Category Archives: Travel

The Wonderful World of Dartington – Part 2

Posted on 1 November, 2012 by Bronwyn

So after an even longer than usual hiatus, I thought I should finally get this out in the blogosphere, to remind myself of some more of the great music I was introduced to at Dartington. And to reassure everyone that … Continue reading →

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The Wonderful World of Dartington – Part 1

Posted on 24 September, 2012 by Bronwyn

I’ve been back from my whirlwind visit to Europe for more than six weeks now. “When are you going to write about Dartington?” several people have asked me eagerly. “Soon,” I reply, mentally adding it to my ever-growing to do … Continue reading →

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Prague

Posted on 20 August, 2012 by Bronwyn

Sorry for the long absence between posts. Instead of writing about music I’ve been busy experiencing it, travelling around Europe, exploring cities, making new friends and of course gathering more stories, musical and otherwise. I’m back in Brisbane now and … Continue reading →

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Bach and Casals: A chance meeting in Barcelona

Posted on 29 April, 2012 by Bronwyn

I finally finished reading Eric Siblin’s brilliant book The Cello Suites the other day. What a fantastic read! For all lovers of classical music – and even all potential lovers of classical music (by which I mean everyone else) – … Continue reading →

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Song for a beach holiday

Posted on 12 January, 2012 by Bronwyn

Happy New Year, musical friends! Welcome to Music Tasting in 2012. I’ve been on a week-long beach holiday recently, which was a delightful way to begin the year. It’s becoming something of a tradition, actually, with a close group of … Continue reading →

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O Canada

Posted on 16 December, 2011 by Bronwyn

Four years ago today, I was just about to leave Vancouver after a really wonderful three and a half months living in Canada. And a couple of weeks ago, I picked up the travel journal that I had kept during … Continue reading →

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Bernstein in the outback

Posted on 27 November, 2011 by Bronwyn

In July 2008 I sang (for the sixth time) with the National Youth Choir of Australia for its first ever Northern Territory tour. Every year the choir meets in a major Australian city to work with a renowned conductor, different … Continue reading →

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Finlandia in Finland

Posted on 25 November, 2011 by Bronwyn

Since I said in my first post that one of the things that inspired me to resurrect this blog and take it in a new direction was the Classic 100 Stories project by the ABC, I thought maybe that was … Continue reading →

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