Trio session pics

The as yet un-named trio consisting of Matthew Trusler, Lawrence Power and Simon Crawford-Philips was in the studio last week, recording works for violin, viola and piano by Bax, Brahms and rebecca Clark.

Lawrence


Lawrence & Simon


Simon


Someone thought it would be a good idea to switch instruments around for a while. It sounded suprisingly good actually.


Although Matthew still hasn't learnt the viola clef...

Conchord ask the questions...

Conchord members Maya, Dan, Emily and Julian ask each other some challenging questions:

Maya: What is your favourite city (after St Petersburg of course)?
Julian: Vienna
Emily: Spoleto, Italy (where I played two Russian operas, Eugene Onegin and War and Peace)
Maya: Paris (surprise surprise!)

Emily: What is your favourite Russian piece of music? (aside from Balakirev, of course:-)
Daniel: Eugene Onegin, Tschaikovsky. Devastating and perfect!
Julian: So many…but Evgeny Onegin is probably the piece I would take to a desert island
Maya: Glazunov String Quintet is certainly one of them. Rachmaninov 2nd piano concerto (with Rachmaninov). Tchaikovsky 5 (Happy Philharmonia memories with Muti). Stravinsky Firebird. Balakirev Islamey. Glazunov Violin Concerto (Milstein). And so many more!

Maya: What was your most memorable experience of this recording?
Julian: Looking at the night sky above Potton Hall!
Emily: Other than the recording of course(!) jumping on Jeremy Hayes' trampoline in recording breaks
Maya: Jeremy Hayes keeping a smile on his face after 11 hours of recording in one day... (and everyone else, too, actually!)

Emily: What has been your best seafood experience in Suffolk?
Daniel: lobster and chips, Aldeburgh fish and chip shop
Julian: The Butley Oysterage at Orford

Emily: Do they play wooden flutes in St Petersburg?
Daniel: Balakirev Octet would certainly have been played on a wood flute. So I will be helping to recreate original 19th century Russian sound!
Maya: Really???! I had no idea!

Maya: How long did it take you to read Crime and Punishment (718 pages..)?
Julian: Several months – the book is connected in my mind with a neighbour playing Mahler 10 over and over again at top volume, creating an unforgettable mixture of Austrian and Russian angst...
Emily: I'm embarrassed to say that have not read Crime and Punishment (yet), but have read War and Peace, which took about 6 weeks...

Emily: What is your favourite flavour of the Russian dumplings I make on Christmas eve? (a leftover of my Ukrainian heritage!)
Daniel: sauerkraut and mushroom

Maya: Have you ever seen more stars than in the Potton Hall sky?
Julian: No
Emily: I have only seen more stars in my homeland of Minnesota, where I've seen the Northern Lights.=