Nightingales, corn crakes and song thrushes.
This entry was posted on February 5 2010 at 10:26 am and is filed under The biosphere.
Many, many years ago (1975, at a guess) I performed Oiseaux Exotiques with a chamber orchestra. It was one of the most thoroughly engaging pieces I ever played.
A delightful man and composer (although an hour of his trills has been known to send me back to Brahms).
Yvonne Loriod died on May 17. Telegraph obituary:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/music-obituaries/7737827/Yvonne-Loriod.html
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February 5 2010 at 6:44 pm
Many, many years ago (1975, at a guess) I performed Oiseaux Exotiques with a chamber orchestra. It was one of the most thoroughly engaging pieces I ever played.
February 5 2010 at 8:38 pm
A delightful man and composer (although an hour of his trills has been known to send me back to Brahms).
May 19 2010 at 6:24 am
Yvonne Loriod died on May 17. Telegraph obituary:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/music-obituaries/7737827/Yvonne-Loriod.html