This week, Netty is joined by Laurence Cummings; a much loved keyboard player/ director who has a long history with the OAE, including many Glyndebourne seasons. As Christmas is approaching, and therefore the season for ‘The Messiah’, Laurence shares his thoughts about his own approach to performing this. He is extremely lively and entertaining, and even shares with us his dramatic experience of having been flooded earlier this year.
Netty has a cuppa with Peter Whelan. Peter is a man of many parts. He used to be principal bassoon for the OAE and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and he now has his own ensemble; Ensemble Marsyas. He has directed for English Touring Opera and Irish National opera and teaches at the Royal Conserva...
Matthew Rose is an extremely versatile bass opera-singer, with an enormous repertoire from Monteverdi to Wagner, and beyond. He appears all over the world, but when in the UK can be found either on a golf-course, or in the audience of concert halls.
In this episode of Tea with Netty, he divulges...
This week’s guest on Tea with Netty is Donald Macleod – much loved presenter of Composer of the Week on BBC Radio 3.
