It can’t be much of a secret that my demo recordings fail to even vaguely keep pace with my actual musical activities. Besides the difficulties of providing demo material for ensemble playing (the backbone of my musical work) or of linking to albums which can only be streamed on Spotify or Apple Music, live is where all the money is in music these days; recording, let alone filming, is expensive, time-consuming and generally requires a lot of other people’s time and effort.

But, to prove that I do occasionally manage to update my demo recording presence, I have just added some new material to my Soundcloud showreel; namely, a live version of the Hummel sonata for viola and piano (or, arguably, piano and viola; never mind the long post that could have been written in connection with how strange it is that that is enough information to identify the work unambiguously). While the pianist was different, this is the same work that formed the backbone of the programme given a very strong pass at ATCL just a fortnight after this recording was made (though I hope a couple of things improved over the interim).

Meanwhile, if you haven’t seen what I’ve got to show for myself in the way of recorded material, to head over to the Playing page, full of solo and band audio and video for your delectation (and, more importantly, that of prospective clients). Perfect for exploring music you probably don’t know over the weekend now that work’s (just about) over for those on office schedules …