How do you tell a story through sound? How might we capture the divine, the sex, and the cold in Music and Silence? This summer, while reading Music and Silence, I felt cold. The damp and dark musicians’ room below the dining hall in Copenhagen, the icy silver mines, the bitter and cutting rain during[…]
I woke up at 5:30am as my alarm rang without hitting snooze. It was my first event today as a trainee in Brighton Early Music Festival. I was feeling very excited to help out in our OAE Tots concert as I do love working with kids a lot! I took the train from London to[…]
Why Music and Silence? Welcome to Brighton Early Music Festival’s book club. This year the book is Music and Silence by Rose Tremain. The book is one of the finest examples of historical fiction and follows a lute player, Peter Claire, who, in 1629 begins to work in the court of Christian IV of Denmark.[…]
This is Brighton Early Music Festival’s new blog. We’re going to be using it to post behind the scenes info, host our new book club, and start a conversation….