The slow movement from Vaughan Williams 5 and the thoughts it provokes.
Beethoven isn’t my go-to composer. Never has been. There’s nothing wrong per se about the man’s music. There is melody. There’s drama. In his symphonic works especially the textures in his orchestral writing are highly satisfying. The problem is (or maybe it’s not a problem) I admire the creative achievement in the same way I…
Discovering Sibelius 3 for the first time and hearing George Li play Mozart 23 via monitors. A difficult evening what with my hacking cough, but the LCO are really very good.
Music as a barometer. That’s what music has the power to be: a barometer.
I did promise myself that I wouldn’t write about death or grief. I promised myself I wouldn’t be superficial. I would instead be bold, daring and independent. I would challenge convention. I would share something of myself. After all, people respond to passion (even if they don’t realise it), and passion necessarily comes from the…
Brahms is the cheese. Fact.
Thoughts generated whilst looking into the middle distance.