MAGNARD ENSEMBLE

Brace yourselves, piglets. The Magnards are coming. Nothing can stop them. World Domination is at hand. ... Fresh from seeing the wonderful Theater Gnaffel and the Cambridge Philharmonic perform their interpretations of 'The Three Little Pigs and 'Little Red Riding Hood' with full orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall, I spent my journey home thinking about what I should write for this week's blog, where we are as a group and what we have coming up on the horizon. On the face

In case you missed it last week check out our live video recording of Paul Patterson's 'Three Little Pigs' here! We are so excited to perform this around the UK throughout this year as part of our Revolting Rhymes Our collaboration with Kenny and Suling has been brilliant in so many ways! It has been so fun to able to explore the repertoire written for this combination but also we are always learning lots from them both! From Suling and her experience accompanying many differ

Hello everyone! Another new blogger this week! I’m Cat, the bassoonist of Magnard Ensemble - new to blogging and also the newest member of Magnard. Just a very quick bit about me! I’ve been playing the bassoon ever since I perfectly matched it in height - please see the attached photo of a grinning loony, in a spectacular outfit pushing the boundaries of fashion… This photo may be a gratuitous public embarrassment of myself, but I think it also demonstrates how exciting music

As the members of the Magnard Ensemble recover from our respective Christmases, we are beginning to look forward to the year ahead and all the exciting projects we have on the horizon. First among them is our Roald Dahl Centenary Project, Revolting Rhymes and Marvellous Music. The promotional materials are being assembled, the engagement list is being drawn up and we have our recording planned for April. The press and PR campaign will be gathering steam from February, and we

Second week, second Sunday, second blog post, right on schedule. It really has been a busy, exciting, and wonderfully crazy week chez Magnard. Wednesday saw the second session of our four-week project with Wigmore Hall and Manorfield Primary School - more games, more fun, and of course more composition! The children of Year 5 are coming up with lots of brilliant musical ideas to portray the story of Roald Dahl's Goldilocks, with Jon, Cat and myself on hand to help them organi

Welcome to Magnard Ensemble, welcome to Revolting Rhymes and Marvellous Music, and welcome to our NEW BLOG! Of course, these welcomes do not extend only to you, readers, but also to the newest member of our crazy Maggerz Family, the wonderful and bassoonerific Catriona! She is, as of this week, our new permanent bassoonist, and she has already proved herself both inimitable and irreplaceable. From her sensitive musicianship to her hilarious rendition of the theme tune from 'W