Learning a Violin Concerto by Heart
It is now a couple of weeks since I performed the Beethoven Violin Concerto for the first time with an orchestra. Many people have said it’s not a work violinists should attempt before the age of 40 and as I am rapidly approaching that age (big birthday next year!) and have loved that piece for the last 32 years of [...]
The Rhythmic Flow of Music
The rhythmic pulse or beat is in many ways the foundation of all music. Listening to indigenous music forms as well as those dating back several centuries, we can hear that there are many expressive forms where the melody is not particularly well developed, but the sense of a vibrant pulse or beat is very much [...]
