Classical Concerts & Landscapes

Berkhamsted Choral Society and Chorleywood Choral Society performed in St Peters Church in Berkhamsted on Saturday. With Graham Wili Conducting assisted by Iestyn Evans on the Organ. Pieces from Handel, Byrd, Pitoni, Bruckner, Palestrina, Lotti, Balfour Gardiner, Mendelssohn, Faure, Purcell & Haydn were preformed to a appreciative audience who filled the venue.

The end of the weeks tuition is marked by a grand concert of Bartok's Concerto by the whole orchestra in the Birmingham Conservatoire. James Topp conducted and Nadine Benjamin was soloist. I was fortunate enough to be able to use the upper seated area to take photos and it was also great that I had the area to myself. If I went as low as the audience I would only have been able to photograph the front row of the orchestra. Nadine Benjamin

This week I was asked to photograph a concert by the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra in the Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford. Great to be able to park the car outside the theatre thanks to Declan who manages the theatre - great start. There were 600 tickets sold and the theatre was packed so moving around was very limited indeed. I literally had 4 places I could be to take photos after the initial start photo. However I did manage to take 6325 photos and the results were the best I