Music is the only art form I know nothing about, still I see and hear music in all the other arts; rhythm, pattern, movement, balance, silence, emptiness … these are all important qualities also in poetry and visual arts. At the Drawing Room in London the exhibition Everything we do is music is underlining the affinities. You…
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Music for a new day
Norman Lebrecht neatly described Daniil Trifonov as “A pianist for the rest of our lives”. He might not be wrong: Daniil Trifonov was born in Nizhny Novgorod on 5 March 1991.
Music Happens Between the Notes
Yo-Yo Ma – in a generous personal conversation with Krista Tippett
my monday music
Listen: https://soundcloud.com/iainballamy/quercus Quercus June Tabor: voice Iain Ballamy: tenor and soprano saxophones Huw Warren: piano Three unique musicians converge to create an evocative mixture of words and music, encompassing jazz, folk and traditional songs in contemporary settings. Saxophonist Iain Ballamy, and pianist Huw Warren, winner of the 2005 BBC Jazz Award, both have international reputations…
A Visit from the Goon Squad
10 years ago I became very impressed by Jonathan Franzen’s essays How to Be Alone. For weeks now I have been trying to read his newest novel, Freedom, but the text will not open up. To me there is nothing here but words, lots of words; but no poetry, no music, no sensuality – its just talk…
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