U3A Music Appreciation Group
on Sheila Ash (India), 27/May/2015 13:14, 34 days ago
I heard that Halesworth Branch of the U3A were trying to start a Music Appreciation group  so this afternoon went along to a meeting designed to test the water of interest. Sadly only 4 people turned up, and one of those let after 10 minutes or so– having thought it was Musicals appreciation and preferring to be outdoors on a lovely summer afternoon. The 3 of us left listened to 4 very different pieces of music brought along by one person. They wereBeethoven’ Appassionatoplayed byJohn OgdonKetil Bjornstad’sSunriseMichael Brecker’s WalkiriaNorma  Winstone’sDistances  - she has just votedJazz Vocalist of the Year 2015aged 65!Out of this only Michael Brecker is in my own collection albeit not the particular track that was played and assuming I got the track name correct I can’t find an online link to it.For me the“introduction” of the session has to be the Ketil Bjornstad’s music inspired by the paintings of Edward Munch. Although not normally a lover of choral music I very much took to the mix of cello, timpani and choral voices and bought the album! I found this interestingreviewof his workashramblings