Showing posts with label Beethoven250. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Beethoven250. Show all posts
Monday, December 21, 2020

Welcome to (what remains of) the JDCMB Chocolate Silver Awards 2020

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It's 21 December! Welcome back to our cyberposhplace, with a difference. Nowadays we are all living permanently in cyberplaces. Paradoxi...
Wednesday, October 14, 2020

'Immortal': the difficult stuff

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I was saddened to hear the other day that the celebrated musicologist Maynard Solomon has died, aged 90. I have admired his writings for man...
Friday, September 11, 2020

Nights in the garden of panic

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(A shared post with 'Immortal' at Unbound.) If you're a subscriber to 'Immortal', which is due out on 29 October, you...
Saturday, May 23, 2020

BEETHOVEN MATTERS

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On Tuesday 26 May 6pm, I'm "Dimblebying" for an online discussion about Beethoven , jointly hosted by the Royal Philharmonic S...
Tuesday, February 25, 2020

In Portrait: Beethoven, from dignity to madness...

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If you are already a subscriber to IMMORTAL, you'll have received this in your in-box. Still, it seems to have gone over quite well, so ...
Friday, February 14, 2020

Happy Valentine's Day, Ludwig...

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For Valentine's Day in #Beethoven250 year I've written a chunky piece about the Immortal Beloved for Universal's Udiscovermusic ...
Saturday, January 25, 2020

Beethoven meets Shakespeare #1

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I've spent some time considering the associations of Beethoven's D minor Piano Sonata Op. 31 No. 2 with "Der Sturm" - as r...
Tuesday, July 30, 2019

IMMORTAL: my new Beethoven novel, coming soon...

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Dear friends and supporters, If you enjoyed the historical musical mystery of Ghost Variations , you'll love - I hope - my ne...