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Easter – Holy Friday
It is ten o’clock before midnight but the church is still full of people. Pious prayers blend with hasty steps of arriving and leaving parishioners. Tonight people will be singing and praying until...
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An extraordinary, yet unappreciated voice – Cecilia Bartoli
A few days ago I read with quite a lot of interest a statement by a not very well-known singer, who claimed that she was born addicted to music like a drug addict. Indeed, music can be somehow...
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Suite Gothique by Léon Boëllmann
Last week, while listening to a BBC Radio 2 programme, I heard a very interesting musical composition, Suite Gothique by a French composer Léon Boëllmann (1862 – 1897). I have to confess, I’ve never...
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A few words about Bulgarian folk jazz – Milena Karadjova
Bulgaria is probably most popular for tourism and travel and also its graceful folk choirs. However, in this country, like everywhere else in the world, there are different musical genres, but I’m not...
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A little known Europe – Czech Republic.
Studying and living in a different country is a great opportunity to improve one’s knowledge about people who sometimes are your neighbours living beyond the borders of your home country. I remember...
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My Heller
Stephen Heller (1813 – 1888), is one of those composers whose works are always pleasing to my ear. The first work by this Hungarian composer which I have ever heard was Prelude in B major, Op. 81 No....
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The Trick Is to Keep Breathing, by Janice Galloway
Contemporary times are not easy to deal with; our époque might be confusing, especially to those who are oversensitive. The Trick Is to Keep Breathing, a novel by Janice Galloway published in the UK by...
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‘Hector’s Voyage or the Search for Happiness’.
‘Hector’s Voyage or the Search for Happiness’ is a book by French psychiatrist François Lelord. As its title suggests, it’s about Hector, who travels to many places to find a proper definition of...
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Edinburgh, one the most charming cities in the UK
‘My dear Sir, do not think that I blaspheme when I tell you that your great London, as compared to Dun-Edin, ‘mine own romantic town’, is as prose compared to poetry, or as a great rumbling, rambling,...
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Adele’s “21”
Some time ago (on 24 January 2011), the second album by Leona Lewis’s former classmate Adele was released in the UK. Adele is a young singer from Tottenham, North London. The album is called “21” and...
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‘Every appearance on the stage makes me happier’ – Mark Fedorov, a young...
I never liked works by the Austrian pianist and composer Carl Czerny (1791 – 1857) and thought I would probably never like them. However, a few months ago I changed my mind as quite unintentionally I...
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Only music is capable of breaking borders…
Last year I discovered a magnificent Bulgarian band, Asen & Milena Group. It has already been 10 months since my valuable discovery and my first blog post about them...
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Briefly about a baroque genius, George Frederic Handel
When I think of Handel (1685 – 1759), there always comes to my mind his anthem ‘Zadok the Priest’ written especially for the coronation of George II of Great Britain (1683 – 1727). I like it, as it’s...
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A little about Shakespeare
It is pointless to try to prove the longevity of Shakespeare’s works, as everyone knows them. On the other hand, it may be interesting to frame in words some personal encounters with his works. The...
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‘Talk to me more.’
In 2009, I attempted to translate into English the famous Polish poem – ‘Talk to me more’ (‘Mów do mnie jeszcze’), by the Polish poet, and novelist, Kazimierz – Przerwa Tetmayer (1865-1940). Actually,...
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If music be the food of love
‘If music be the food of love’ is one of the most of popular songs by the English composer Henry Purcell (1659 (?) – 1695) and probably the most famous version of the song has been performed by Dame...
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Pręgi
Pręgi (English: The Welts ) is a film directed by Magdalena Piekorz. Its screenplay was based on the novel by Wojciech Kuczok Gnój. The film was made nine years ago, but moves universal problems..
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