BLOGArchive for August, 2009Most of us go to our graves with our music still inside of us – unknownSiena, 40 degrees. It’s a little hot here. There seems to be an abundance of nuns here now. They are here for Suor Angelica, the opera by Puccini. Rehearsals are well underway and judging from them, come performance night, I don’t think there will be a dry eye in the cathedral. Puccini was an extremely [...] Playing scales is like a boxer skipping rope or punching a bag. It’s not the thing in itself; it’s preparatory to the activity – Barney Kessel – Jazz GuitarCiao from Tuscany, Italy! I’m writing from Siena where the annual Palio is about to take place. You can see my posts about it over the last few years. Here the race is about to start and like all of Siena, I’m about to drop everything not to miss it (although this year on the [...] Raising the barby VANESSA BRADBURY CONDUCTOR Daniel Smith’s career has been looking bright since he competed in the Olympic Games of music. Smith, 27, of Carlingford, was the only Australian to make it into round two of the prestigious Malko International Conducting Competition in Denmark in May. US conductor Joshua Weilerstein took top honours. “I am very [...] |
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