tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63516742011-04-21T21:35:30.301+01:00Bob's occassional thoughtsRobert Atchisonnoreply@blogger.comBlogger141100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6351674.post-30042390283019120972007-11-04T11:13:00.000+01:002007-11-04T11:15:35.552+01:00Music, Trio, Magic Experience at the CCPMusic, Trio, Magic Experience at the CCP by Vanessa AguirreTruly, a night of music, dance and magic.Coming back to CCP is something that I always look forward to. Regardless of the event I'm going to, there's something about being 'culturally' reborn that I do experience in the realms of the CCP grounds. The last time I was here was the Cinemalaya week. Spent the whole day watching films Robert Atchisonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6351674.post-1161513002755388452006-10-22T11:27:00.000+01:002006-10-22T12:03:59.183+01:00The Trio and I, Friday 10 November, 2006, 7pmIt would be great to see as many friends as possible at this event.The Trio and I On behalf of the Centre for Filipinos Gia Macuja Vocalist London Piano Trio Robert Atchison ViolinOlga Dudnik PianoBozidar Vukotic CelloProgramme: An enticing mix of popular and classical music, from Haydn to Gershwin, and Lloyd Webber to George Canseco will form the evening’s programme. The Trio and I, is a musicalRobert Atchisonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6351674.post-1160469999470877592006-10-10T09:46:00.000+01:002006-10-22T11:19:33.003+01:00Download this!I downloaded this video the other day and was really shocked, but not surprised.Check it out and let me know what you think.http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4757274759497686216Robert Atchisonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6351674.post-1107025385047854582005-01-29T20:01:00.000+01:002005-01-29T20:03:05.046+01:00New Baby GirlOn the 23rd of this month, my second daughter was born. You can view pictures here:
http://www.robertatchison.com/quickgallery/
Robert Atchisonnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6351674.post-1107024493080927912005-01-29T19:46:00.000+01:002005-01-29T19:48:13.080+01:00The London Piano TrioIt is with great pleasure that i can annouce that the London Piano Trio has reformed.
I am a happy chamber musician again.
Robert Atchisonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6351674.post-1083541844365806292004-05-03T00:50:00.000+01:002004-05-03T00:55:05.623+01:00Bush has lost Iraq warIn the era of Saddam Hussein, Abu Ghraib, twenty miles west of Baghdad, was one of the world’s most notorious prisons, with torture, weekly executions, and vile living conditions. As many as fifty thousand men and women—no accurate count is possible—were jammed into Abu Ghraib at one time, in twelve-by-twelve-foot cells that were little more than human holding pits.
In the looting that followedRobert Atchisonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6351674.post-1079621911259976102004-03-18T15:58:00.000+01:002004-03-18T16:01:50.856+01:00America's War on TerrorIt is a key to winning any war that one knows the nature of their opponent. However, from the moment the planes hit the World Trade Center, the United States government has not only made no meaningful effort to understand the nature of its enemy but has sought to obfuscate any understanding of the causes of terrorism behind a veil of hubris and rhetoric.
Since September 11, the Bush Robert Atchisonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6351674.post-1076232631224345502004-02-08T10:30:00.000+01:002004-02-08T10:32:56.450+01:00Is It Live or Is It a Sinfonia? Jeff Lazarus is chief executive of Realtime Music Solutions, which created the Sinfonia. (Justin Lane/Chicago Tribune)
By Vince Horiuchi
The Salt Lake Tribune
Broadway producers like the "virtual orchestra" because it sounds real and cuts costs. But musicians say that reality is actually costly: It steals jobs and cheats audiences.
The virtual orchestra is an electronic device that Robert Atchisonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6351674.post-1075976849249552862004-02-05T11:27:00.000+01:002004-02-05T11:29:50.466+01:00A VERY SAD NIGHT!YOU couldn’t make this one up. If a computer wizard had invented a game with a twist as wild, crazy and unlikely as this you would have laughed at him.
This was mad, nutty and absurd. These were the toxic ingredients that served up one of the most dramatic, almost inexplicable turnarounds football has witnessed.
Tottenham, 3-0 up at half-time and cruising, will have to live with this one Robert Atchisonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6351674.post-1074861755845746512004-01-23T13:42:00.000+01:002004-01-23T13:44:39.123+01:00MUSICIANS’ UNION OPPOSES INTRODUCTION OF VIRTUAL ORCHESTRA INTO WEST ENDThe Musicians’ Union today confirmed its strong opposition to the proposed use of a device in a West End theatre show which would result in the loss of jobs for professional musicians in one of the capital’s best known productions.
The Cameron Mackintosh organisation has announced its intention to replace twelve musicians with a machine known as a Sinfonia, which acts as a virtual orchestra, Robert Atchisonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6351674.post-1074642881307393242004-01-21T00:54:00.000+01:002004-01-21T00:57:47.840+01:00When i'm tired, like now! Oscar Levant quotes always bring a smile to my face.Behind the phony tinsel of Hollywood lies the real tinsel.
Happiness isn't something you experience; it's something you remember.
I am no more humble than my talents require.
I envy people who drink. At least they have something to blame everything on.
I once said cynically of a politician, 'He'll doublecross that bridge when he comes to it.'
I'm going to memorize your name and throw Robert Atchisonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6351674.post-1074586937807022322004-01-20T09:21:00.000+01:002004-01-20T09:24:17.000+01:00Hugh Bean, who has died aged 74Hugh Bean, who has died aged 74, was among the finest violinists to lead a British orchestra.
He served two spells on the front desk of the Philharmonia, and was also a distinguished soloist, his recording of Vaughan Williams's Lark Ascending with Sir Adrian Boult being one of the most magical examples of that work on disc. Elgar's Violin Concerto, which Bean performed to great acclaim with Robert Atchisonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6351674.post-1074543445852655402004-01-19T21:16:00.000+01:002004-01-19T21:19:24.483+01:00Dear Friends
I'm hoping you will join me by going to http://www.owos.info/petition/ now to sign a petition calling for a FULL independent, judicial, public inquiry into whether parliament and the British people were misled about the threat from Iraq.
The Hutton Inquiry is limited to just a small area of the conflict. It is absolutely scandalous that an illegal war, which has caused loss of lifeRobert Atchisonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6351674.post-1074504199800490572004-01-19T10:22:00.000+01:002004-01-19T10:25:17.763+01:00Hugh Bean, who has died aged 74, was among the finest violinists to lead a British orchestra.
He served two spells on the front desk of the Philharmonia, and was also a distinguished soloist, his recording of Vaughan Williams's Lark Ascending with Sir Adrian Boult being one of the most magical examples of that work on disc. Elgar's Violin Concerto, which Bean performed to great acclaim with Robert Atchisonnoreply@blogger.com0