http://northings.com/2009/07/01/recession-what-recession/ Cultural magazine for the Highlands and Islands of Scotland Fri, 22 Jul 2016 10:39:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 http://northings.com/2009/07/01/recession-what-recession/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:41:58 +0000 http://northings.com/?p=28#comment-2 This isn’t really a comment on the current editorial. I was googling around because I;d just read in the (sadly erroneous) Rough Guide to the Highlands and Islands that there was a music festival on Rum in the middle of May. I’m very sad to discover this info is 2 years out of date, though I did read Barry Gordon’s entertaining write-up of 2007. I’m a composer and classical pianist, currently professor of composition at London College of Music (www.francispott.com). I’ve made it to St Kilda in the past but never to Rum. Apart from being fascinated by what I’ve read of Kinloch Castle, I’m intrigued as to the state of the Steinway which I believe still rather improbably inhabits it. I would love to get out there and play it some time (maybe also compose something while there), and if anyone resurrects the festival and feels a classical slot could be accommodated alongside the rest, then I hope they’ll count me in!

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