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Playing with Imogen Heap
So, yesterday I got a bizarre series of DMs and emails from Ms Imogen Heap.
It turns out that she had no cellist lined up for the first night of her UK tour, and could I jump on a train and go and play?
Um…
Yes. What else was I going to do? Watch Scotland lose at rugby? [...] -
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That’s so 2009.
You heard it here first: 2009 is so…2009. It’s all about 2010, and there’s a lot of really exciting stuff coming up that I’m looking forward to telling you about!
However, I just thought I’d round up 2009 as it draws to a close. It’s been a crazy year: I’ve made 52 trips in 49 weeks [...] -
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Filming Today, Airing Tomorrow… Concerts and Meetings.
It’s a busy week: this afternoon, I’m filming with Howard Goodall and the Enchanted Voices for BBC Breakfast (being shown tomorrow morning from 6am) where we’re playing The Nation’s Favorite Carol. They are keeping the winning carol a tightly held secret, so much so that we’ve been sent the final few scores and will be [...]
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No way!
I’ve just landed back in London, and my oh my is it cold..!
My stay in the metropolis is short lived -am here today and tomorrow for a few meetings and some “sleep”, then off to Edinburgh for the Spirit of Scotland Awards. I’m really looking forward to it, and it’s always nice to male a [...] -
News, Thoughts
Off again.
As I sit typing this on my sofa, I’m listening to a pre-release of Enchanted Carols, the latest CD from Howard Goodall with the same 8 soprano / organ / cello lineup as the Enchanted Voices (which held the #1 spot for 6 months!). We recorded it in early September (I talked about it very [...]
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Mixing, rain and news.
Sorry for being quiet - I’ve been away mixing my latest piece of work, ‘Terminal’. It was commissioned by Bowers & Wilkins and Peter Gabriel’s Real World Studios for their Society of Sound project. It’s been a mind boggling few weeks, conceptualizing, writing, recording, producing and finally mixing the album. Total time spent in the [...]
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Travels and things.
I’m sitting in Bauhaus Coffee, Seattle, drinking what can only be described as a monster cappuccino - even by my standards, it’s seriously strong!
I arrived here on Thursday evening, and have had a really good few days: last night, I was at the Seattle Opera, half hoping to run into Drs Frasier and Nials Crane, [...] -
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Enchanted Voices, more enchanted!
Just a quick news update on Enchanted Voices - it’s still riding high at 27 weeks at #1, and has just won a Special Gramophone Award in recognition of this!
The Christmas follow-up album, Enchanted Carols, will be released in November. We recorded at the start of September, so it’ll be nice to hear it so [...] -
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Back in the UK!
Yesterday morning, I stepped off a plane from New York - what a trip it’s been… Sorry for blog-silence, but there aren’t enough hours in the day to fit it all in!
Since I last wrote after playing at Twitter HQ (was that really 15 days ago?) , I stayed in San Francisco for a [...] -
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Concert Programme
Well, here I am, sitting on my flight to San Francisco - the wonderful thing about Virgin America is the WiFi onboard…
Anyway.
I’m on my way to Twitter’s San Francisco offices to play a concert - we’ve been keeping it quiet for ages but now it’s time to let you in on all the knowledge.
The programme [...] -
Concerts, New Things
Video
Some exciting news for you today - Coffeeloop has just gone into an exciting partnership with Mogulus!
We will be rolling out a new exciting series of fully HD micro-concerts from around the world (starting, of course, in the UK and then in the US when we’re there in March/April) and then.. who knows! [...]
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Concerts
Some New Year Newness
Happy 2009!
Sorry for radio silence - things have been utterly manic here, what with The Words on The Wall publicity push starting and all the things that go with presenting a concert where all of the new exciting component parts are, well, new and exciting!
On top of all this, I am also learning twelve new pieces for [...] -
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Kings Place
I visited the new Kings Place last night for the opening concerts… see some pictures and read my thoughts on it!
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AMS
I love Amsterdam. I am sitting here at Gatwick with my cappuccino (actually OK) waiting for my flight to be called.
I’m heading across for a concert by my friend and fellow Banff colleague, Jenny Olivia Johnson. It’s the performance of the piece she was working on while we were in Banff, and seeing as it’s [...] -
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Back to London; Handover
As I sit and type this, I’m hurtling back south to London after perhaps the wettest Edinburgh Festival known to man and “timorous wee beastie”.
Sunday marks the end of the Olympics - if you’re near a TV, watch the handover ceremony. I’m honoured to be able to say that I was involved in the production [...] -
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It’s the start of the Edinburgh Festival, and it is, of course, raining.
So I’m taking this opportunity to put my eMoney where my eMouth is, and step up the CoffeeLoop online presence.
Web 3.0 is closing in, so I have decided to take the ultimate 2.0 step, and have created a YouTube channel. I know I’m [...] -
New Things
Two in one week? Surely not!
Two posts in one week, Peter? Are you mad?!
No, I’m not. Let me assure you of that before we continue.
The wonderful Max Richter (currently writing me a cello & electronics piece) has just put up a website for his latest release, 24 Postcards.
There isn’t a whole lot I can say about it objectively, but as [...] -
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Sorry it’s been a while!
Hello again! Sorry it’s been a while since my last post - things have been manically busy!
A few updates:
SPEM will be visiting America in October! I’m very excited to say we’ll be performing the concert in Boston with a new piece by Max Richter. Keep checking back here for more information.
Today, I was in recording [...] -
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Boulez, Cashian and the Eternal Golden Metronome
On June 11th in the Duke’s Hall, London, I will be playing (along with 6 others) Messagequisse by Pierre Boulez alongside a new work by Philip Cashian.
Both are ferociously difficult, but both are rewarding to play in. It should be a fascinating concert, and soloist extraordinaire Olly Coates, is in the hot seat for the [...] -
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Martin Suckling on’t internet radio!
Martin Suckling has just had his wonderful orchestral piece, The Moon, the moon! recorded by the LSO!
Before recording, he was interviewed by Bob Jones for Classic FM Arts Daily, and is available here. Have a listen to what he has to say for himself…. -
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Final week of preparation
So here we are - three days to go until SPEM and everything (somehow) ahead of schedule! Fantastic! The CDs arrived this morning, and, fortuitously, it went live on iTunes as well! Things are hotting up… only 20 seats remain for the live concert, but if you’d like to be a part of it, you [...]
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JoshSpear.com
No, this is not a joke.
I have been featured on JoshSpear.com . This is hugely exciting for me and for SPEM, as they are focusing on the SpemCast
Having followed his website for a while, reading their reviews and commentary, it’s a little bizarre seeing my little self up there, but as they say - all [...] -
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SPEM Press Release
During February 2008, cellist Peter Gregson was in residence at the Banff Centre in Canada to record his debut solo CD: ‘SPEM’. The CD revolves around Thomas Tallis’s epic 40 part motet, Spem in Alium, and is accompanied by five new commissioned works for solo cello.
As an exponent of new performance tools and spaces, Peter [...]
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