Black Swan Film & Video

17/01/2023

Second filming of last week - on Friday we were at Queen Elizabeth Hall with Odyssey Festival Orchestra conducted by Peter Ash, performing The Last Waltz, a wonderful programme of music by Ravel and Gershwin, narrated by the inspiring actor Sir David Suchet. The musical highlight for me was 'Rhapsody in Blue' with young soloist Sebastian-Benedict Flore who gave a joyful, energetic performance which resulted in the audience giving him a well deserved standing ovation 😃👏🎹🎶

17/01/2023

A busy start to the year for us - last Tuesday we filmed our first concert of the year; London Schools Symphony Orchestra - LSSO conducted by Dominic Wheeler at The Barbican, performing works by Sibelius and Rachmaninov, plus two world premieres - Danyal Dhondy's 'If We Shadows' and Joshua Borin's 'At Every Turn'. Both pieces are based upon the character Puck from Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', and featured soloists Lucas Robson on cello and Amy Roberts on oboe - and they were very well received by the audience 👏👏🎶🎵

16/11/2022

Second day of the Music for Youth Proms 2022!

Sounding great, RAH roof will be lifted off tonight 😃🎶🎵⭐️

15/11/2022

No prizes for guessing where we are! Filming two nights of Music for Youth Proms with 8 cameras 🎥 🎶🎵

23/10/2022

This is what a 13 camera shoot looks like - in the loading bay, and rehearsal of Mahler’s 8th Symphony with Vasily Petrenko and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

17/10/2022

It’s getting serious at BSFV HQ.. Preparations for the very early start on our 13 camera shoot at the Royal Albert Hall next Sunday!

15/09/2022

Set up ready to record the debut performance by Odyssey Festival Orchestra, conducted by Peter Ash. This innovative concert based upon the mythological being Prometheus will include a rare appearance by Dame Janet Suzman as narrator.

https://facebook.com/events/s/prometheus-romantic-superhero-/726398621765391/

23/06/2022

The delicate task of lens cleaning today.. 🎥🧴

14/05/2022

This evening we're live streaming a local event - this is to raise money for the DEC Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal https://www.dec.org.uk/appeal/ukraine-humanitarian-appeal

Watch the show featuring 4 brilliant local bands here: https://youtu.be/MINxEqaVQGw

A night of Punk / Ska / New wave / Rock from local bands - The Skangsters - The Echo - The Deckchairs - The Skavengers with all proceeds being donated to the...

06/05/2022

Yesterday we were back at Wigmore Hall for the first time since before the pandemic, recording an absolutely amazing concert featuring the compositions and performances of Ayanna Witter-Johnson, multi-talented musician and composer.
This brilliant show combined Ayanna's wonderful music with elaboration about each piece, and stories about her life and influences.
Joining her to perform this premiere showcase of Ayanna's work were: Jess Gillam, Solem Quartet, Ligeti Quartet, Nitin Sawhney, Héloïse Werner, Andrea Baker, Marianne Schofield, Thea Sayer and Darren Bloom - thank you all for a fabulous evening of music 🎵🎶💖

27/03/2022

Monday saw us back at Cadogan Hall for our first post-pandemic recording with The Purcell School - it's been too long!

The programme included the world premiere of Philip Theodorou's 'Blue Speck', Lili Boulanger's 'D’un matin de printemps' and the powerful Sibelius 'Symphony No. 1'. Yinong Xiao took to the stage as violin soloist for Prokofiev's 'Violin Concerto No. 1', and was rewarded for his efforts with thunderous applause after a great performance 👏👏👏

Wonderful to see The Purcell School Symphony Orchestra back in a concert hall again, under the baton of Paul Hoskins 🎵🎶

27/03/2022

Last week we recorded two concerts in two days - the first of which was a special celebration to mark an amazing 75 years of Stoneleigh Youth Orchestra 🎼🎻

They chose a lovely varied programme, including the seldom performed Still 'Symphony No. 1 Afro-American', a brilliant piece. Barber's 'Violin Concerto' was played with passion by guest soloist Joo Yeon Sir 🎶

Congratulations Stoneleigh, may you continue to go from strength to strength!