More about attitudes to music...
Monday, September 19, 2011
The music I find most exciting - and I'm sure I'm not alone in this - is music which is either descriptive or which at least sounds like it ought to be. Just heard Myaskovsky's 10th Symphony "The Bronze Horseman". Very exciting! Also two of Graham Whettam's... Read More
Bach and 9/11
Monday, September 12, 2011
How wonderful to hear Nigel Kennedy playing the Bach D minor Partita (and Fats Waller!) at the Proms the other night. It is amazing that Bach produced something that can feel as epic and monumental as anything in any of the great romantic symphonies,... Read More
Thoughts about music...
Saturday, September 10, 2011
Saturday 10th September 2011 Hello and welcome to my blog. This is the first time I have written anything here so I am a bit nervous about this gig! I will probably just begin by writing reflections/thoughts about music and so on as and when they... Read More