Tag Archives: concert programmes

Hogwood Archive: an introduction

Posted on 5 August 2022 by AP

The library has in recent years acquired significant materials and collections relating to the Early Music Revival. One of these is the Christopher Hogwood Archive, which was donated to the library by the Hogwood Estate. The aim of establishing a … Continue reading →

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Errollyn Wallen’s Music at the Pendlebury Library

Posted on 12 November 2021 by jamesluff

Earlier this year, I wrote highlighting a whole range of recent acquisitions for the Pendlebury Library’s collection. But here, I’d like to go into a little more detail about the works we hold by Errollyn Wallen CBE, composer and alumna of … Continue reading →

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The Black Bear at Senate House

Posted on 14 May 2021 by sw508

As avid readers of this blog will remember, the Black Bear Inn here in Cambridge was notable for its concerts held from the 1770’s to the 1800’s under the auspices of its Music Club. Sadly, like so many of the … Continue reading →

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Pigeons and bees at the Crystal Palace

Posted on 30 October 2020 by Kate

Time travel is by far the most practical and achievable sort of travel at the moment. Whilst a time lord might be tempted to zip forward a few years in the hope that the deficiencies of the present day will … Continue reading →

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“Unmurderable Beethoven” : Hans Keller celebrates Beethoven 200

Posted on 4 September 2020 by sw508

No, we’ve not got our dates wrong, dear reader – read on to see why. This week, we thought it might be fun to present a little concert to celebrate the Beethoven 250 centenary. But what about the programme notes? … Continue reading →

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Proms, Hans Keller, and, Beethoven 250

Posted on 7 August 2020 by sw508

Two for the price of one this week we’re delighted to say. It will come as no surprise for Hans Keller fans out there to learn that he wrote many programme notes for Proms concerts – primarily during the 1960s … Continue reading →

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At the Proms with Hans Keller: 24 July 1962

Posted on 24 July 2020 by sw508

Welcome to this evening’s Prom dear readers. We here at MusiCB3 thought we might offer you an alternative to that on offer from the esteemed BBC’s Proms Archive this evening and give you instead the one which took place on … Continue reading →

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Wood at the Proms

Posted on 6 September 2019 by mj263

2019 is the 150th anniversary of the birth of Sir Henry Wood. The British conductor’s name is inextricably linked with that of the Proms – probably the most famous music festival in the world. Although there had been promenade concerts … Continue reading →

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Hans Keller on…Schoenberg

Posted on 30 August 2019 by sw508

The start of a new series, this, where I give over my pen to Hans Keller and present some of the exquisite pieces which have surfaced from the dustier corners of his archive. This first, on Schoenberg, of whom Keller … Continue reading →

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Berlioz 150

Posted on 29 March 2019 by sw508

Now that the Hans Keller centenary is over, my lovely colleagues here at the UL were very concerned that I might be at a loose end. “I know,” they said “SW is a Berlioz fan isn’t she? We’ll ask her … Continue reading →

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