Imogen Holst’s Concerto Enthusiastically Received

Imogen Holst’s Concerto Enthusiastically Received

Martin Ash, a free-lance violist/violinist in the London area who has previously provided us these insightful blog posts about Laura Maddelena Lombardini (here and here), was in thick of the recent world premiere performance of Imogen Holst’s Violin Concerto (1935),...
The Music of the Remarkable Mrs. Sirmen

The Music of the Remarkable Mrs. Sirmen

We apologise for taking so long to get back to Part II of our post about composer and violinist Maddalena Laura Lombardini Sirmen (1745-1818).  Part I, about her life, is found here.  Our guest author is the London-based musician Martin Ash, whose website is...