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  • Wednesday, January 07, 2009

    Felixcitations #2

    Latest post on my BBC R3 Mendelssohn blog is on the site now.
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    Novelist, journalist (The Independent), pre-concert talker, blogger... www.jessicaduchen.co.uk . www.hungariandances.co.uk
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    HUNGARIAN DANCES: THE NOVEL

    HUNGARIAN DANCES: THE NOVEL

    HUNGARIAN DANCES: THE CD

    HUNGARIAN DANCES: THE CD
    Philippe Graffin's recital based on the novel

    My books

    • HUNGARIAN DANCES
    • ALICIA'S GIFT
    • RITES OF SPRING
    • ERICH WOLFGANG KORNGOLD
    • GABRIEL FAURE
    • INSIDE LONDON (with photographer Dorothy Bohm)

    PODCAST from Classic FM Arts Daily: I talk to Bob Jones about 'Hungarian Dances', 11 April 2009

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    Music inspirations

    • Buskaid & the Soweto Strings Ensemble
    • El Sistema & Gustavo Dudamel
    • Live Music Now
    • Musicians Without Borders
    • Streetwise Opera
    • War Child Music, Mostar
    • West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

    Music faces

    • Allegri String Quartet
    • Andras Schiff
    • Anne Sofie von Otter
    • Beaux Arts Trio
    • Benjamin Wallfisch
    • Cecilia Bartoli
    • Charles Neidich
    • Charles Owen
    • Chen Halevi
    • Daniel Barenboim
    • Evgeny Kissin
    • Fine Arts Quartet
    • Grigory Sokolov
    • Ivan Ilic
    • Jonas Kaufmann
    • Juan Diego Florez
    • Julian Lloyd Webber
    • Krystian Zimerman
    • Laurence Dreyfus
    • Leon McCawley
    • Leonidas Kavakos
    • London Philharmonic Orchestra
    • Marc-Andre Hamelin
    • Margaret Fingerhut
    • Martha Argerich
    • Matthew Taylor
    • Maxim Vengerov
    • Melvyn Tan
    • Mikhail Rudy
    • Mitsuko Uchida
    • Murray McLachlan
    • Nikolaj Znaider
    • Nitin Sawhney
    • Oleg Kogan
    • Pascal Devoyon
    • Paul Lewis
    • Philippe Graffin
    • Piers Lane
    • Pinchas Zukerman
    • Piotr Anderszewski
    • Raphael Wallfisch
    • Razumovsky Ensemble
    • Robert Tear
    • Roxanna Panufnik
    • Roy Howat
    • Rustem Hayroudinoff
    • Simon Trpceski
    • Stephen Kovacevich
    • Steven Isserlis
    • Tanita Tikaram
    • Tasmin Little
    • Vladimir Jurowski

    Music places

    • 2007 BBC Promenade Concerts
    • All About Opera
    • Austrian Cultural Forum, London
    • Avie Records
    • Bachtrack
    • Barbican Centre
    • BBC Music Magazine
    • BBC Radio 3
    • Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
    • Chandos Records
    • City of London Festival
    • Classic FM radio
    • Classical DJ: guide to online classical radio stations worldwide
    • Classical Music Home Page
    • Classical Music UK Magazine
    • Classical Source
    • Classics and Jazz
    • Classics Today
    • Consonances, St Nazaire Festival
    • Culture Kick, Denmark
    • Danacord Records
    • Elgar Birthplace Museum
    • English National Opera
    • Glyndebourne Festival Opera
    • Gramophone Magazine
    • Hungarian Cultural Centre, London
    • Hyperion Records
    • International Piano Magazine
    • Kings Place
    • Korngold website
    • London Chamber Music Society
    • Medici Arts TV
    • MusBook - NEW!
    • Music and Politics
    • Musical America - NEW
    • Musicweb International
    • Muso Magazine
    • Norman Lebrecht at La Scena Musicale
    • Onyx Classics
    • Opus 1 Classical
    • Pianist Magazine
    • Richard Morrison at The Times
    • Royal Opera House
    • Sequenza 21
    • Southbank Centre (Royal Festival Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Purcell Room)
    • Symphony Hall, Birmingham
    • The Red Hedgehog, Highgate
    • The Sage, Gateshead
    • The Strad Magazine
    • Universal Classics and Jazz
    • Verbier Festival
    • Vilnius Festival
    • Violinist.com
    • Voce di Tenore - Carreras, Sabbatini, Florez, Alagna
    • Wigmore Hall

