Music and
books surround me in this mountain idyll – but I don’t pay enough tribute to
the former. I was sufficiently moved by Leonard
Cohen’s death to post an RIP - as I did earlier this
year to a composer whose film scores touched me.
A conductor
has just died (at the age of 87) of whom I had actually not heard - Gennady Rozhdestvensky and this video in particular
tells me what I have missed …..what a mischievous and expressive face! And how glorious his Russian sounds….
It
reminds me of when I sat within touching distance of Rostropovich when he came
to Baku just a few years before his death….I was the guest of a friend from the
President’s Office….And I have
just discovered these amazing
shots of how the Azeri street musicians greeted him during his visit….it
brought a smile
RIP both of you…..
