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 | Mar 2, 2010 | Classical Music, Live Music
On the More About Me page, I wrote about how my father took me to concerts of classical music when I was only six! Well now I am a father myself, I want to do the same for my two daughters. And how lucky I am for this to be living in a different country and a...
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....
by Malcolm Pullan | Feb 8, 2010 | Live Music
This week’s news is very important. Unlike other weeks I prepared this talk beforehand. What you read below is the exact talk I gave to the school (or rather, meant to give it—I was not feeling very well today!). Here are a couple of points you should know...
by Malcolm Pullan | Feb 1, 2010 | Bach, Baroque, Classical Composers, Classical Music, Live Music, The Great Composers
So far this year I have played Mozart and Beethoven at assembly. I have chosen these composers because the school has a theme of ‘special people’, and Mozart and Beethoven are two of the most special composers who have ever lived. Today I played music from...
by Malcolm Pullan | Jan 25, 2010 | Classical Composers, Live Music, Mozart, Special Occasions
This week’s assembly at school was something special. Every year, each child from Year 5 is given a partner from the Reception year (children aged 4–5). The idea is that the older children will look after the younger ones and generally help them feel at...
