I am excited to be in Dumfries this week to record 4 videos which will be streamed on the internet in the coming months. Watch this space for exact dates! …
Read MoreLockdown perspective
Live concerts still seem pretty unlikely at the moment but in my latest blog I explore ways in which we can make tentative steps towards smaller scale events resuming https://www.emmajohnson.co.uk/concerts-in-a-time-of-covid-19/ …
Read MoreConcerts in a Time of Covid-19
The pandemic has really brought home to me how much the work of a concert artist is about bringing people together to share a musical experience. In normal times there …
Read MoreLast Concert for a While
It’s uncertain when concerts will resume but in the meantime, to share some happiness, here is the Tritsch-Tratsch Polka by Strauss from Tales from Vienna performed by Emma Johnson and …
Read MoreWhy Vienna?
Mozart, Haydn, Gluck, Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms, Strauss, Mahler, Bruckner, Schoenberg – it reads like a roll call of the great and good in classical music – but the amazing thing …
Read MoreViennese Celebration
Really looking forward to exploring Beethoven, Brahms, Schubert and Strauss with my fellow musicians and John Suchet for Shropshire Music Trust and Bridgewater Hall Manchester next month. A slideshow of …
Read MoreNew Year’s head winds
Great fun to bring in the New Year with Rainer Hersch and his Orkestra at Cadogan Hall in London! He surprised me with a medley of pub classics to play …
Read MoreChristmas Celebration
Christmas is coming and Emma’s really excited that her Songs of Celebration will be performed at Gloucester Cathedral as well as at the Chapel of Trinity College Dublin by the …
Read MoreComedy Classical
Sometimes people think Classical music is exclusively serious in tone, but Emma looks forward to pointing out its many comic moments in her talk “Comedy Classical” for the Torbay Musical …
Read MoreRunning Commentary
Running commentary (A few light-hearted lessons learned training for a half marathon) When you tell people you’re going to train for a half marathon they divide into two groups: the …
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