Feb 17, 2019 | Artistic philosophy, Interpretation, Practice and performance
Music is human for me, or maybe more than human, maybe divine. It is love. It comes from the same place as beauty and grace in nature. It is a communion between hearts and souls that is profoundly consoling or cleansing. It releases our darkest nightmares and...
Feb 14, 2019 | Rachmaninov, Solo Piano, Video
A glorious, melodic, dark and richly virtuoso piece by Rachmaninov. With its long, tuneful lines, filigree textures and dramatic pauses, it has an epic quality, despite being quite short.
Jan 30, 2019 | Mendelssohn, Solo Piano, Video
This Mendelssohn Song without Words is a beautiful duet with a gorgeous flowing accompaniment. The sense of arrival when the melody reaches its full-blooded summit and also the quiet pizzicato bass notes towards the end are both powerful in very different ways.
Jan 25, 2019 | Own compositions, Solo Piano, Video
My Nocturne No. 11 in G minor is one of the 11 Nocturnes that feature in my forthcoming album ‘Nocturnal’ to be released on February 18th. The album version is the original unplanned improvisation, but having created a score, I play it for you here.
Jan 17, 2019 | Own compositions, Solo Piano, Video
Another unplanned improvisation – this time tonally simpler, diatonic, very minor with a dark and wistful mood.
