by William Kunhardt, Principal Conductor | Mar 23, 2017 | Uncategorized
I rushed out of Old Street Station, 19 years old, late as usual. Up Clerkenwell Road next, violin banging on my back, then hard right into the grounds of St Luke’s church. I spent much of my free time there, watching orchestras rehearse, studying the conductors I’d...
by William Kunhardt, Principal Conductor | Mar 16, 2017 | Uncategorized
In his brilliant book Stumbling Upon Happiness Daniel Gilbert discovers just how little we know about what makes us happy. When it comes to ‘achieving our dreams’, we’re terrible at predicting how this will make us feel. And even worse at remembering...
by William Kunhardt, Principal Conductor | Mar 9, 2017 | Uncategorized
It begins around 2 pm. The dust-baked lorries on the road to Monti Cristi – hand-rolled cigars, cotton plants, coffee beans, rice sacks – slow to a crawl. The fields of plantains and goats lining the road start to shimmer and glisten. And in the doorways...
by William Kunhardt, Principal Conductor | Mar 1, 2017 | Uncategorized
Darkness. Silence. Closeness. At the centre of the circle: eyes piercing blue, hair wiry grey, cloak fraying and lyre clutched tight. The bard. Teller of tales, conjurer of worlds. Slowly, calmly, he looks into each expectant face, wide eyes made sparkling and skin...
by William Kunhardt, Principal Conductor | Feb 23, 2017 | Uncategorized
At the bottom of my road, past the BP garage, dancing through gaps in the rumbling traffic, was the sea. I would pound past, one foot slapping the concrete promenade, the other balancing the board. Nose red and streaming, eyes watering, wheels hissing, sea and beach...
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