Music
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Paean: Celebrating Herbert Howells
In its mysterious and brooding textures, something about Herbert Howell’s ‘Paean’ resonated immediately with me when I first heard it in 2013. I had played ‘Pageantry’ and knew of ‘Three Figures’, two staple works within the brass band repertoire. I was curious to learn more about one of of England’s great 20th century composers, and…
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Fanitullen – on eight cornets!
It was a long wait serving notice on my job in London ahead of eventually moving to Norway – over 12 months in fact – which is a lot of time to ponder a new culture awaiting me on the other side of the North sea. Through research for the project æðelfrìth, I’d already started…
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I know in heaven, a castle
What a difference three years can make. It is roughly that long since I first made a trumpet sextet version of this little arrangement, which later became the version that Manger Musikklag performed so beautifully last Sunday evening. Rehearsing this piece with the band transported me back to a difficult period. When it was written,…
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Arban – THE cornet method
Arban’s famous cornet method, out of copyright and available to download as PDF files.
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Self-promotion vs janteloven
It’s been over two years since I posted on this blog, and so an overhaul of this online professional portfolio has been somewhat overdue. There’s been a few tweaks to represent current activities timed with a recent relocation to Bergen. Notably, a new professional focus on cornet, and graphic design services being offered. It’s been…
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Jórvíkekkoer
The Ryedale Festival opens today up in North Yorkshire. In anticipation of the appearance of my group ‘æðelfrìth’ next week on Friday 24th, this is a synopsis of an original piece that I have written. It is one of four new pieces that will get either a world or UK premiere in our programme. When we were asked…
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The p-Lur project – Part 4: it’s all coming to a head
The distinctive feature of the Scandinavian Lur is undoubtedly it’s dimpled head. This is the bit that makes it recognisable as a symbol of ancient Denmark, and likens its appearance to something in the B&Q bathroom catalogue (where is the temperature control on this thing?). I learned recently that these instruments are also known as a ‘gjallarhorn’, or…
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The p-Lur project – Part 3: Bending it like Brudevælte
It’s been a while since my last post on this topic, and that is because progress has been a little slow, and writing about it has had to come second to getting it finished! However, it is now near enough done and being played in rehearsals for the premiere of my new piece for æðelfrìth: brass quintet, being…
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Practising practice
This is a short summary of a presentation that I was privileged to be invited to give just over a month ago to some of my colleagues on the subject of managing practice. That is; the practice of practise. Apparently they found this collection of these ideas quite inspiring and motivational, so I have decided to share…
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