Since the last update more details have come in about Roger Marsh’s Poor Yorick at the Laurence Sterne celebrations with my former Hilliard Ensemble colleagues on March 22, after which I leave for Ecuador for concerts and a masterclass in Quito with Ariel Abramovich. I’ll post further details about all these shortly, and concerts in April with Edward Jessen and Jacob Heringman.
La dársena
Ariel Abramovich has just given a long interview about Secret History (in Spanish) for RTVE’s La dársena music magazine programme. You can catch it here (starts at 1.25.19): http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/audios/la-darsena/darsena-ariel-abramovich-04-02-18/4459498/
Tony Banks 5
Tony Banks’ new orchestral album 5 has had a rapturous reception in the prog press, and Tony has spoken about the songs he’s composed for me on the Genesis-News Website as well as in the current Record Collector (no relation to The Record Collector I mentioned in a recent post):
I went several times to the Marquee in 1967 though I didn’t see the Nice. I did hear the Yardbirds (with Eric Clapton), John Mayall, Sonny Boy Williamson, Long John Baldry and a very young and delicate Rod (‘the Mod’, as he then was) Stewart. The Swingles stayed at the same hotel as Rod in Perth about ten years later, and we all stood and gawped as he processed through the foyer with his entourage. I once heard a journalist ask Ward Swingle what he thought of progressive bands like Genesis, Pink Floyd, Nice, Yes? To which he replied ‘Very…’.
The diary for the next couple of months looks like this at the moment (recent updates in blue):
February 22
Life after Josquin Newcastle University (13.10)
(with Jacob Heringman lute)
March 2
Alternative History Triskel Arts Centre Cork
March 16
In this trembling shadow
Iglesia de Santa Brígida, Sta. Brígida, GRAN CANARIA. (20:00)
(with Ariel Abramovich (lute)
March 17
In this trembling shadow
Iglesia de Las Clarisas, La Laguna, TENERIFE (20:30)
(with Ariel Abramovich lute)
March 18
In this trembling shadow
Iglesia San Francisco, Sta.Cruz de La Palma, LA PALMA (12:30)
(with Ariel Abramovich lute)
March 22
Laurence Sterne celebrations St George’s Hanover Square, London
(Roger Marsh: Poor Yorick with former members of the Hilliard Ensemble)
March 24
Master class
Festival Internacional de Música Sacra, Quito, Ecuador
(with Ariel Abramovich lute)
March 26
In this Trembling shadow
Festival Internacional de Música Sacra, Quito, Ecuador
(with Ariel Abramovich lute)
March 27
In this Trembling shadow
Festival Internacional de Música Sacra, Quito, Ecuador
(with Ariel Abramovich lute)
April 13
Flammarion Correspondences Bonnie Bird Theatre, London
(Edward Jessen preview)
April 22
Life after Josquin York (house concert 3.00)
(with Jacob Heringman lute)
May 26
Book of Lost Lute Songs EMF Sutton Courtenay (2.15)
(with Jacob Heringman lute)
Discography
I’ve at last got around to updating the discography page. It’s still not complete but at least the press quotes are now pasted beside the relevant albums (thanks Inigo).
