Listening to music should always be an active process, and those who attend – pregnant verb – concerts, who listen, who respond, who treasure what they hear there, are musicians. They are the ones who do not let music wash over them like a bubble bath but who actively swim in the water. When vibrations in the air create vibrations in your soul, you’re a member of this club.
Stephen Hough (2019) Rough Ideas: Reflections on Music and More. London: Faber & Faber, p. 28.
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Lullaby for Berkeley
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