Midway through high school I read Murakami’s Kafka on the Shore, which has a scene in where two characters weave through mountain roads in a green Miata listening to that Schubert sonata (D. 960). Reading that scene introduced me to that piece (performed, in my favorite recording, by Mitsuko Uchida) and I’ve been a real admirer for the last 6ish years because of it
I can't go to the theatre anymore–for music, drama or dance. The temptation to homicide is too great. Last time I went (to see a performance of the ENB Romeo and Juliet, music by Prokofiev and choreography by Nureyev) two grown women sat behind me drinking mini bottles of wine and sniggering at 'men in tights' and chomping their way through a box of sweets. They were shushed plenty of times, but sadly, were too thick-skinned, and ignorant, to behave.
Nice post. I have a piece coming out tomorrow about how you don’t have to know anything to write about music!
Your “mobius” in the headline put me in the mind of this lovely album by the Mobius trio playing the music of your countryman Arnold Bax, worth a listen.
Midway through high school I read Murakami’s Kafka on the Shore, which has a scene in where two characters weave through mountain roads in a green Miata listening to that Schubert sonata (D. 960). Reading that scene introduced me to that piece (performed, in my favorite recording, by Mitsuko Uchida) and I’ve been a real admirer for the last 6ish years because of it
I can't go to the theatre anymore–for music, drama or dance. The temptation to homicide is too great. Last time I went (to see a performance of the ENB Romeo and Juliet, music by Prokofiev and choreography by Nureyev) two grown women sat behind me drinking mini bottles of wine and sniggering at 'men in tights' and chomping their way through a box of sweets. They were shushed plenty of times, but sadly, were too thick-skinned, and ignorant, to behave.
Gah it’s getting so bad!
The Velasco exhibition is at the National Gallery. https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/exhibitions/velasco
Nice post. I have a piece coming out tomorrow about how you don’t have to know anything to write about music!
Your “mobius” in the headline put me in the mind of this lovely album by the Mobius trio playing the music of your countryman Arnold Bax, worth a listen.
https://music.apple.com/us/album/chamber-music/19298727
Thanks for the link and I shall read that post with interest!
Great — because I have a follow up for you after…