What do you think?
Rate this book
Beyond the Notes: Journeys with Chamber Music
We knew from her recordings that Susan Tomes is a superb chamber player; now we know that she's a superb writer too. Michael Church, INDEPENDENT
She is as sensitive an observer and as subtle a writer as she is one of our finest chamber musicians...This is a book that should be read by practising musicians and music-lovers here's one performer who really can communicate in words as wellas music. JAMES JOLLY, GRAMOPHONE
Susan Tomes's book gives you an intensely illuminating picture of the life of a pianist...she is a brilliant writer...Just as she magnetises with her playing,so too with her words. EDWARD GREENFIELD, GUARDIAN
In this widely acclaimed volume, Susan Tomes, a rare example of a leading musician who writes about the craft of performance, describes herexperience of twenty years of rehearsal, concerts and recording. Her performing life has been centred on chamber music and the need to communicate it fully to an audience hungry for meaningful musicalexperience. She was a founder member and the pianist of both Domus and the Florestan Trio, award-winning groups at the top of their field. Part One is a series of diaries describing their travels Domus in the 1980s with its own portable concert hall, struggling to create the conditions for informal but intense concert performances, and the Florestan Trio, currently one of the world's finest piano trios. Part Two is a collection of thought-provoking essays about teachers, making records, practising and rehearsing, audiences, earning a living, and the particular challenges ofbeing a concert pianist. Beyond the Notes gives an unusually candid view of the complexities of a life in music.
SUSAN TOMES, alongside her packed concert schedule, is a frequent contributor,on music and other subjects, to a number of publications.
She is as sensitive an observer and as subtle a writer as she is one of our finest chamber musicians...This is a book that should be read by practising musicians and music-lovers here's one performer who really can communicate in words as wellas music. JAMES JOLLY, GRAMOPHONE
Susan Tomes's book gives you an intensely illuminating picture of the life of a pianist...she is a brilliant writer...Just as she magnetises with her playing,so too with her words. EDWARD GREENFIELD, GUARDIAN
In this widely acclaimed volume, Susan Tomes, a rare example of a leading musician who writes about the craft of performance, describes herexperience of twenty years of rehearsal, concerts and recording. Her performing life has been centred on chamber music and the need to communicate it fully to an audience hungry for meaningful musicalexperience. She was a founder member and the pianist of both Domus and the Florestan Trio, award-winning groups at the top of their field. Part One is a series of diaries describing their travels Domus in the 1980s with its own portable concert hall, struggling to create the conditions for informal but intense concert performances, and the Florestan Trio, currently one of the world's finest piano trios. Part Two is a collection of thought-provoking essays about teachers, making records, practising and rehearsing, audiences, earning a living, and the particular challenges ofbeing a concert pianist. Beyond the Notes gives an unusually candid view of the complexities of a life in music.
SUSAN TOMES, alongside her packed concert schedule, is a frequent contributor,on music and other subjects, to a number of publications.
216 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 16, 2014
1 person is currently reading
3 people want to read
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
No one has reviewed this book yet.