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Monthly Archives: September 2012

The Inner Garden

On October 28th, 2012, the  foAM group is organizing an ‘Inner Garden‘ in Gent’s botanical gardens. More info here. Between then and now I will be helping the composer Stevie Wishart to prepare the ‘Viriditas Commnuity Choir’ for this Hildegard Von Bingen inspired musical all-day event that is scheduled to take place from sunrise to […]

Dipping my toe into Celtic music

Last month I had the pleasure to work with the celtic violinist Kieran Fahy on a short programme of Irish music. We were looking mainly at the ballad repertoire (eg ‘Danny Boy’) and I was delighted with the result, which combined violin, ‘cello and voice. It’s a new style for me, and I hope to […]

Tempo – oh so important

I missed René Jacobs’ opening concert for the Klara festival in Brussels.  And so I listened eagerly when I heard parts of it broadcast as the ‘best of’ on the radio. I had high expectations. An impressive man is René Jacobs. I had read Rudy Tambuyser’s article in Staalkaart. I was prepared to be made […]