Month: February 2022

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#MfEMondays are Music for Everyone’s weekly emails designed to keep you up to date with MfE events & to circulate interesting finds, special features, and motivational moments for your Mondays! We are aiming to send out something new each week.

#MfEMonday – 21st February 2022

21st February 2022 Music for Everyone

The MfE Summer School is now open for booking!

This year we will celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of Vaughan Williams by exploring his musical connection with English composers such as Walton, Britten and Purcell.

Guest artists will include trumpeter Anthony Thompson from Sinfonia Viva, violist Carmen Flores of the acclaimed Villiers Quartet and inspirational baritone Simon Theobald. Places are limited so book early to avoid disappointment.

For full details or to book a place follow this link: https://www.music-for-everyone.org/event/summer-school-2022/

For fans of Beethoven…

Bookwise has collected a large donation of books and CD’s on Beethoven. The donor very sadly is terminally ill and he has given his lifelong collection to the shop to benefit the Music for Everyone charity. It is a wonderful and generous donation. The books, which are in excellent condition, have now been collated and typed up (all 163 of them!) and are ready and available for purchasing at discounted prices.

If you are interested in looking at the list and subsequently buying any, please contact Jane McDermott, the Voluntary Music Manager at Bookwise, Nottingham:

Email jachmcd@gmail.com or telephone 07976 354 747.

The books will be sold on a “first come, first served” basis.

The CD collection covers the whole of Beethoven’s music with multiple recordings by different conductors. There is a Deutsche Grammophon Complete Set of 87 CD’s in Volumes 1-19 with Volume 20 being Historic Recordings. It was made to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of Deutsche Grammophon in 1998. Included is a 304 page book on the Complete Edition. The huge collection is in the process of being collated and typed up and will be available in the very near future. However if anybody wishes to contact Jane about any requests, please do so.

Finally, please feel free to inform anybody that you know who may be interested in these Beethoven books and CD’s as it is a great opportunity to raise valuable funds for MfE and to value our generous donor’s lifelong passion and collection.

Thank you!

Over the past two weeks the Winter Olympics have been taking place in and around Beijing and Team GB leave with two medals – gold in the women’s curling and silver in the men’s event. In homage to this fortnight of skiing, skating, curling and boarding here are pieces that conjure up thoughts of winter sports!

Ravel’s Bolero – back in 1984 Nottingham legends Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean glided graciously to Gold in Sarajevo with a knockout routine to Ravel’s Bolero, memorably receiving sixes across the board!

https://youtu.be/t2zbbN4OL98

Fonteyn’s Pop Looks Bach – chosen by the BBC as their Ski Sunday theme tune, this catchy number for strings and timps instantly evokes images of perfect powder and snowy slopes!

https://youtu.be/jOEO_fgG3-I

Richard Strauss’s An Alpine Symphony – a dramatic and atmospheric depiction of the majestic mountains. If you don’t have time to listen to the whole 50 minute tone-poem here is a snippet from the spine-tingling climax:

https://youtu.be/xK7z2NhUrsQ

MFE have some instruments for sale! Do you know anyone who might be interested in these beautiful electro-acoustic guitars? https://www.music-for-everyone.org/instruments-for-sale/#
If so, please help spread the word or get in touch for further details!

Have a good week!

Your friends at MfE.

21/02/2022

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#MfEMonday – 14th February 2022

14th February 2022 Music for Everyone

It’s half term for MfE, so keeping it short and sweet for a quiet week on events and groups (no rehearsals for regular groups this week).

Looking forward to getting back into the busy Spring term next week, so much to look forward to before Easter!

If music be the food of love…

Valentine’s days is here and love is in the air. Whether you’re planning a grand romantic gesture or an intimate candlelit dinner, click here for the perfect romantic soundtrack.

Alternatively, for those who aren’t fans of the V-word, here’s an ‘anti-valentines-day’ soundtrack for you!

Those clever chaps at Classic FM reckon they can work out which composer you should marry. Try the quiz here.

Have a good week!

Your friends at MfE.

14/02/2022

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#MfEMonday – 7th February 2022

7th February 2022 Music for Everyone

MfE Music Making is Back!

CHORAL AND OPERA CLASSICS

On Saturday 5th February over 140 singers and 34 instrumentalists came together to give a splendid concert showcasing the excellence of both choir and orchestra.

Soloists Rachel Parkes, Ellie Martin Choir and orchestra in a concert and Matthew Jordan joined the Nottingham Festival Chorus and Nottingham Concert Orchestra, conducted by Angela Kay, in performing extracts from Mendelssohn’s Elijah and Fauré’s Requiem, and the much loved Flower Duet (more popularly known as the British Airways’ theme!) from Delibes’ Lakmé.

Below are a few photos from the afternoon rehearsal and concert – Festival Chorus and Concert Orchestra sounding fantastic!

Yesterday marked 70 years since Queen Elizabeth II acceded to the throne, making her the first British monarch to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee.

During her reign she has been a committed supporter of the arts and Britain’s musical life. Her own interest in music began at an early age when she was tutored by Sir William Henry Harris, resident organist of the Chapel of St George’s at Windsor Castle, and regularly joined the senior choristers for madrigal practice. At 11 years old, Princess Elizabeth learned to play the piano, and continues to play for her own enjoyment.

In 2005, The Queen inaugurated The Queen’s Music Medal – an award for individuals who have had a major influence on the musical life of the nation, and in 2014 she authorised the first female Master of the Queen’s Music, composer Judith Weir.

The Queen regularly attends concerts, champions musicians in the New Year Honours List and supports a number of military bands and orchestras.

Symbolic of this devotion to music, The Queen holds two honorary degrees in Music, a Bachelor of Music from the University of London, and a Doctor of Music from the University of Wales.

Click here to see Soprano Alexandra Stevenson sing two of The Queen’s favourite hymns in celebration of the Platinum Jubilee.

Have a good week!

Your friends at MfE.

07/02/2022

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