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Thursday, September 13, 2012
Paris Sonata, Solar Eclipse and Revolution
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An alignment of events on different continents... [John Trumbull: Presentation of the draft of the Declaration of Independence to Congress] ...
Thursday, March 29, 2012
"Rarely, rarely, comest thou, Spirit of Delight!"
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[Edward Elgar (1857-1934) photographed by Charles Grindrod in 1903, the year of the first sketches of the 2nd Symphony.] The Symphony no.2 O...
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Dreams of a composer
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Some self-indulgent reflection inspired by my 50th birthday From a very early age I have had a huge passion for music, greatly encouraged by...
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Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Happy birthday Rossini
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On Rossini, and his encounters with Beethoven and Chopin... Today we get to celebrate something we don't often have the chance to: Gioac...
Friday, January 27, 2012
In praise of Bach (7)
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When posting my 6 previous blogs 'in praise of Bach' I was struck yet again by the frequency of over-the-top phrases spoken through ...
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
In praise of Johann Sebastian Bach (6)
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The joy of his keyboard music Since my teens I have had a deep love of Bach's music, and as a pianist have enjoyed playing much of his w...
Monday, January 23, 2012
In praise of Johann Sebastian Bach (5)
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Two excerpts from J.S. Bach’s St John Passion 1. Chorale: ‘O große Lieb’ (‘O mighty love’) For Bach it was very important that the music exp...
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