The wonderful Volunteer team for The Evelyn Glennie Collection have been working incredibly hard to bring this booklet together and we are delighted to be able to share it with you now. ‘More Than Simply Drums & Cymbals’ takes you on a journey through the extraordinary assortment of artefacts which form The Evelyn Glennie Collection, and charts the introduction and subsequent development of percussion as a solo instrument across the globe.
Out now: Capt’s Look
One of my favourite forms of performance is improvisation. The recently released ‘Capt’s Look’ is taken from a live performance in Novi Sad, Serbia in October 2022 as part of the European Capital of Culture programme, with the extraordinarily talented Szilárd Mezei and his Polar Quartet. It is available directly from my shop if you would like a physical copy: … Read More
Volunteer Social Gathering Day
What a pleasure to host our first Volunteer Social Gathering with my wonderful Volunteer Team from #TheEvelynGlennieCollection earlier this week. The skill and dedication of each and every person has brought this collection to an amazingly exciting point. I’m so grateful to each and every one of them for all their time, energy and enthusiasm. Volunteers really do move mountains! … Read More
Out Now: RESONATE
“THE SOUNDS TRULY DO RESONATE THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE BODY AND TOTALLY ENGULFS YOUR VERY BEING! THEY ARE SO UNUSUAL AND PRESENT WHEREBY THERE IS NO OPTION BUT TO LISTEN TO THE WHOLE RESONANCE OF EACH SOUND” — DAME EVELYN GLENNIE CINEMATIC PERCUSSION, IMPOSSIBLE AFTERSHOCKS For years, half the magic of sound has been disregarded. Films and trailers have delivered gigantic … Read More
Out of the Silence by John McLeod, CD Review: The Herald
Out of the Silence – RSNO/John McLeod/Dame Evelyn Glennie. CD review: The Herald by Keith Bruce. THIS is without doubt a major release in terms of contemporary Scottish orchestral music, yet there is a sense of our national orchestra playing catch-up. It is the Scottish Chamber Orchestra that will premiere McLeod’s new viola concerto, Nordic Fire, in October, and the … Read More
CD REVIEW: Trio HLK with Steve Lehman and Dame Evelyn Glennie – ‘Standard Time’
CD/Album review by Adrian Pallant: London Jazz News A markedly atypical debut trio album with a disciplined and almost industrial approach to rhythm, Trio HLK’s Standard Time declares a mission to ‘deconstruct classic tunes and rework them using contemporary classical compositional techniques’. The acronym stems from the surnames of pianist/keyboardist Richard Harrold, 8-string guitarist Ant Law and drummer Richard Kass; … Read More
Trio HLK with Steve Lehman and Dame Evelyn Glennie – ‘Standard Time’ album, CD review.
Trio HLK with Steve Lehman and Dame Evelyn Glennie – ‘Standard Time’ album. CD review by Adrian Pallant: London Jazz News A markedly atypical debut trio album with a disciplined and almost industrial approach to rhythm, Trio HLK’s Standard Time declares a mission to ‘deconstruct classic tunes and rework them using contemporary classical compositional techniques’. The acronym stems from the … Read More