Master Classes with Dame Imogen Cooper

It’s the start of a new academic year and as it’s been a while since I posted a master class, I thought the following might be just the ticket to inspire a fruitful term’s work. Filmed in the Performance Hall at the Royal College of Music in London on January 30th 2024, this class was…

A visit to Holst’s Birthplace Museum

Cheltenham is one of Britain’s most beautiful towns. Situated on the edge of the Cotswolds, it is architecturally stunning; elegant buildings and manicured gardens abound. So it provides the perfect setting for the birthplace museum of one of Britain’s most important composers: Gustav Holst. Holst was born in the Spa town in 1874 in a property which is resides in Clarence…