Originally published on 22/4/2012. In October 2024 Staatsoper Stuttgart staged “Sancta”, an Opera performance by Florentina Holzinger with Paul Hindemith’s
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Powder her Face (G)
A few days ago, I heard on BBC Readio 3 Thomas Adès’s Piano Concerto, performed by the pianist Kirill Gerstein
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“How can you be tough with a Christmas cake in your face?” A Sex Pistols short story
The quote of the title belongs to John Lydon, lead singer of the Sex Pistols, the English punk group that
Continue readingI am a fool to want you
“I’m A Fool To Want You” I’m a fool to want you I’m a fool to want you To want
Continue readingDan Hicks and His Hot Licks: “I scare myself” and a little more – in the context of perplexed personal situations
It was sometime in the early 1980’s. I was in my late 20s and doing postgraduate work in the United
Continue reading1001 Ways to Die – (10) Ginette Neveu, French Violinist (1919-1949)
Edith Piaf wrote of Neveu in her autobiography, The Wheel of Fortune: “I would have traveled thousands of miles to hear the
Continue readingTsambouna: The bagpipe of the Greek islands – Τσαμπουνα: ο άσκαυλος των Ελληνικων νησιων
Ο ασκαυλος ειναι ενα μουσικο οργανο που ξεκινα να αναφερεται στην αρχαια Ελλαδα απο τον πεμπτο αιωνα προ Χριστου. Bagpipes
Continue readingKaoru Kakizakai: a modern Komuso (Zen Priest of Nothingness) plays Shakuhachi
Introduction I was blessed to attend a recital by Kaoru Kakizakai in the Onassis Cultural Center of Athens, Greece. Kaoru
Continue readingMartha Argerich and friends play Johann Sebastian Bach’s Concerto for 4 Pianos, BWV 1065
On Monday 12th March 2012 I was lucky to attend a concert given by Martha Argerich and a group of
Continue readingCosi fan tutte, ossia La Scuola degli Amanti – Thus Do They All, or The School For Lovers
Mozart’s opera buffa is a perplexing one, and in spite of appearances, a very dark one indeed. It is this
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