Don’t get so upset about it

June 4, 2022

Here’s a little post about feeling overwhelmed by artistic experience. I was listening to Leonard Bernstein conducting Brahms’s Haydn variations. I said to my nearest and dearest, as the seventh Read the full article…

The Penny Quartet at the Melbourne Recital Centre

May 10, 2022

6pm on a Monday evening isn’t the easiest ask for a family man like me, but some calls are louder than others. The highly-regarded and -awarded Penny Quartet was to Read the full article…

Australian music needs you

April 14, 2022

There is a marvellous essay at the end of Martin Williams’s Jazz Changes entitled ‘Recognition, Prestige and Respect: They’re Academic Questions’. In it, Mr Williams argues that the centrality of composers Read the full article…

Who’s your favourite piano player?

March 23, 2022

Interview questions can be really interesting, and encourage you to think along lines you haven’t before. They’re the best ones, and when the interviewer shows a genuine interest in what Read the full article…

The album is a journey

April 18, 2021

I know you own a copy of Kind of blue. Hopefully it’s placed alphabetically under D for Davis, and you’ll be able to find it quickly. Go on, locate it and Read the full article…