*sniggers childishly*

I’ve got to 37 without reading any Hawthorne — time to change that.

You're welcome.

More minor carols that no one asked for

My final piano composition of the year, almost complete…

I have just released my final piano composition of 2025 to my beloved Patreon supporters! If you'd like to access the video, audio, and sheet music, seek me out on that esteemed platform and cosy on up into my inner circle of truly wondrous individuals. Merry Christmas!

Nathaniel Ivor Hawthorne Gurney

The start of two weeks off for Christmas! It’s okay for the over-eating and over-drinking to last the full fortnight, right? RIGHT?

My final composition of 2025. A warm, jazzy, one-page little number. Merry Christmas! youtu.be/EZONo3MVOtU

My local hilltop this morning

Well that’s Saturday night sorted.

Quite the 80 minutes. Was listening to Zubin Mehta’s 1975 recording with the Vienna Philharmonic. Hope I didn’t wake my 3 kids sleeping upstairs…

The worst kind of programme note… A pat on the back for anyone who can tell which symphony this is referring to.

How wonderful to have a new Patreon supporter on a Monday morning. Thanks to all who support my music there, it is a significant factor in enabling me to continue composing regularly. Much love.

"Creators" whose "content" I have so far "consumed" today: Flann O'Brien Radiohead Sheena Ringo Jonathan Franzen Gustav Mahler What about you?

I started reading this yesterday and found out this morning that today is the great man’s birthday. Love a good coincidence. So let me ask you: what is your favourite Lynch film?

This is my last post for a while…

I'm not very active on here now, but I couldn't resist sharing these three wondrous birthday books that I was lucky enough to receive. But which one first?

"We dance to music, shop to music, clean house to music, exercise to music, make love to music. Yet only occasionally do we sit down and intently listen to music." — Robert Jourdain

Help! I'm looking for a single word to inspire my next piano composition. Just one word, something evocative... reply with your suggestion. Then I'll let my Patreon supporters vote on the winning word. Go on, unleash your inner logophile!