by Malcolm Pullan | Jun 8, 2010 | Classical Composers, Schumann
Today is a special day in the classical music world. For on this very day 200 years ago, the classical composer Robert Schumann was born! Robert Schumann was a composer of romantic classical music. Among other things, he composed lots of piano music, songs, fours...
by Malcolm Pullan | May 19, 2010 | Britten, Classical Composers, Classical Music, Live Music
Well? Would you? I know I would. Unfortunately I never have. But on Sunday I saw a ten-year old do just that! She stepped up nervously into the driving seat. And after a grown-up started her off, there was no turning back—off she roared!!! It was amazing. A...
by Malcolm Pullan | May 11, 2010 | Classical Composers, Classical Music, Country, Hugh Masekela, Jazz, Jazz Artists, Modern, Russia, Shostakovich, South Africa, Theme
Did you catch my news artcle about anti-bullying a few weeks ago? If not, you may want to look at it (click here). In that article I talked about someone called Annie Lynn who has written music to say ‘Stop That!’ to bullies. Well today I want to tell you...
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 30, 2010 | Popular Music, Theme
Hi everybody! I hope you’ve had a great time looking at all my jazz artist and classical composer pages. I’ve got something completely different for you today! Have you seen my Why is Music Important? page? On that page I talk about how music comes to the...
by Malcolm Pullan | Mar 9, 2010 | Performing Music
I listened to an interesting radio programme yesterday. It was all about music. It said many of the things I have been writing about on this website. For instance, the programme told listeners that no society has ever been found that does not have music! This means...
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....
