We've been to hear two events in the Sound Mind series where the Cheltenham Science Festival invades the Music Festival. The first was Does Music Make you Better?, which I've already written about. The other event was The Sound of Melancholia and ...
Two weeks ago I described the 'Painted Quartet' auction at the Music Festival. I was very taken with this violin by Rhys Cowe, but the bidding started rather beyond what I could afford. It landed up going for 250, and between them the other instr...
We're just back from a fascinating hour at the Music Festival. Featuring two professors and several professional musicians, it was the first in the Sound Mind series that aimed to fuse together the Science and Music festivals. It asked the questio...
Here's a good idea ... a way to keep part of the Cheltenham Music Festival. Last year the Festival Director commissioned various artists to take a violin or cello and paint it; the 'Painted Quartet' results adorned some of the covers of the festiv...