🎻🎻 Join Yuri Zhislin and me on September 5, 6 and 7 in Daylesford, Melbourne and Bendigo for duo masterworks! 🎻🎻 Music by Mozart, Martinu, Halvorsen, Gliere, Prokofiev and Bartok Here’s a moment from our Prokofiev Sonata rehearsal in London Tickets: linktr.ee/savagezhislin Details below 👇

Happy birthday to violinist/violist, Yuri Zhislin! Here’s Yuri playing Bartok’s first violin concerto in a stunning live recording Hear more Bartok when I join Yuri for duo concerts in Australia on Sep 5, 6 & 7 Tickets: linktr.ee/savagezhislin More details👇 youtu.be/w99_uKZQPqE?...

If you’re in Victoria, Australia in September, come and join us! Friday Sep 5, Christ Church Daylesford, 6pm Saturday Sep 6, Tempo Rubato, Melbourne, 8 pm @temporubatotokyo.bsky.social Sunday Sep 7, Langley Estate, Bendigo, 3 pm

Out today on all streaming platforms Listen here: lnk.to/PatrickSavag...

The finale from Halvorsen’s “Sarabande con Variazioni” Here’s a link to hear the whole thing: open.spotify.com/album/0He24o... Or watch the full video: youtu.be/qhYyNnhXQXk?... #violin #cello #PatrickSavage #RachaelLander

Out now, with the amazing Rachael Lander on cello: open.spotify.com/album/0He24o...

Vale the great, great Alf Clausen. So much joy and light in your music. Such effortless mastery and such exquisite lightness of touch. I’ll be listening to “Swing Can Really Hang You Up The Most” on a loop in your honour. You’ll always be a hero to me

Recording Saint-Saëns in Melbourne today

Sunday Mia

Listen to Episode 2 with professional Violinist/Film Composer, @patricksavage.bsky.social, as we discuss the impact of professionalism on creativity and the importance of collaboration and trust in the creative process! www.originsofcreativitypodcast.com/e/navigate-c...

Woohoo for Abruptio! Stream the hell out of it if it’s available in your country

If you want to connect to violinists on Bluesky, I’ve put together this list of hundreds and hundreds of them If you prefer them organised into starter packs, get to my profile page and you’ll find five starter packs there bsky.app/profile/did:...

I just found out you can post videos to Bluesky… so here are the insides of some instruments! #martin #guitar #piano #pipeorgan #cello All from my Architecture In Music series. Full gallery and prints at www.architectureinmusic.com

Me & my #prints #photography from my Architecture In Music series, which explores the inside of rare instruments using specially adapted medical probe lenses. These are available to order at www.architectureinmusic.com #classicalmusic #cello #piano #clarinet #violin #pipeorgan

Great to see ABRUPTIO recommended in the New York Times Starring James Marsters, Jordan Peele, Hana Mae Lee, Michael Englund Director Evan Marlowe, music by Holeg Spies and me (as @savageandspies.bsky.social )

Great to see ABRUPTIO recommended in the New York Times Starring James Marsters, Jordan Peele, Hana Mae Lee, Michael Englund Director Evan Marlowe, music by Holeg Spies and me (as @savageandspies.bsky.social )

This is some of Franz Waxman’s loveliest but least known music It was a gift for Jascha Heifetz, though I don’t believe he played it in public “Good Morning” from Waxman’s suite, Scenes of Childhood Piano - Martin Cousin Violin - me Quartz Music Ltd open.spotify.com/track/51QJ09...

We Are! Concert in support of Ukraine from Roman Mints, Another Orchestra & guests in music by Malcolm Arnold & Ukrainian composers at St John's Waterloo. My preview: www.planethugill.com/2025/01/we-a...

Currently sorting a shoebox full of foreign coins to avoid practicing the violin

Join us on Sunday at St John’s Church, Waterloo, for “We Are” - a concert of in aid of Ukraine, with proceeds going to fund ambulances and generators There’s an outstanding lineup of soloists and a stunning program of Ukrainian and British music. Tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/we-are-con...

Last night of guest-leading at Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake, at Sadler’s Wells. Thanks for having me, lovely band xo

For string players of any level, this is the book to read, imho #RobertGerle #TheArtOfPractisingTheViolin

Ebert’s Mulholland Drive review is one of my favorite reviews he did

A week of recording in Studio 2 at Abbey Road and an impressive accumulation of international confectionary. So far the winners have been the Allen’s Party Mix from Australia and the Yekta mango strips. Special mention to the v interesting Dutch Dropfruit Duos

Five starter packs of Bluesky violinists now 🎻🎶 Find them below 👇 Bluesky Violinists - starter packs I go.bsky.app/3EnuW3j

Post-Swan Lake whisky Third time tonight leading the brilliant musicians of the ballet orchestra for Matthew Bourne’s production of #SwanLake at Sadler’s Wells, and third time playing those monumental violin solos. It’s a total privilege being there but it’s a lot of notes A drink is in order

Heartily endorse. I learned to ride a bike at 30 and have been taking violin lessons for about a year now. You can do the thing!

Perry Montague-Mason was a legend of the session world. It’s hard to believe he’s passed on - just months after leading the sessions for Gladiator II His wonderful violin playing will be preserved in so many iconic scores, but he’s irreplaceable Listen to his Meditation: youtu.be/aUeIZInBThc?...

Passacaglia - Handel/Halvorsen (full video) Patrick Savage - violin Rachael Lander - cello Filmmaker - Ryan Watson Music producer/engineer - Adaq Khan St Anne’s Church, Wandsworth in London, July 8 2024 youtube.com/watch?v=FY45...

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Perry Montague-Mason was a legend of the session world. It’s hard to believe he’s passed on - just months after leading the sessions for Gladiator II His wonderful violin playing will be preserved in so many iconic scores, but he’s irreplaceable Listen to his Meditation: youtu.be/aUeIZInBThc?...

Four starter packs of Bluesky violinists now 🎻🎶 Find them below 👇

Here’s some music by #BernardHerrmann that you’ve never heard before: open.spotify.com/track/4SKcVf...

My list of Bluesky pro and amateur violinists is now also a starter pack, so you should be able to follow all accounts in one click If anyone finds themselves on this list and wants to be removed, just let me know. go.bsky.app/3EnuW3j

Cartoonist Quits WaPo Over Censorship #ABlueView Ann Telnaes: "I will not stop holding truth to power through my cartooning, because as they say, “Democracy dies in darkness” tinyurl.com/ycx4ntrr#ABlueView Pls share this, in the hopes it'll reach a larger audience than if the WaPo had run it!

This is Robert Russell Bennett’s exquisitely beautiful, “Harold and Betty Close Their Eyes” for violin and piano This ought to be an absolute staple encore piece open.spotify.com/track/33W3Ls...

Abruptio: Puppet Horror Movie Clip Pits Jordan Peele Against James Marsters www.cbr.com/jordan-peele... #JamesMarsters #JordanPeele #Abruptio

Bringing this energy into the new year.

Lol that 17-year-old Henryk Wieniawski had a total meltdown seeing a girl (Wilhelmina Norman-Neruda) doing his job as well as him I'm just imagining her learning one of his polonaises or concertos and thinking "I remember this prick" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilma_N...

Do one thing every day that burns down your neighbour's garden shed

Not that Google was ever good, but this cartoon is a good summary of now.

My gingerbread for this year. Merry Christmas and happy Voyages to all!!

My gingerbreads from the last four years. Any recommendations for this year's?