Charterhouse International Music Festival

Since 22nd July I've been at the Charterhouse International Music Festival. I've been having quite a wonderful time! The weather has been excellent so far, if perhaps a little warm for playing. Last night brought thunderstorms and today has been far more comfortable. I'm enjoying lots of playing, and catching up on some much-needed sleep. The horn teacher has some useful things to say and I'm...

Chamber music

Saturday's concert went well, I thought. The audience was quite small, mostly due rather rainy and unfriendly weather in the morning. Playing in that particular space was interesting: I found the piano very loud and could hardly hear Anna on the violin but apparently three feet away the balance was good. I think we played reasonably well: not everything was technically perfect, but that isn't a...