Tag: Classical Connections
Classical Connections: Swiss roles
When the word Switzerland is mentioned what springs to mind? Perhaps lakes and mountains, or if you’re a food-orientated type, perhaps it’s chocolate and...
Classical Connections: Three’s company
“When shall we three meet again?” is, you may recall, the first line spoken in the Scottish play (for I dare not utter its...
Classical Connections: It’s all Greek to me
Well, I don’t know whether you’ve noticed but today, Friday 25th March is Greek Independence Day, a national holiday commemorating the start of the...
Classical Connections: Stringing along
It’s a well-known fact that orchestral string players tend to prefer the company of other string players and rarely mingle with the woodwind and...
Classical Connections: As different as…
I’ll leave you to complete the phrase but please try to think of something more imaginative than “chalk and cheese.” Anyway, the point is...
Classical Connections: When the world was a quieter place
Last night I was re-reading Jeremy Paxman’s entertaining and brilliantly perceptive book The English: a Portrait of a People. At least, I was attempting...
Classical Connections: Into Finn air
In must have been a good many years ago, but my one-and-only journey to Finland was to a music conference in Helsinki. I can’t...
Classical Connections: Mixed doubles
Go to almost any orchestral concert and you’ll find that there’s probably a concerto for something-or-other on the programme. Why are concertos so popular?...
Classical Connections: Squeeze me
What’s the difference between a macaw and an accordion? The answer is that one is loud, obnoxious and noisy; the other is a bird....
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