THIS Friday (26th September) Tasmin will be in Belfast, N.Ireland,

playing Bruch Violin Concerto No1 in G minor
with the Ulster Orchestra / Kenneth Montgomery

The following Day (Saturday, 27th September) at Roses Theatre, TEWKESBURY, Glos,

and the day thereafter (Sunday 28th September) at SEDBERGH School Cumbria giving two

performances, an afternoon Naked Violin event and an evening recital with John Lenehan.

For details see the CONCERTS page.

Tasmin writes:

I heard the sad news that my dear friend and colleague Vernon
Handley died Wednesday, 10th September, in the morning.

'Tod', as he was affectionately known in the music profession, made my very
first recordings with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and over
the years I gave a great many performances with him of concerti such as
Elgar, Bruch, Brahms, Sibelius, Finzi, Bruch Scottish Fantasy, Lalo
Symphonie Espagnol and Dvorak.

He was a champion on British music, a wonderful conductor, consummate
professional and an inspiring person with whom to work. He had an array of
very funny anecdotes and jokes which he would bring out in rehearsal if ever
the mood needed lightening up a little!

We will all miss him greatly.

Here is his Wikipedia entry:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernon_Handley

YouTube video

Tasmin at the Three Harbours Festival, "Playing to the colour chimneys", uploader writes:

"This time lapse photography tries to capture a series of changing colours and classical music. On the 31st May 2008 International violinist Tasmin Little played a series of solo pieces to Cockenzie Powerstation Chimneys from an open top bus."

Tasmin played in Prom 24 on Monday, August 4th.

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Stefan Solyom


Here is BBC Radio3 Schedule page for August 4th,

Listen to this broadcast again ... see link above to Australian ABC CLassic FM.

Here is a lovely review
of Tasmin's performance by Eric Braithwaite on the Proms 2008 Review Blog website.

... and here is a photo
of the promenaders applauding orchestra and soloists on Monday night.

Here is the Guardian Review of Prom 24.

Tasmin's Proms 24 performance of Monday August 4th was on American Public Media Broadcasting all last week. They wrote:

"A summer surprise: Tasmin Little, a fabulous British fiddler, has taken up Ethel Smythe's rarely done Double Concerto (1926) and is making sure audiences everywhere know what a fantastic piece they've been missing. Here's your chance, as we start our coverage of the world's biggest classical music festival, the BBC Proms."

At the moment (13:10 - Wednesday) you can still listen to the Prom 24 broadcast here.

• Daily Telegraph, Thursday 31st July in 'Music on Thursday'
  (LINK to the 'Daily Telegraph' article)
  
  
• The Times, Podcast, went live on Thursday 31st July on the Times website
  (LINK to the 'TIMES' article and podcast, downloadable as mp3 from this page)
  
  
• Ham and High, (Hampstead&Highgate Express) Thursday 31  July
  (here is a PDF file 1.3MB supplied to me by a reader, Thank you.)

SUNDAY TV Choice - The TIMES

Tasmin's role and achievements as Artistic Director of the Spring Sounds Festival in Stratford upon Avon, early in May this year are discussed in detail here by Preston Witts, Stratford upon Avon Herald.

LINK to Tasmin's reviews page

Classic FM Magazine, July Issue, page 13:
'Little goes large with Belmarsh Prison recital'

An interesting paragraph about Tasmin's visit to Belmarsh Prison recently,
appeared in the July issue.

Read it here (PDF file - 300KB - set to 100% magnification)

FIVE STAR RATING

Classic FM Magazine June 2008 Edition carries a review of the re-issue on Warner Classics Label Cds 2564 61730-2 of Vaughan-Williams Symphonies 1-9; The Lark Ascending; The Wasps Overture, et al. Various soloists, BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra / Andrew Davis.

Read it here as PDF file

Purchase the recordings from Amazon