Diaghilev This was a chronological examination of the great impresario’s touring opera and ballet company, particularly concentrating on the many works he commissioned from Stravinsky, Ravel, Satie, Prokofiev, De Falla, Poulenc, Milhaud and others. No one has done more to advance the development of music who was not themselves a composer or performer than the… Read more »
Walmer Suite This suite of five short piano pieces were written or revised whilst I was teaching at a small school in Walmer, Kent. The pieces are all suitable for teaching piano techniques. I was the head of History at the school but also taught History of Music and Music Theory to the older pupils. … Read more »
I wrote my first work when I was five. It was for chime bars and Mrs Distin called it “William’s Tune”. This was 1963 and I think she was very surprised that a five year old would be able to come up with an original tune. I had played all the ones she had given… Read more »