Dvorak Romance in F minor for Violin and Orchestra
On Sunday the 15th January, I took part in the fourth annual OCMS Orchestral Day, held at Charterhouse School in Surrey. Each year, past pupils from Charterhouse who have either gone on to become professional musicians or continued to play to a good amateur standard meet at the school and spend an afternoon preparing for [...]
Beethoven Romance in F for Violin and Orchestra
On Sunday the 4th October I played Beethoven’s Romance no. 2 in F major (op. 50). Traditionally thought of as being written in 1802 or 1803 (when the composer was in his early thirties), there is evidence to suggest that it may have started life in an earlier form as part of Beethoven’s unfinished C [...]
