The majority of my travel is music-related. This means I have to take my cello. This week’s events mean that my cello has to go in the hold. This is impossible because a)No insurance policy covers against damage in the hold of an aircraft, mostly because b)the temperature of the average aircraft hold hits minus 40c, which means it would almost certainly fall apart.

So I may well have to resign myself to a life of staying put. Although, one thought astounds me – As of this week I’m no longer able to travel with a bottle of water on a plane, but last week (and for many years before and after September 11th), my cello has travelled on it’s own seat on the plane, complete with it’s 40cm metal spike with a very sharp end…

BBC News: Baggage ban hits musicians

 

 

 

 

 

 

As you can probably guess from my previous post, it’s been a long day. However, quickly flicking through the picturestaken in Aldeburgh and Snape, I couldn’t resist posting these two which immediately caught my eye, and needed no enhancement.

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On the road again, originally uploaded by ardeton_quartet.

It’s been a habit of the last few weeks that no concert has been allowed time to sink in. It’s been straight on to the next. And today is no exception. Note the time- it’s 6.38 am. It’s straight back into the car from the East Coast to Wales. It may only be a wedding, but I already know I’ll be playing with a new enthusiasm.

I’m sure there’s time for one last look at the sea…

The Creation, originally uploaded by ardeton_quartet.

What a great concert for Easter Sunday. Not without it’s mishaps- a suprise double-length recfitative cut short by the continuo/conductor, and a singer who instead of starting a recit says “sorry” out loud for his mistake- but what an amazing work.

Maybe it’s just Aldeburgh, but yesterday everybody seemed to go to church today. To then finish 2 hours of playing extolling the greatness of God seemed fitting. My favourite line? “And God made lots of things, and they were very good” (I think it lost something in translation from German to English), and heavy repetition of the word “firmament”.

Literally Musical, originally uploaded by ardeton_quartet.

Every writer knows how inadequate the English language can be in certain situations. Unless you go into onomatapoiea in a big way, it is difficult to describe music in a meaningful way.

This week I’m dealing with a particularly inventive conductor. A collection of words used to instruct us on the sounds he wanted (come to your own conclusions as to what they were), I’ll start with the easy ones: sultry, silvery, kinky, shining, buzzing, conic, like a spurt then a drip, garlicy, no garlic with cream.

Suggestions?

And tomorrow, the orchestra enters the world of podcasting…