I heard on the radio this morning that today, 5 January, marks the birth date of several esteemed pianists. I love it when life throws up this kind of happenstance. Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (5 January 1920 – 12 June 1995) was an Italian classical pianist. According to Wikipedia, he is considered one of the greatest…
There are no facts, only interpretations*
I recently took a train from Newcastle in England to Edinburgh in Scotland - a journey lasting about 90 minutes and one which I do regularly. But this particular trip was marked out by the drama in the carriage in which I had, by happenstance, ended up. It was the 'Quiet Coach'. Is this a…
The music to play when the President comes for drinks?
Mozart was always going to be a hard act to follow - my last post was the culmination of a magnificent concentration of some of the Best Music Ever Written. In all our born puff, as my mother might say. So I have found Mumford & Sons and their first album Sigh No More hard to…
