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Corsham Festival: Midnight Goggles

This was entrancing stuff for kids and kids-at-heart who love being told a story. read more
Corsham Festival: London Sinfonietta

London Sinfonietta's concert was more like being invited into their drawing room while they discussed their approach to various pieces and got into the mind of the composer. read more
Corsham Festival: Asamisimasa

With sudden illness, rapidly overcome, it has to be said, overtaking their featured soprano, Asamisimasa, a Nowegian group, had to make rapid programme changes to something that was already looking like chipping away certain frontiers. read more
Corsham Festival: Fiddlesticks

Clever name, a fiddle and percussion, and who would think a violin would blend so well with a stage full of percussion. But it did. And, despite one punter storming out saying it was too loud (it was billed as ensemblebash!) it demonstrated forcibly the incredible colours of the violin and showed that, even with four percussionists, you can achieve texture and gentle emotion. read more
Corsham Festival: Mary Dullea (piano) and Julia Bardsley (visuals)

Most of her piano playing being achieved by her fingers on the strings inside the instrument, a programme by Mary Dullea presents as much a challenge for the artist as it does for the audience. It does prove, of course, that almost as much can be created with your head inside the piano as with your seat firmly where it conventionally would be. read more

Archive - Tuesday, 1 July 2008