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Serenade of Fear ... He counted the sixteen chords of introduction and then, with a
final prayer to whoever might be listening, he began. He felt like a
condemned man who has been given a last opportunity to speak, and every note
was an appeal for clemency. At the end of his solo, he turned towards Frank
and was not really surprised to see his eyes moist with tears; after all, he
had just said goodbye. ... Roger Gore, horn player extraordinary; his love of
music and his struggle with his greatest rival - himself. "Serenade of Fear is set against a recognisable background of the
present English musical world. Drawn from a vivid personal knowledge of
orchestral life, metropolitan, provincial and touring, it should fascinate
music-lovers, interested not only in great music but also in the
instrumentalists who perform it. A whole professional and human development
unfolds over five years, between a prologue, in which Roger Gore,
newly-appointed first-horn player, on his way to rehearsal, notices Kirsten
Young on the London Underground and, in a recapitulation, their second
similar chance encounter after the evening concert. This portrait of stress,
endured and resolved, rings true on both musical and psychological
levels." This is a book which I urge upon everybody who is
concerned not only with music-making but also with what makes musicians of
quality tick. ... Available from www.amazon.com |
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