Are you loving the music in Annette’s story? Lots of readers are bringing the rich musical repertoire of A Distant Prospect gloriously to life, by enjoying performances they find online. Here, for instance, Leonard Rose (cello) and Glenn Gould (piano) play the first movement of Beethoven’s Cello Sonata in A […]
Cello
When Sue-Ellen Paulsen, Principal Cello of the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, launched A Distant Prospect in Hobart, it was always going to be her cello performance of “The Swan”, from Camille Saint-Saens’ Carnival of the Animals, to make the crowd swoon! “The Swan” was also Della Sotheby’s first request, upon discovering […]
Everyone’s cello favourite – Saint-Saens’ “The Swan”
In Chapter 48, the eve of the climactic Conservatorium competition, Lucy practices getting her cello to the stage without callipers on her polio-weakened legs, when disaster strikes… I was feeling more optimistic than I had been for months about doing away with my right calliper. As far as walking on […]
The day I broke my cello
Hobart Book Shop hosted the first capital city launch of A Distant Prospect by Annette Young on Tuesday, 12 February, 2013. Ryk Goddard interviewed Annette at 7:40am, telling ABC 936 Breakfast listeners that he was deeply moved by A Distant Prospect, especially the moment when Lucy first felt the waves […]
Thank you, Hobart Book Shop and Sue-Ellen Paulsen!
Sue-Ellen Paulsen, Principal Cello of the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra will launch A Distant Prospect by Annette Young this Tuesday 12 February 2012 at 5:30pm at The Hobart Bookshop in Salamanca Square. Sue-Ellen has promised to bring her beautiful cello along and perform a couple of pieces, and has some special […]
Sue-Ellen Paulsen, TSO Principal Cello in Hobart Launch
Lucy faces a dilemma over her cello in A Distant Prospect. So, how do you decide whether to go with Guarneri or Stradivari? Few get a chance to make an informed judgment, but one person who has is the French violinist Renaud Capuçon. For several years, Capuçon played the 1721 […]
Choosing your violin or cello – Guarneri or Stradivari?
Finally, silence. The sultriness with which the day began had not diminished and by the time I alighted from the train, the sky had become a threatening blue-grey. Dollops of summer rain flopped onto my boots as I trudged homeward. I opened the gate, and the rain wept down a […]
Finally, silence
After reading Chapter 1 of A Distant Prospect, perhaps you’d like to hear the cello piece which Lucy played, as the rain thundered down outside after her eventful first day. Here’s Pablo Casals recorded in London in 1936 (with surface noise standing in for the rain): J.S. Bach Prelude from […]