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Susan Tomes - Pianist & writer
http://www.susantomes.com/
Susan Tomes is a pianist and writer. Renowned as a soloist and as a chamber musician, she’s the author of two books.
- Added on: Apr 29th, 2009
- Country: United Kingdom
- Language: English
- Author: Susan Tomes
- Listed in: Music Classical
- Tags: writer piano author classical music pianist classical concerts
Recent Posts
A layer of icing
Richmond Park yesterday Richmond Park yesterday was full of children sliding happily on the icy paths. Not on the ponds, though – the ice is rarely thick enough to take a person’s weight. Everyone seemed to be chatting about the Eurostar trains w...
Voices raised (or lowered) in song
The other night I went along to join some friends who sing in a little choir. They had relaxed the membership rules for their last meeting of the year, a time for Christmas carols and mulled wine. Snow had fallen in London for the first time this w...
News of my new book
I’m delighted to announce that my third book, ‘Out of Silence’, will be published by Boydell and Brewer in March 2010. Boydell, who specialise in history books, published my first book, ‘Beyond the Notes’, in 2004. Since then, ...
The Birds
crow damage Visiting King’s College in Cambridge the other day, Bob and I were horrified to see that several of the lawns had been badly damaged (see photo). It looked as if hooligans had been let loose there, or as if a rugby scrum had taken place...
O magnum mysterium
King's College Chapel yesterday Yesterday I was in King’s College, Cambridge to hear the ‘Carols from King’s’ service, which will be broadcast on Christmas Eve on BBC2. When I was a student at the college, the choir sang Evensong every da...
Small is beautiful
Still feeling cross that the Guardian, in its review of classical music in the past decade, did not say a single word about chamber music. Guardian writer Tom Service devoted almost his whole summary to opera and orchestral music. This happens year a...
