Here’s what I really don’t understand
June 13, 2018
Rant alert. If you don’t like rants, stop reading. There’s probably something on Netflix you can watch, or a book you can read, or something you can listen – – Read the full article…
Preparing for improvised concerts: hesitant thoughts
March 20, 2018
Next weekend – that is, on Palm Sunday, 25 March 2018 – I’ll be performing at St Stephen’s Richmond on the invitation of the parish organist, who heard my two Read the full article…
Brahms, you know, and travel
October 11, 2017
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) is shown by Jan Swafford at the opening of his wonderful biography of 1997 to be weeping at the premiere of his fourth symphony as he imagines Read the full article…
Truly? Maybe
June 9, 2017
With the feeling you’ve done good work comes the desire to share it with your fellow-travellers. It could be argued that this is egotism – the ‘look at me!’ impulse. Read the full article…
Here’s what you can do: show some respect
June 5, 2017
Don’t you hate it when you open something to read and the first words are ‘US president, Donald Trump’? I know I do. I am so sick of being shown, Read the full article…