Recent content by Soubasse

A profoundly significant loss to music, especially Prog Rock. http://yesworld.com/2015/06/chris-squire/ Easily one of rock's best bassists, singers, songwriters, and the man who staunchly held Yes together through all their line-up and stylistic changes. "Lose one onto the Heart of the...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bntEvGmmD0M Why have I only just seen this?!?! Sorry if it's been up before, but I have done a search here and can't seem to find it. The incomparable Olivier Latry and his wife Shin-Young Lee give the most stunning performance that I've seen in quite some time...

Am rather at a loss for words. Repos paisiblement, Madame Marie-Claire. You were an inspiration for many generations, including mine. Tres tragique

Hello folks, I'm a little embarrassed to ask (mainly because I feel I really ought to know more about it!:)) but I'd be interested in some opinions from any experienced singers here (or teachers, musicologists, and other smart-alecs) about choices for lieder. I have a student in one of my...

Well folks, it has happened but because of the frenetic pace of the fortnight, I'm having to rely on videos and photos to remind myself of what actually happened! Suffice it to say that I now have a more practical and personal knowledge of the Alain organ. It is without doubt a most unique...

Well folks, it's fast approaching and I'm nervous on a number of levels. I've had a minor role in preparing the school choir for the brief Alain works that we are performing in Romainmotier Abbey in just a few weeks time (if I had nails to bite, I'd be doing it!). It's getting near "crunch"...

Hi folks, Just me again, found an old recording of another of my choral pieces from a while back now. It's not the best recording because of the distance between the organ and the choir (essentially at opposite ends of the building and the microphones were a bit closer to the organ). However...

Hi folks, I wanted to get another clip on my YouTube channel before 2010 was out and I just managed to post this on NYE. It's a solo guitar piece that I wrote a few years ago now, and is an attempt to convey my profound love for my wife (which is essentially inexpressible but when words fail...

Hi folks, If mods want to move this somewhere more appropriate, feel free. When it comes to contemporary works, I tend not to distinguish between electronic or acoustic instruments. :) I've had a blank YouTube channel floating around for a while so I thought it was high time I put something...

Don't know if you've done these before Ladies and Gentlemen, but a couple of other forums I'm on do this from time to time as a little brain-teaser for those who like to use various powers of aural deduction. I'll keep it devoid of extraneous information for the moment. Have a listen to the...

On the weekend I played continuo for a new completion of the Mozart Requiem. A local musicologist, Letho Kostoglou, has spent quite a few years doing a lot of exhaustive research and finally managed to secure a premiere performance of his edition. It was clearly an amibitious project and I think...

I have just this last hour heard the final 15 or so minutes of a thoroughly excellent address by Australian conductor Simone Young, on ABC FM. An edited transcript of it can be found here. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/arts/the-peggy-glanville-hicks-address/story-e6frg8n6-1225901804123...

A local choir I've been involved with on and off for the past few years has put a clip of one of the pieces I wrote for them onto their YouTube channel. Lumina specialise mainly in Early (Medieval/Renaissance) and Contemporary repertoire. They've approached expressions of interest from many...

Last year, I decided to introduce to my Yr 9 class a unit on Beethoven's superlative 3rd Symphony and, having just come into possession of the BBC/Opus Arte film Eroica, realised it would be a good way of putting the work into it's historical context. I further decided it would be worth keeping...

Have just returned from a thoroughly entertaining birthday celebration for the Adelaide Town Hall's superb J W Walker organ. The magnificent Thomas Trotter (with the city's Symphony Orchestra) performed some solo pieces along with the main drawcard, Jongen's Symphonie Concertante. It was a...