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Many people know my name and voice from listening to Classic FM, but fewer are aware of my work as a musician and composer; which predates my radio presentation by many years.
However, even when I was playing lead guitar in professional rock bands, including a spell with seventies’ chart-toppers “Mungo Jerry”, I was always enthusiastic about so-called “classical music”; I say so-called because I instinctively dislike pigeonholing music.
One of the first records I bought as an eight-year-old boy was a recording of the Brahms Violin Concerto, followed swiftly by Frankie Lane singing “Rawhide” – eclectic, to say the least! If a piece has strong melodies and unfolds in an interesting way, there’s every chance it will appeal, whether it be a song, symphony or concerto.
I have been a presenter with Classic FM since the station went on air in September 1992, and I feel sure that the huge variety of music I have been exposed to must be reflected in my own compositions.
Had someone told me thirty years ago that I would spend two years composing a choral work, I would have thought them crazy; but that’s precisely what I have been doing, and thoroughly enjoying every step of the process.