Author : simon.payne

French horn blasts and a distinct piccolo It’s a fair way from a chilly, damp winter evening on Oxford’s High Street to perhaps a spring morning at St Mark’s Basilica, […]

When my old college friend George Caird told me that he was planning to perform my piece Heroic Strokes of the Bow with an amateur orchestra, my initial thought was “is that wise?” Recently […]

Listen here to Copland Appalachian Spring, from an Oxford Sinfonia concert in April 2017 conducted by Cayenna Ponchione

Joseph Haydn: Insanae et Vanae Curae Malcolm Pearce: A Wreathèd Garland Cecilia McDowall: Magnificat W.A.Mozart: Exsultate Jubilate Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria Vivaldi’s lively distillation of the Italian musical style had a […]

Maggie Faultless directs our next concert, Baroque Classics, in September. Margaret Faultless is an internationally renowned specialist in historical performance practice, both as a violinist and a director. Performing music […]

<a href=”https://soundcloud.com/simon-payne-16/copland-appalachian-spring” target=”_blank”>Listen to Appalachian Spring</a>   <a href=”https://soundcloud.com/simon-payne-16/nielsen-symphony-6-movt-3″ target=”_blank”>Listen to Nielsen Symphony 6 Movt 3</a> Audience feedback from our April concert: “Just a note to thank you for a […]

Conductor David Crown was an unshowy figure with the baton, avoiding expansive gestures but attending to each section of his band and with care to the requirements of the marked […]

I have heard it a few times but your precision and clarity were outstanding. Congratulations from a happy Mahlerian. Bill