After weeks of certainty about safety restrictions, two Christmas concerts have been given the go ahead (socially distanced of course): December 12th Romsey Abbey recital including Mozart, Beethoven, Gershwin with …
Read MoreTen reasons to make music
Recently I was invited by my old secondary school to come and give a talk. They’d noticed a reduction in the number of students taking part in musical events, so …
Read MoreStreaming from Scotland
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 …
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