http://bgthomas.com Wed, 06 Jan 2010 11:26:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Main-Echo, Aschaffenburg, 3.11.2009 Mythos Genie trotz mancher Instant-Sonate Anekdotenkonzert: Der Budapester Pianist Geoffrey Thomas in der Aschaffenburger Christuskirche auf den Spuren Joseph Haydns Aschaffenburg. „Wie zum Teufel haben Sie das geschrieben, Haydn?“ fragte Geoffrey Thomas ein ums andere Mal in seinen kleinen Szenen, die er zum Lebenslauf des großen Musikers und Komponisten zusammensetzte. ... http://bgthomas.com/2010/01/06/haydn-in-aschaffenburg-in-german/ [caption id="attachment_114" align="aligncenter" width="451" caption=""][/caption] http://bgthomas.com/2009/10/09/115/ Women Found Handel Attractive: Sonatas and Stories - Geoffrey Thomas Leicester Early Music Festival, Leicester Cathedral Leicester Mercury 27th May 2009 There must be many accounts of Haydn's life and music, but few interpretations can provide as engaging a portrait as that provided by actor and pianist Geoffrey Thomas. Thomas' dry acting style and ... http://bgthomas.com/2009/06/04/leicester-early-music-festival-review/ Konzerthalle Ulrichskirche, June 20, 2009, 19:30 Handel program with the kammerchor cantamus halle and the Männerchor bouquet vocalis Halle under the direction of Dorothea Köhler Klosterkonzerte Maulbronn, July 26, 2009, 18.00 Händels Duelle http://bgthomas.com/2009/04/15/upcoming-events/ Does the word creativity raise images of half-crazed geniuses who cut off their ears, paint masterpieces, party like mad and die of drug overdoses? These stereotypes may make good movie plots, but do they correspond to reality? Is this really what creativity is like? Let’s examine some of the myths. ... http://bgthomas.com/2008/12/17/ten-myths-of-creativity-2/ Below are some comments about the performance of Handel’s Duels at the Handel House in Halle on September 28, 2008.When we talk about your concert, we can’t help gushing. When you combine good music with such charm and knowledge, then you can be certain the public will buy it. ... http://bgthomas.com/2008/10/26/tears-of-laughter/ If you want your results to be creative, it stands to reason that the process of getting there should be creative. Put another way, uncreative practice will yield uncreative results.A recent conversation with composer Charles Young led me to a more creative practice method. The conversation was not in fact ... http://bgthomas.com/2008/02/10/creative-practice/ Twyla Tharp, the choreograph, has a brilliant book called The Creative Habit. Can't recommend it enough. The book includes a number of exercises, one of which was to list the fundamental skills in your art form.  Here is my list:Skills List    Accompanying Affects   Analysis   Arranging   Articulation   Arpeggios   Chord ... http://bgthomas.com/2008/02/10/list-of-musical-skills/ Wind and string players spend endless hours maintaining and improving their tone. The great Dutch cellist Anner Bylsma once told me that a string teacher can forgive a student who has better technique, but will hate a student who has better sound. Very few keyboard players pay such close attention ... http://bgthomas.com/2007/11/10/tone/ Just Concentrate! How many times have you said that to yourself? Has it actually ever worked? Just Concentrate! is the sort of thing the inner coach is always yelling at you. The inner coach is a notion developed by Marianne Ploger. If, like me, you have a constant inner dialogue, ... http://bgthomas.com/2007/11/07/just-concentrate/