Alistair AppletonNov 30, 20231 minRecommendationsMusic for Well-BeingI got this interesting link from Reasons to be Cheerful (David Byrne's excellent website). How do concert spaces make themselves more...
Alistair AppletonNov 21, 20231 minRecommendationsTo Paradise (Tom Adès' Dante)I have been listening to the last movement of Tom Adès' ballet score Dante which was released on disc this Summer by the LA Philharmonic...
Alistair AppletonJun 2, 20228 minCultureTwo reasons why “This Is Us” might be the greatest piece of art of the 21st CenturyDaniel and I sit down, rather solemnly. Me with a bowl of ice cream. He with a nice glass of wine. We want this to be a good and...
Alistair AppletonMay 8, 20223 minCultureLetting the Holy Spirit in my EarphonesAlistair takes time to listen to James Macmillan's dazzling 5th Symphony, Le Grand Inconnu, and feels the Holy Spirit fluttering.