I can’t remember the last time the words ‘a live stream’ had been quite so an exciting prospect. In the run up to it I wasn’t entirely sure why, but it was exciting enough to insist of moving my laptop, phone and notebook to the sofa to watch on the ‘Big Screen’ downstairs in the…
Identifying the recent blocks to writing, the challenges of creating content that will cut through, and managing oneself in isolation.
Reinventing television amid a global pandemic
That thing about the conductor who’s a bit crazy on stage.
The only way to learn stuff is to immerse yourself in it. Just don’t ask any questions. My Beethoven odyssey continues. I’ve been in Oxford today at the Beethoven Festival Symposium at the Jacqueline du Pre Music Building in St Hilda’s College. It was the first time I’ve been in amongst academics for a long…
A weekend in Riga to hear some of the best classical music? Yes please.
A highly responsive orchestra fuelled by adrenaline and enthuasiasm. Bliss.
Exhilarating Norrington. Epic Beethoven. Brilliant.
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…