Tag Archives: Hans Keller

Opening the “wardrobe of dots”: ChamberStudio Hans Keller Forum, Cambridge 4 – 6 January 2023

Posted on 20 January 2023 by sw508

The New Year couldn’t have got off to a better, more inspiring start. It was my great privilege to be given permission to go behind the scenes at the pre Lent Term Hans Keller Forum run by London-based ChamberStudio here … Continue reading →

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Hans Keller’s E major challenge

Posted on 19 August 2022 by sw508

Reading Hans Keller’s programme note on Franz Schreker’s Suite for the Birthday of the Infanta for a concert by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Gennady Rozhdestvensky at the Royal Festival Hall in October 1978 (which also included Scriabin’s Piano Concerto in F … Continue reading →

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Hans Keller and “Music Review”

Posted on 24 June 2022 by sw508

Working my way gently through every single item in the Keller archive, preparing it all for its final phase, I am struck, yet again, by the sheer volume of his output. Yet again, I wonder how, physically, he managed to … Continue reading →

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An evening of Brahms with Hans Keller

Posted on 20 May 2022 by sw508

Take your seats, everyone, please, the concert is about to start. This evening an (improbable) all-Brahms concert at The Other Place Festspielhaus is being given in the first half, by the Orchestra of the Eternal Age conducted by the composer … Continue reading →

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At the event: Hugh Wood memorial concert

Posted on 7 January 2022 by sw508

It falls to me to compose the first post for 2022 and so I must begin by wishing all our devoted readers well for the coming year and to thank you for continuing to read our articles – we much … Continue reading →

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To celebrate, to commemorate: Hugh Wood (1932 – 2021)

Posted on 17 September 2021 by mj263

“He was never blessed with self-confidence – and it makes his music so good. He gave it so much care and attention. He embraced life in all its dimensions – physical, mental and intellectual.” Thus writes Professor Edward Venn in … 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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Beethoven the arranger: exploring the countryside

Posted on 3 July 2020 by sw508

Continuing our celebrations of the Beethoven 250 anniversary, I thought we might take a little look at one of the, perhaps, dustier corners of his output – that of his arrangements of some of his own works (not to be … Continue reading →

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