21 June - 25 August, 12-2pm OUT TO LUNCH FREE LUNCHTIME CONCERTS
'Join us for lunch and be entertained! Cadogan Hall presents a mix of established stars and emerging talent in the beautiful surroundings of the Culford Room - jazz, classical, workshops, 'Meet the Authors', and much more.
London Vocal Project • Alex Berger • Liane Carroll • Cole Porter Songbook • Trio Manouche • Rhiannon Lambert • Julia Williams & Sara Sheridan • Charlotte Sterland • Steve Fishwick Jazz Trio • Pocket Caravan • Kai Hoffman Trio • Jim Hart & Ivo Naeme • Randolph Matthews & Byron Johnson • Pauline Melville & Maggie Gee • Milos Karadaglic • Peter King Quartet
FREE ENTRY, no need to book tickets – just turn up and enjoy the music.'
check out www.cadoganhall.com/outotlunch
If you're in London and you haven't been to the Cadogan Hall, I can highly recommend it. Lovely acoustics.
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Wednesday, 22 June 2011
Tuesday, 4 August 2009
What's dumbing down in music?
Went to a concert at the Cadogan Hall featuring the Belcea Quartet. Very inspirational though I had to work at understanding some of the music.
The audience was what you might expect typically of a classical concert. Older, middle class and traditional. Behind me were a couple talking about the music now being performed at the Cadogan, which includes jazz and Rodgers and Hart. According to the woman speaking that meant that the Cadogan were 'dumbing down' to fill the place.
My instinct was to turn round and protest about Rodgers and Hart being less a work of art than the Britten quartet we listened to. Anyone who can encapsulate human emotion that captures the imagination and love of the listening public in the way Rodgers and Hart did in a 3 minute song can never be accused of 'dumbing down'.
No less than the match of the words and music in a Schubert song, a 'popular' song such as My Funny Valentine has wit, sophistication and real understanding of those quirky attributes that tie us to the ones we love.
'Dumbing down' Huh!
The audience was what you might expect typically of a classical concert. Older, middle class and traditional. Behind me were a couple talking about the music now being performed at the Cadogan, which includes jazz and Rodgers and Hart. According to the woman speaking that meant that the Cadogan were 'dumbing down' to fill the place.
My instinct was to turn round and protest about Rodgers and Hart being less a work of art than the Britten quartet we listened to. Anyone who can encapsulate human emotion that captures the imagination and love of the listening public in the way Rodgers and Hart did in a 3 minute song can never be accused of 'dumbing down'.
No less than the match of the words and music in a Schubert song, a 'popular' song such as My Funny Valentine has wit, sophistication and real understanding of those quirky attributes that tie us to the ones we love.
'Dumbing down' Huh!
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