Shostakovich and Bowles

I read an interesting and thought-provoking post this morning in the Classical Life blog which caught my eye because it was about Shostakovich, a composer whose music is very dear to me. Tim Managan, the blogger, quotes from the composer and author Paul Bowles, who in...

Copywrong

As readers may have guessed from some of my recent posts, one of my summer projects has been to get to know YouTube and to understand what it means to people in all of the creative industries.   Copyright has become a more contentious point of conversation than ever...

Metamorphosen

Had an absolutely wonderful day with my friends in the Lancashire Chamber Orchestra.   The LCO was founded as an orchestra for string teachers in the region to have an opportunity to perform string and chamber music repertoire at a very high level, and so they have a...