who is directing the work when we stage it next year . The opera

  • Review of The Flying Dutchman

    Updated: 2010-08-24 07:32:23
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Planet Hugill Classical Music blog from Robert Hugill Classical Music Blog from London based singer and classical music composer , Robert Hugill News , Views and opera reviews , CD reviews musings on contemporary music and writing new . music Tuesday , August 24, 2010 Review of The Flying Dutchman Whilst we were on holiday we visited the opera festival at Gut Immling in Bavaria , seeing The Flying Dutchman My review is here on Music and Vision . Posted by Robert H at 7:31 AM Labels : opera 1 comments : amjadbutt said . Download MP3 Songs Free Are you looking for MP3 players or Ipod players We have huge range of Download mp3 player music players and we offer Download mp3 player software list as well . 1:25 PM Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe

  • 1 Day to Go - Salutary experience

    Updated: 2010-08-20 12:17:13
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Planet Hugill Classical Music blog from Robert Hugill Classical Music Blog from London based singer and classical music composer , Robert Hugill News , Views and opera reviews , CD reviews musings on contemporary music and writing new . music Friday , August 20, 2010 1 Day to Go Salutary experience At last night's rehearsal for my opera , When a Man Knows we had that problem which everyone who works with singers has , at some time or other : one of the singers was ill . So I stood in a sketched in the part . It was a salutary experience . It is one thing sitting at your computer or piano and deciding on some rather tricky ideas , time signatures etc . But it is entirely another thing to actually try to sing them I am planning on revising When a Man Knows next

  • Symphony in C++

    Updated: 2010-08-20 04:18:32
    Every now and then I can’t keep my classical music and science nerd parts apart. Today was one of those days. I present: A Symphony in C++: key get_secondary_key(key home_key){ if (home_key.minor == TRUE){ secondary_key=relative_major(home_key); }else{ secondary_key=home_key+5; } }   void sonata_form(key home_key,tempo base_tempo){ //Calculate secondary key secondary_key=get_secondary_key(home_key);   //First get people in the mood [...]

  • Collaborative Piano Studies at the Cleveland Institute of Music

    Updated: 2010-08-18 23:27:00
    : The Collaborative Piano Blog The piano in ensemble . The piano in real . life Pages Home Subscribe About This Blog About Chris Foley Study with Chris Foley Contact Wednesday , August 18, 2010 Collaborative Piano Studies at the Cleveland Institute of Music The Cleveland Institute of Music offers a Master of Music , Artist Diploma , and Doctor of Musical Arts in collaborative piano . For full information about the program , check out the CIM catalog information specific to the collaborative piano programs is on pages 24, 41, and 42. In case you're interested in auditioning , you can also find the complete repertoire for the vocal and instrumental repertoire lists . online Here are the complete course requirements for the Master of Music 40 credit hours Principal Performance Studies MUAP

  • Three Days to GO!

    Updated: 2010-08-18 10:36:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Planet Hugill Classical Music blog from Robert Hugill Classical Music Blog from London based singer and classical music composer , Robert Hugill News , Views and opera reviews , CD reviews musings on contemporary music and writing new . music Wednesday , August 18, 2010 Three Days to GO We are rehearsing tomorrow night in our church hall and then on Saturday morning we actually get into a theatre . So far my opera , When a Man knows has been both rehearsed and performed in churches . But on Saturday we will be presenting it at the Riverside Studios in Hammersmith , as part of Tête à Tête : The Opera Festival This weekend is the last of the festival , so if you haven't been yet . GO We are , of course , doing the opera in concert . But doing it in a theatre

  • Eugh, I know the feeling…

    Updated: 2010-08-16 19:48:45
    via Reddit. Anyone know where it originally comes from?

  • Three Days to GO!

    Updated: 2010-08-06 07:32:36
    skip to main skip to sidebar Planet Hugill Classical Music blog from Robert Hugill Classical Music Blog from London based singer and classical music composer , Robert Hugill News , Views and opera reviews , CD reviews musings on contemporary music and writing new . music Friday , August 06, 2010 Apologies for the sparse postings . Last weekend we were in Boppard , a charming small town on the Rhine where London Concord Singers sang a concert a the Evangelische Kirche on the Saturday evening , followed by Mass at the Church of St . Severus on Sunday morning . Posted by Robert H at 7:30 AM 0 comments : Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom When a Man knows When a man knows August 21st 2010 Subscribe To Posts Atom Posts Comments Atom Comments Labels

  • Recent CD review

    Updated: 2010-08-06 07:30:32
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Planet Hugill Classical Music blog from Robert Hugill Classical Music Blog from London based singer and classical music composer , Robert Hugill News , Views and opera reviews , CD reviews musings on contemporary music and writing new . music Friday , August 06, 2010 Recent CD review My review of Marc Antoine Charpentier's David et Jonathans from Pinchgut Opera is here An appealing record of what sounds like a fascinating performance Posted by Robert H at 7:27 AM 0 comments : Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom When a Man knows When a man knows August 21st 2010 Subscribe To Posts Atom Posts Comments Atom Comments Labels ballet review 7 book review 17 cd news 14 cd review 243 Competition 1 concert review 91 diary 183

  • Choose Your Own Damn Mahler Adventure

    Updated: 2010-08-05 02:10:04
    Do you love Mahler? Do you want to marry him and have his babies? Well it’s a bit late for that, but it’s not too late to participate in Deutsche Grammophon and Decca’s latest foray into the classical music social media scene. They’ve done a bang-up job arranging this one. The idea is that they [...]

