Author: Harvey

My Journey begins, along with some questions Johann Peter Salomon My relationship with Lady Priscilla began reasonably well, especially when she took me off to lessons with her teacher, my friend Johann Peter Salomon.  Sometimes, even though there were wars and rumours of wars with Napoleon Bonaparte across Europe, Johann Salomon asked Lady Priscilla if… Read more

I was born on 8 August 1810 in Thomas Kennedy’s workshop at 16 Princes Street, Westminster, London – or so I believe.  It took only a couple of months for my skilled luthier to bring me to this birthing moment when my voice was finally heard, when the bow’s horse-hair lovingly caressed my strings, and… Read more

These regular weekly blogs are giving me an opportunity to share my life-long passion of discoving how the great themes of Music and Theology can come together, and I want to express my deep appreciation of my good friend Dr Paul Kybird for his encouragement, wisdom and deep insight in this adventure. I have found… Read more