Tag: Classical Connections
Classical Connections: Trains of thought
I wonder whether you recall that self-righteous little poem by Frances Cornford entitled, rather insensitively, To a Fat Lady Seen from the Train. My...
Classical Connections: Black marks on white paper
When you come to think about it, Western music notation is quite amazing because it has served musicians pretty well unchanged for several hundred...
Classical Connections: Looney Tunes
I rather like the story about the child at elementary school who was asked by her teacher which is most useful, the sun or...
Classical Connections: A sense of place
A few days ago with nothing very much in mind, I was aimlessly browsing through different countries with the aid of Google maps and...
Classical Connections: Animal Crackers
A long time ago, when the world seemed a different place and I was very young, my parents used to occasionally give me a...
Classical Connections: The Sound of Silence
The other night, having nothing much to do, I was looking through the orchestral score of Tchaikovsky’s Sixth Symphony – his last one. He...
Classical Connections: A class apart
Browsing through some music videos the other day, I came across a performance by a violinist of about six years old who was described...
Classical Connections: Great Danes
If you are over a certain age, you may recall a recording that was released in the 1950s and remained popular for many years...
Classical Connections: Boys Don’t Cry?
If you’re over a certain age, you may recall a popular French song entitled Les Trois Cloches, made famous by Edith Piaf and Les...
Classical Connections: Intimate voices
There was a time when music was much quieter than it is today. Before the eleventh century most music consisted of a single unaccompanied...
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