Mark Beeson

@shulgasser This is a great recording and a good starting point to her sound world.

@MarkBeeson16 Where to start?

The wonderful Sofia Goebadolina. If you've not yet crossed paths with her work you're missing a treat. Refined, thoughtful and unique creations.

Vibrant Verdian: the great Italian tenor Giovanni Martinelli was born 140 years ago today.

Interesting covers from Capitol Records, No. 47:

Boulez said: "All these years, I’ve been trying to convince people that music is not there to please them; it’s there to disturb them.”

@StevenIsserlis Insightful advice to young conductors.

Conductors on using words in rehearsal: Solti (b otd 1912):"I can achieve much more when I am quiet and not shouting." Haitink (d otd 2021): "I want to create a communication with an orchestra...with your hands, and with your musical personality.  Words don’t help then, anymore."

@CuffianArt Really like the foreground/background contrast in this work.

‘Winter Sun’ 🎨 2021 acrylic on canvas 9x12

Pianist Wilhelm Backhaus demonstrating the perils of not paying attention to ones expanding hair.

Alma Mahler, a stunning portrait photograph.

From Prokofiev's 19 Oct 1918 diary: "I went to Carnegie Hall to take part in a Russian concert in aid of the American Loan. My attitude was one of indifference. It was my good fortune that the concert was so delayed by the lengthy procedure of collecting money, I did not appear."

Sibelius's Revised Version of his Violin Concerto Op. 47 was premiered on this day in 1905. Richard Steauss conducted the Berlin Court Orchestra & the soloist was Karel Halíř.

#happysunday with our dear Martha ❤️ #marthaargerich #pianovirtuoso

@RAMoulds That has to be taken as a positive. It's a really, really good start.

I actually scribbled today!!! Even more significant: I read through what I've scribbled so far, and did not hate it!!!

@DrDavidVernon You're speaking my language. Downloads just aren't books to me. I need to feel the paper, touch the spine, smell those pages.

I love the look of books, the feel of them, the smell of them, the endless stacks and shelves of them. It’s an emotional, tangible history with objects that we never quite have with downloaded or streamed stuff.

@Squaloflife The beauty of these trees is mesmerizing. The more you look, the more you see.

Just a walk in our neighbourhood on the way to Santiago de Compostela

Treatise by Cardew.I've now been in this business for over 30 yrs but would still struggle to know where to begin in performing or accessing this.I've taught undergrads and worked with many musicians throughout, but I still find the concepts here difficult to grasp.Over thinking?

A friend sent this to me so I thought I would share it