BGS Music Scholars' Lockdown Sonata
27 April 2020
April 2020: the country is in lockdown, school buildings are closed, streets fall silent. Bristol Grammar School's Easter 2020 Music Tour to Prague has been, understandably, cancelled.
Undaunted, two Year 10 music scholars, Daniel and Michael, who would have been performing in Prague, set about creating their own Lockdown Sonata. Completely unaided, pianist Daniel and guitarist Michael recorded and edited down their own parts to a sonata by Diabelli in their bedrooms and created an accompanying video. We think you might enjoy the results...