» If you've got it, use it
21/11/09 08:59 from Jessica Duchen's classical music blog
An e-interview with cellist Robert Cohen about his new series of free podcast interviews with arts movers and shakers. http://standpointmag.co.uk/node/2464

» Friday Historical: The Best Famous Belgian!
20/11/09 16:28 from Jessica Duchen's classical music blog
To celebrate with Mr Van R, here's the best thing that ever came out of Belgium that wasn't chocolate: http://standpointmag.co.uk/node/2463

» New music in the paradise garden
20/11/09 11:39 from On An Overgrown Path
Gaston Bachelard's image of an ecstatic paradise garden is linked with the Buddhist vision of the pure land , a state of mind beyond suffering where there is no grasping, in Jonathan Harvey's Fourth String Quartet. Dating from 2003, the Fo..

» Opera & Ballet: The Odd Couple
20/11/09 09:05 from Jessica Duchen's classical music blog
My piece in today's Indy about the rapprochement of these two arts... http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/classical/features/ballet-and-opera--the-odd-couple-1823711.html

» "Comply with compliance..."
19/11/09 09:24 from Jessica Duchen's classical music blog
A few thoughts on this peculiar concept, plus a link to a very good article - and do you remember the time that someone said "f***" on R3?? http://standpointmag.co.uk/node/2417

» The lost art of listening
18/11/09 12:00 from On An Overgrown Path
'Music for young people. The Art of Listening . Dr George Firth director of Scotland of the Arts Council for Great Britain. Mary Firth (pianist). An Opportunity for those under 35'. This last item, The Art of Listening , was a favourite su..