Music Matters - Sat 24th Jan

[ardcarp]

Quite an interesting edition today...Tom Service back on home ground.... which included La Philharmonie, a new make of grand piano and a chat with Elgar Howarth. I have always had the greatest admiration for EH, a thoroughly practical muscician! The new grand piano looks a bit like the interior of La Philharmonie; all asymmetric curves. The test will surely be whether world-class pianists will enjoy playing it, but I can't help thinking it would catch on better if it had a brand name everyone could pronounce.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0505jhm

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[Old Grumpy]

The new grand piano looks a bit like the interior of La Philharmonie; all asymmetric curves. The test will surely be whether world-class pianists will enjoy playing it, but I can't help thinking it would catch on better if it had a brand name everyone could pronounce.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0505jhm

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Certainly a stunning looking instrument! John Turville seemed well impressed with it, anyway.

OG

[Serial_Apologist]

Certainly a stunning looking instrument! John Turville seemed well impressed with it, anyway.

OG

Looks about to take off! Shame about the toilet for a piano stool.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Looks about to take off! Shame about the toilet for a piano stool.

Tempo comodo?

[Serial_Apologist]

Tempo comodo?

Nah - pigeon stool.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

A fascinating interview with Elgar Howarth.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Re the new piano, I would rather someone revived and developed the 2-keyboard Moor piano, or the 6-keyboard Janko piano.

[BBMmk2]

I was conducted by EH back in 1975 with Harry's Grimethorpe Aria. that's a piece and a half!! And I found it really good that they are advertising RNCM's Festival of Brass as well.