by Malcolm Pullan | Sep 29, 2010 | Classical Composers, Classical Music, General, Mahler, Opera, Wagner
Have you ever noticed how much music we hear nowadays? It’s everywhere—in shops, in restaurants, in the ads on TV, in computer games… You can’t get away from music. Yet because there is so much music around, people are turning off. They...
by Malcolm Pullan | Apr 19, 2010 | Classical Music, Live Music, Modern, Opera
If you ask an adult about opera, most of them will make comments like, opera is boring, or opera is only for old people with too much money. To most adults, opera is a mysterious world which only mysterious people enter. They certainly wouldn’t think it’s...
by Malcolm Pullan | Feb 22, 2010 | Classical Composers, Classical Music, Live Music, Opera, Popular Music, Prokofiev, Reich
Last week was half-term break in the UK, so there was no school. This meant I could have a short break with my daughters and go to some music shows and concerts. Over the last week I went to three different events! I don’t normally go to that many in a week....
