City Hall
I bumped into this old friend yesterday. Since it has to do with my music, the relevant post belongs in Agustín Fernández, composer. That is where it is.
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City Hall
Walking the streets of Newcastle yesterday, I came to the old City Hall. To call it ‘old’ does not mean that it is particularly ancient; it opened in 1927, which, for the standards of central Newcastle, is mature, but not that aged. Nor does it mean that there is a […]
Prayer of the Homecomer
Thank you for admitting me In the spring of my old land In the May of my old town In the warmth of my old church On the grey of the old streets On the banks of the big stream As I come back. And thank you for leading me […]
May 2019
Tuesday 7 May 2019Cancillería del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia, La Paz Par, par, palomitaTrioArreglos bolivianosThomas Gould, violintbc, celloAna-María Vera, pianoOrquesta Bolivia Clásica, conducted from the violin by Thomas Gould Wednesday 8 May 2019Museo Nacional de Arte, La Paz Programme as above Thursday 9 May 2019Círculo de la Unión, La Paz […]
Over the Carpathians
February 2019 I will be reviewing the Belgrade Inn separately for an external website. Suffice it to say here that the hotel is a little jewel. They do get pretty much everything right; there is no doubt that I will go back there. As with most jewels, there may be […]
Valentine’s in Belgrade
[Originally published in Diary of Exile] This diary begins in Belgrade on 14 February 2019. I am here on a mixed errand; for others as well as for myself. To some extent it is also thanks to others. Thank heaven there are people who remain steadfast, and who wish me well. […]
A Northumbrian Anthem, an update
That contemporary music has distanced itself from society is a frequent contention. That society has given up on new music is the obverse claim. A simplistic view would be that educated composers have secluded themselves in ivory towers where rarified music is heard by a few connoisseurs, mostly other composers. […]
Two autumns
Yuku ware ni Todomaru nare ni Aki futatsu For I who go For you who stay Two autumns This haiku’s authorship is posthumously disputed between Masaoka Shiki (1867-1902) and the much earlier Buson (1716-1784). My knowledge of Japanese is not enough to understand why over a century’s distance cannot be […]
Momenta in Bolivia
The Momenta Quartet have been among my main collaborators for quite some time. In 1997 they gave the first performance of my String Quartet No. 1 ‘Montes’ at Rock Hall Auditorium, Philadelphia, and they went on playing the piece many times since. In 2008 they visited Newcastle, playing ‘Montes’ at […]
On Years of Pilgrimage
This blog consists of loose fragments from a travelogue that may be published in book form one day. Meanwhile, I am sharing them here selectively and not necessarily in chronological order.