The Sixteenth
Richard WalleyWhere I write about music, movies, music in movies, music I've written, and other things.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 40 | Founded | 2 years ago | Last Issue | 13 days ago |
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NZS Oh! - Titan (22 May)
Right. I need to get something off my chest before we start, and I’m going to do it now rather than bury it in the middle where you might miss it. I am declaring war on encores.
I mentioned in my review of the Joyce DiDonato concert that t...
How to Write Music Part 1 - Waiting for the Lightning Bolt
That oft invoked familiar, the ‘regular reader’, will know that I have a fairly strong sense that music isn’t really about anything in particular. In fact I’ll go one further and say that it can’t be about anything, per Stravinsky. There’s...
NZS Oh! - Summer Nights w/ Joyce DiDonato (28 November last year)
Ok look. I went to this concert last November, and didn’t review it probably because I was busy or something. Having received no complaints from my vast readership, I assumed this was all water under the bridge and got on with my life. But...
How to Make Massive Profits From Your Music
I’m just in the process of making another album. Last time round I talked a little bit about why I’m doing it. This week I’m going to talk a bit more about why I’m not doing it. Which is profit.
I’ve already set out my expectation of gros...
NZS Oh! - From the New World (26 March)
Aurora - Eve de Castro-Robinson
Nice to be back into the NZSO’s 2026 season with some New Zealand music. This was a brief three minutes of a birdsongy dawn fanfare, sort of in the mould of bits of Daphnis et Chloé maybe. The thing abou...
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