TheLonelyNoteNerd
Welcome to TheLonelyNoteNerd
This is a (mainly) classical music blog, with investigations, ideas and provocations about compositions, composers, musicians and writers. From established masterpieces to lesser-travelled corners of the repertoire, we’ll explore performance histories, we’ll dabble with concert reviews, and there’ll be the occasional personal reflection on the art form, with periodic diversions into musicals, jazz, swing, and so on.
Whether you are a seasoned concertgoer, a music scholar, performer, composer, or simply curious about why and how a piece of music, or a performance, works, or doesn’t work, you’re very welcome here. We’ll explore together.
About TheLonelyNoteNerd
Passionate, if not obsessed, with the art form, I’m a retired UK-based professional musician, with a lifetime’s experience of performing, writing, and teaching. I usually post weekly, so to get the latest, sign up for free to receive updates.
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Beethoven’s Inconvenient Pastoral
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Remembrance Sunday: Elgar and the Art of Loss
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The Glock Struck Two: How the BBC Sidelined Berkeley and Panufnik
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Scarier than Daleks: Sibelius, Halloween, and the Terror of Tapiola
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Stravinsky: The Jet-Age Composer who Outran the 19th Century into the Arms of Jazz
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‘Papa’ Haydn and his dark, secret codes (part 2):
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‘Papa’ Haydn and his dark, secret codes (part 1)
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Rachmaninoff Without the Theatrics: Yuja Wang’s Masterclass in Restraint
