JDCMB
Jessica Duchen's Classical Music Blog. Music and writing in London, UK.
Tuesday, March 23, 2021
Muesli for breakfast
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Yesterday I had my first Covid-19 vaccination. Everyone said I’d feel odd afterwards, perhaps with a headache and exhaustion, but I was abso...
Friday, February 05, 2021
"DALIA" - our new People's Opera for Garsington
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We weren't planning to spill the beans about this project so soon, but it has just been shortlisted for an exciting development prize, ...
Thursday, January 21, 2021
Commonplace books
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Moved beyond measure by President Biden's inaugural ceremony yesterday, I've entered the last lines of Amanda Gorman's poem The ...
Thursday, December 31, 2020
2020 in the JDCMB-Haus
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What did we do in 2020? The world did a pandemic. The UK did Brexit. I did Beethoven. I finished writing a book about Beethoven. I wrote a ...
Tuesday, December 29, 2020
Farewell to Fou Ts'ong (1934-2020)
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Late last night the tragic news reached me that the great Chinese pianist Fou Ts'ong has died, aged 86, of Covid-19. This phenomenal art...
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