Viking
Galaxy play the 02 ABC tonight - my son is the bass player. Exciting times!
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Saturday 24 August 2013
Viking Galaxy 02 ABC tonight!
music, gigs, reviews, photos,
02 abc,
glasgow,
rock band,
Viking Galaxy
Thursday 22 August 2013
EIBF BOOKS
EIBF BOOKS
Edinburgh
International Book Festival 2013, books that caught my attention.
Road to
Referendum, Ian MacWhirter.
Poetry. I
Steer Towards the Catastrophe, Robin Robertson.
Creating a
Pianist’s Bible, Alfred Brendel.
Art and
Passion in the Renaissance, Jonathan Jones.
Daniel
Rachel Behind the Art of Songwriting.
Seeing the
World Through Shakespeare’s Eyes, Jonathan Bate.
History of
Nations, Peter Furtado (28 essays by native writers on national identity and
history)
music, gigs, reviews, photos,
authors,
books,
Edinburgh International book Festival 2013,
EIBF BOOKS,
writers
Tuesday 20 August 2013
Pianist Alfred Brendel Edinburgh International Book Festival 2013
Alfred Brendel |
Alfred
Brendel, Austrian pianist, gave
a charming and knowledgeable talk about his new book the Pianist Bible with Jonathan Mills, composer and pianist and director of the Edinburgh International Festival, and
co-author Michael Morley at Edinburgh
International Book Festival 2013.
Firstly Brendel and co-author Michael Morley read excepts from his new book a Pianist’s Bible – with chapters on Emotion, Notation, Fantasy, Art and Artists, Humour, Wit and Wisdom.
The talk
really became interesting when the audience gave requests and questions.
One member
asked about his favourite recording by Brendel, which he said was Schubert
played with the Cleveland Quartet. He thought this recording was so together
and he wondered how older European players matched younger American
players.
Brendel said his
favourite composers were Bach, Handel,
Hadyn and Schubert. He said that great piano music was composed for ensembles. Someone
asked him was it about playing with feeling OR in time – to which he replied it
was about ‘feeling in time’!
He said
that the piano had the biggest solo repertoire. As the piano is more complex to
learn than other instruments such as violin or wind instruments, it therefore takes longer
to reach the peak of performance, usually between 40 and 60.
Brendel said
the biggest influence on his music was great conductors and great singers. He
said it was necessary to turn the piano into the orchestra and to understand
the ebb and flow between the genres and to control the rhythm and nuances.
Jonathan Mills |
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Sunday 18 August 2013
John Taylor of Duran Duran at Edinburgh Book festival
John Taylor, member of 80s band Duran Duran, discussed his
memoir In the Pleasure Groove at Edinburgh International Book Festival 2013. Copyrighted
music, gigs, reviews, photos,
Duran Duran,
Edinburgh Book Festival 2013,
In the Pleasure Groove,
John Taylor,
memoir
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