Varia
The year 2018 was — just like most years — a year of both joy and sorrow. For me, however, the year will always be primarily associated with being the year my dearest friend of over thirty years — Bengt Nilsson — passed away. No words can truly describe what one feels when a person […]
Dans le domaine scientifique, le courage consiste à suivre la devise des Lumières et la maxime de Kant : Sapere Aude! Ose penser par toi-même, utiliser ta propre intelligence, avoir le courage de remettre en question ‘l’opinion reçue’, l’autorité ou l’orthodoxie. Dans notre vie quotidienne, le courage est la capacité d’affronter la peur, comme lorsque, […]
Yesterday, one of my favourite composers — Arvo Pärt — turned 90. So, of course, my youngest daughter and I honoured the occasion by visiting the Concert Hall in Malmö Live to listen to his Fourth Symphony.
Spending some lovely summer days at our summer residence in the Karlskrona archipelago with our youngest daughter and dog. A balm for the soul. .
. Oxygène is arguably the prototype for what we now call ambient or chillout music. I remember visiting London with a student friend of mine back in 1977, and it was absolutely everywhere in the city. I thought it was great then. I still do.
Jean-Michel Jarre’s 1981 China concerts — a milestone where pop music met history. Music that still gets me going after 40 years.
. O day, arise! The atoms are dancing. Thanks to Him the universe is dancing. The souls are dancing, overcome with ecstasy. I’ll whisper in your ear where their dance is taking them. All the atoms in the air and in the desert know well, they seem insane. Every single atom, happy or miserable, Becomes […]