Category Archives: music

Music

Life would be very dull without music. I’m grateful for: Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 (the Pastoral Symphony), especially the first movement, Allegro ma non troppo. One day I will experience this work being performed live. So hard to pick a single J.S. Bach work. At the moment I will choose [...]

Music

I haven’t written any of these posts for a long time. Having been listening to ABC Classic FM’s Classic 100, I’ll say that I’m grateful for/love the following pieces of music: Bach – Suite No 1 in G for Solo Cello, BWV1007 Mozart – Piano Concerto No 21 in C, K467 Mozart – Requiem, K626 [...]

Gurrumul

Gurrumul at St George’s Church, Kemp Town Originally uploaded by neate photos. I went to see Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu perform at the Perth Concert Hall last night. It was an amazing experience. Gurrumul has the most beautiful voice and presence. Because he mostly sings in Yolngu the English translations of his words were displayed as [...]