The first ten
January 10, 2018
This daily composition thing is curious; you look at a year ahead and think, ‘no way.’ But days go by, and if you can find an hour or so each Read the full article…
Rediscovering
December 10, 2017
Something curious happened this week; I was reminded, quite out of the blue, of a piece I composed at the turn of the century and had put aside, moved on 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…
Christmas music in August
August 18, 2017
When I released I’ll tell you later in 2015 it resonated with listeners to a degree that surprised me. The initial run of 100 copies sold out, so I printed some Read the full article…
They changed me
June 20, 2017
‘Morning, listeners. Bit late starting. Sorry. Here’s the Flaming Groovies.’ – Helen Garner, ‘Did he pay?’ from Postcards from Surfers As an incurable romantic, and a sort of delusional lazybones, my Read the full article…