Tag Archives: Samuel Coleridge Taylor

Cause for Celebration

One of the things I did this past weekend was to attend Celebration, a musical look at some reasons to celebrate the month of June in Johannesburg. Maestro Richard Cock led the Symphony Choir of Johannesburg and the Johannesburg Festival … Continue reading

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An unusual symphony concert featuring Philippe Graffin and the JPO

The programme for the fifth concert of the second season was marvellous – just two works – the little known Violin Concerto by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (not the poet, Samuel Taylor Coleridge) and Bruckner’s fourth and most accessible symphony. Brahms is … Continue reading

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