Florence Price – Violin Concerto No.2
I’m trying to do my own tiny bit to recognise diversity in classical music, and the obvious place to start is Florence Price.
17 Jun 2020
A lockdown project in which I seek to broaden the contents of my music collections by exploring pieces that I feel I ought to know but don’t, in a musical blind date.
I’m trying to do my own tiny bit to recognise diversity in classical music, and the obvious place to start is Florence Price.
Haydn’s string quartets have been providing a welcome refuge from another week of bad-temper and turbulence in British politics.
After too long basically ignoring Berlioz, I decided I should go on the rollercoaster journey with Faust and Mephistopheles.
Getting past folksongs, hymns and that Lark – a BBC4 documentary prompted me to explore Vaughan Williams’ symphonic response to the First World War.
Introducing my new lockdown listening project, in which I explore some of the gaping holes in my collection in a musical version of snog-marry-avoid.
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