Peter McCarthy - violone player
Welcome to my website!
I play a variety of different bass (and double bass) string instruments.
The next MUSIC IN THE VILLAGE concert is on Thursday November 15th - Joglaresa are coming!
Concerts March and May 2019 will take place at St. Michael & All Angels, Northcote Road E17 6PQ.
Those concerts will be on Wednesday nights.
PHOTO Paul Tucker
In 2002 I started a concert series in Walthamstow, London E17 - Music in the Village.
NEWS
On my 'LECTURES' page you can find a concise note for composers who are writing new music for old instruments.
PHOTO Paul Tucker
For St James' Baroque I play violone and violone grosso, and sometimes large bass violin.
Here are London Viols, a group I decided to start in 2016, rehearsing at St. Michael and All Angels in Walthamstow, London E17.
Anna Alcock was Artist in Residence for the Music in the Village 2017-18 season and will be sketching for the first few concerts of next season too.
For twenty four years, I was the bass player for the English Concert. In 2003 I volunteered myself to manage the ensemble too and ended up running it for twelve years. Be careful what you volunteer for!
What's this? it's a Nyckelharpa! It's the national instrument of Sweden, 4 bowed strings tuned a bit like a viola & 12 'sympathetic' strings. They usually have more keys than this but I cut them down a bit.
My great-aunt, Elizabeth Curtis, founded the Hull Junior Philharmonic in 1952. I just found a link to
a picture of her, which I think still hangs in Hull Town Hall. https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/miss-elizabeth-curtis-18941972-79956
Aunt Elizabeth loaned me a violin when I was little. I was absolutely terrible.
