by Malcolm Pullan | Nov 8, 2011 | Performing Music
I wonder if you have a hero? If so, I wonder what sort of hero this person is. Maybe he or she plays sports. Maybe he or she is in a book. Or maybe he or she is on TV. I have a hero. He appears on TV. I want to tell you a little bit about him. His name is Gareth...
by Malcolm Pullan | Mar 28, 2011 | Bach, Classical Composers, Classical Music, Country, Live Music
Can you believe it? This is what a four-year old said to his mother after going to a concert of classical music! His name is Joe and he has two brothers. This is what they said about the same concert: “I really enjoyed the concert. It was amazing to see a big...
by Malcolm Pullan | Dec 20, 2010 | Special Occasions
Merry Christmas everybody! Thank you for visiting my site this year. Christmas is a great time for music. People are making music all over the world at this time of year. For many people, it’s the one time of year they do make music—by singing Christmas...
by Malcolm Pullan | Dec 10, 2010 | Baroque, Classical Music, Live Music, Uncategorized
That’s what a 9-year old girl wrote in her diary on Sunday after going to her first ever concert of classical music. And her mother told me afterwards that her daughter had been “quite overwhelmed by the experience”. You might think from this that...
by Malcolm Pullan | Nov 11, 2010 | Classical Music, Live Music
The CBSO have done it again! Last Sunday they performed another children’s concert to a packed hall (see How Would You Like to Drive a World Class Racing Car? for an article about the previous one). And the music this time was out of this world! I know, I...
by Malcolm Pullan | Nov 1, 2010 | Classical Composers, Classical Music, Country, Live Music, Modern, Russia, Shostakovich
It was Halloween last night. And last night I watched a bunch of kids dressed in black scare me witless. These kids didn’t just scare me—they terrified me! I’m not kidding. I was really really scared. And the kids didn’t even say a single...
by Malcolm Pullan | Oct 8, 2010 | General, Special Occasions
I have something different for you this week. I want to tell you about a book for grown-ups that I have just finished reading. It’s called ‘A Song for Jenny’ and is written by Julie Nicholson. This book is a true story. It is about a young woman...
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 | Sep 13, 2010 | General
Hello everybody! It’s been a while since I’ve written any news. It’s been summer, which means holidays and fun. I hope you’ve had a good time if you’ve been away. I’ve been wondering for a few weeks what to write about for my first...
by Malcolm Pullan | Jul 6, 2010 | Live Music, Performing Music
England’s not a very happy place at the moment. Not only have they been knocked out of the World Cup football, but Andrew Murray didn’t get to the finals at Wimbledon either. Isn’t that sad? All that expectation. All that excitement. And all that time and...