    Friends, family, colleagues

    • Andreas Hudelmayer, violin maker
    • Anna Swan, author
    • Ben Mandelson, world music mover & shaker
    • Caroline Dale, Japanese-speaking London tour guide
    • Claire Duchen
    • Dorothy Bohm, photographer
    • Eddy Duchin, distant cousin, legendary band leader
    • Francis's blog: In praise of dreams
    • Hodder & Stoughton
    • Horst Kolo, webmaster extraordinaire
    • L'ounis, chambres d'hotes in Provence
    • Michael Duchen
    • Mike Summers, jazz musician
    • Monica Bohm-Duchen, art historian
    • Norman Perryman, musical kinetic artist
    • Solti the cat
    • Theo Travis, saxophonist & composer
    • Tony Palmer, film director

    The blogroll

    • AC Douglas: Sounds and Fury
    • Alex Ross: The Rest is Noise
    • Alex Shapiro, composer
    • Alexander Frey
    • Anastasia Tsioulcas: Cafe Aman
    • Bart Collins: The Well-Tempered Blog
    • Boydell & Brewer Publishing: From Beyond the Stave
    • Bryant Manning: Mysteries Abysmal
    • Cathy Fuller: Fullermusic
    • Charles Noble
    • Charlotte Higgins (The Guardian)
    • Clive Davis (The Spectator)
    • Collaborative Piano
    • Daniel Felsenfeld: Felsenmusick
    • David Nice
    • Drew McManus: Adaptistration
    • Ed Seckerson (The Independent)
    • Emanuel Ax
    • Erin: Fugue State
    • Gavin Plumley: Entartete Musik
    • George Hunka: Superfluities
    • Greg Sandow
    • Intermezzo
    • Ionarts
    • Jason Heath's Double Bass Blog
    • Jeremy Denk: Think Denk
    • John Amis
    • John France: The Land of Lost Content (British music)
    • Jonathan Biss
    • Joshua Kosman: On a Pacific Aisle
    • Kenneth Woods, conductor
    • La Cieca
    • Le journal de Papageno
    • Lisa Hirsch: Iron Tongue of Midnight
    • Marc Geelhoed: Deceptively Simple
    • Marcus Maroney: Sounds like new
    • Matthew Guerrieri: Soho the dog
    • Maury d'annato: My favourite intermissions
    • Meanwhile, here in France...
    • Michael Church (The Independent)
    • Mike Goldstein: Nimble Tread
    • Mostly Opera
    • Musical Perceptions
    • Norman Lebrecht: Slipped Disc
    • OAE's blog
    • On an Overgrown Path
    • Opera Chic
    • Patricia Mitchell: Oboe Insight
    • Pinchgut Opera's blog
    • Prima la music: opera blog
    • Robert Hugill
    • Robin Hill (c/o Anna) Life of a Musician
    • Sebastian Scotney: LondonJazz - NEW
    • Simon Hewitt Jones
    • St Louis Symphony Orchestra Blog
    • Stephen Hough (The Telegraph)
    • Stephen Llewellyn: Portland Opera's Operaman
    • Stephen Pollard (The JC)
    • Steve Hicken: Listen
    • Steve Smith: Night after Night
    • Terry Teachout: About Last Night
    • The Omniscient Mussel
    • The Standing Room
    • Tim Mangan: Classical Life (Orange County)
    • Tom Service (The Guardian)
    • Tommy Pearson: One More Take
    • Vilaine Fille
    • Viola in Vilnius

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