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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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The children laugh, without fail
August 29, 2013
It’s quite possible to enjoy opera without having a clue what’s going on. This cracks the kids up every time it’s played. From Richard Wagner, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, act Read the full article…