Blogging

When I began blogging in 2005, I had many things I wished to say.  I had deeply held grievances and complaints I could not wait to express.  After 6 years of blogging, it is possible that I have said them all.  I have been taking a much closer look at the world of classical music, and this has taught me much.  Knowing more changes things.

In general what I think is the opposite of what most musicians are taught.  We are taught to learn what is written down and reproduce it precisely.  I believe that there is a process of discovering expression that goes far beyond the mere learning of notes, and that the more individual the expression, the better.

But I also find that time and the process of listening might change everything.  That said, I find that I still love me.  No one expresses what I would want to say better than me.  It can't be helped--I love me, and that seems never to change.  I am only surprised each time to find how much I still love me.  I feel like Maria Callas sitting alone in her Paris apartment listening to her own recordings.

Before I leave me I must include at least one Brahms.  There is a wrong note in this performance, but I sing it with so much conviction you are unlikely to find it.

Brahms Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer by Dr.Barbara

Brahms Liebestreu by Dr.Barbara