If Beethoven had been Mozart

Like many people who love Mozart’s music I have often wondered what he would have given us if he had not died before he was 36. Even if he had lived just one more year, there is no telling what he might have produced, given that his last three symphonies - 39,40 and 41 -... Continue Reading →

Recipe no. 1 – Sweet and sour rememboree

A poem with instructions on how to cook memories

Mozart’s starling sang G sharp. An invasive story.

I can't say I ever appreciated starlings much before I discovered that Mozart kept one as a pet for three years. My impression of starlings was formed by the experience of having multitudes of them descend on Rome in autumn behaving like a million drunken football fans. Their formation flying is pretty impressive, you can't... Continue Reading →

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