  • Not quite dead yet

    Updated: 2010-08-04 02:07:55
    Holy crap! Check this out! TEXT! Yeah, writing is mysteriously appearing in this space, and that’s because despite all the stuff that’s been happening recently my fingers have not completely broken up their relationship with the keyboard. And what “stuff” could have been happening? Well as an e.g., in an unrelated order of importance… Various [...]

  • Previews

    Updated: 2010-07-25 10:37:53
    Previews of the opera festival are out, though no mention of When a Man knows yet!

  • Recent CD Review

    Updated: 2010-07-24 10:55:06
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Planet Hugill Classical Music blog from Robert Hugill Classical Music Blog from London based singer and classical music composer , Robert Hugill News , Views and opera reviews , CD reviews musings on contemporary music and writing new . music Saturday , July 24, 2010 Recent CD Review My review of another of Christ Church Cathedral Choir's recordings from the Nimbus catalogue , this time the Frank Martin and Francis Poulenc masses . The review is here on MusicWeb . International An attractive combination of works , strongly characterised and intelligently sung Posted by Robert H at 10:53 AM Labels : cd review 0 comments : Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom When a Man knows When a man knows August 21st 2010 Subscribe To

  • Recent CD Review

    Updated: 2010-07-16 08:15:49
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Planet Hugill Classical Music blog from Robert Hugill Classical Music Blog from London based singer and classical music composer , Robert Hugill News , Views and opera reviews , CD reviews musings on contemporary music and writing new . music Friday , July 16, 2010 Recent CD Review My review of a disc of Magnificats by Cavalli is here on MusicWeb . International You won't quite get the crisp , vibrant music-making which this music deserves Posted by Robert H at 8:14 AM Labels : cd review 0 comments : Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom When a Man knows When a man knows August 21st 2010 Subscribe To Posts Atom Posts Comments Atom Comments Labels ballet review 7 book review 17 cd news 14 cd review 243 Competition 1

  • Review of Manon

    Updated: 2010-07-14 07:28:14
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Planet Hugill Classical Music blog from Robert Hugill Classical Music Blog from London based singer and classical music composer , Robert Hugill News , Views and opera reviews , CD reviews musings on contemporary music and writing new . music Wednesday , July 14, 2010 Review of Manon My review of Massenet's Manon from Covent Garden , with Anna Netrebko in the title role , is here at Music and Vision subscription site Posted by Robert H at 7:27 AM Labels : opera 0 comments : Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom When a Man knows When a man knows August 21st 2010 Subscribe To Posts Atom Posts Comments Atom Comments Labels ballet review 7 book review 17 cd news 14 cd review 243 Competition 1 concert review 91 diary 183

  • Recent CD Review

    Updated: 2010-07-10 08:55:50
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Planet Hugill Classical Music blog from Robert Hugill Classical Music Blog from London based singer and classical music composer , Robert Hugill News , Views and opera reviews , CD reviews musings on contemporary music and writing new . music Saturday , July 10, 2010 Recent CD Review My review of Rossini's Otello from the Rossini in Wildbad Festival , recorded live on Naxos , is here If you are curious about Rossini's version of Otello then you will not go far wrong with this Naxos recording Posted by Robert H at 8:54 AM Labels : cd review 0 comments : Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom When a Man knows When a man knows August 21st 2010 Subscribe To Posts Atom Posts Comments Atom Comments Labels ballet review 7 book

  • Review of Salome

    Updated: 2010-07-10 08:29:16
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Planet Hugill Classical Music blog from Robert Hugill Classical Music Blog from London based singer and classical music composer , Robert Hugill News , Views and opera reviews , CD reviews musings on contemporary music and writing new . music Saturday , July 10, 2010 Review of Salome My review of Salome from Covent Garden , with Angela Denoke in the title role , is here on Music and Vision subscription site Posted by Robert H at 8:28 AM Labels : opera review 0 comments : Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom When a Man knows When a man knows August 21st 2010 Subscribe To Posts Atom Posts Comments Atom Comments Labels ballet review 7 book review 17 cd news 14 cd review 243 Competition 1 concert review 91 diary 183 feature

  • Review of Salome

    Updated: 2010-07-04 09:19:02
    skip to main skip to sidebar Planet Hugill Classical Music blog from Robert Hugill Classical Music Blog from London based singer and classical music composer , Robert Hugill News , Views and opera reviews , CD reviews musings on contemporary music and writing new . music Sunday , July 04, 2010 On Thursday we went to a private recital given by The English Concert celebrating the end of their season and the launch of their new season . They played Handel's Concerto Grosso Op . 6 no . 6 in G minor , Marcello's Oboe Concerto in D minor and Vivaldi's Concerto in D , RV208, Il Grosso Mogul The beautifully expressive soloist in the Marcello was Katharina Spreckelsen . In the Vivaldi , the solo part with its amazing cascades of notes was played with aplomb by Nadja Zwiener . Hearing such a group

  • Concert of Music for Life

    Updated: 2010-07-03 07:00:03
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Planet Hugill Classical Music blog from Robert Hugill Classical Music Blog from London based singer and classical music composer , Robert Hugill News , Views and opera reviews , CD reviews musings on contemporary music and writing new . music Saturday , July 03, 2010 Concert of Music for Life Tonight Japanese pianist Reiko Fujisawa will be giving a piano recital at St . Michael's church , Highgate . The recital is in support of Music for Life , a project which has pioneered and developed interactive , creative music workshop programmes for people living with dementia . Music for Life was founded in 1993 and is now managed by Wigmore Hall in partnership with Dementia UK . More details can be found on here Reiko Fujisawa's . web-site The programme includes Bach

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