top of page
Search


A Short Reflection on Time
There is a prayer that never fails to move me in the Shabbat service I play for on Friday evenings at West London Synagogue. 'We bless...

Mayda Narvey
Dec 17, 20232 min read
11 views
0 comments


A Life of One's Own
It was in the mid 1980's at a time of some personal turmoil and indecision that I walked into a book shop in Ottawa, Canada and pulled a...

Mayda Narvey
Oct 5, 20238 min read
26 views
0 comments


Olivier Messiaen and the Birds
OLIVIER MESSIAEN AND THE BIRDS I think I am not alone in having found solace during the pandemic in the sky, the clouds, the trees and,...

Mayda Narvey
Oct 5, 20237 min read
4 views
0 comments


Complete History of Music: Lesson 10
Hello friends and fellow music history enthusiasts. This is the last lesson in our tour of Western music. It's been quite the journey....

Mayda Narvey
May 28, 202010 min read
51 views
0 comments


Complete History of Music: Lesson 9
Hello friends and welcome back to the penultimate lesson of this whirlwind tour of Western music. I left you thinking about the polymaths...

Mayda Narvey
May 21, 20208 min read
49 views
0 comments


Complete History of Music: Lesson 8
Hello music history enthusiasts and welcome back. I left you listening to the haunting Op.27 No. 1 Nocturne of Chopin and perhaps...

Mayda Narvey
May 14, 20208 min read
40 views
0 comments


Complete History of Music: Lesson 7
Welcome back dear music history enthusiasts (and welcome any of you who have decided to jump in at Lesson 7). This lesson looks at two...

Mayda Narvey
May 7, 20208 min read
32 views
0 comments


Complete History of Music: Lesson 6
Hello dear friends and fellow music lovers. When I last saw you we had been listening to Beethoven and thinking about melody and harmony...

Mayda Narvey
May 1, 20206 min read
56 views
0 comments


A Complete History of Music: Lesson 5
Hello and welcome to Lesson 5 of A Complete - or slightly incomplete! - History of Music. We were looking last time at the life and...

Mayda Narvey
Apr 24, 20208 min read
36 views
0 comments


A Complete History of Music: Lesson 4
Hello music lovers and welcome to Lesson 4 of this whirlwind tour of Western Music. I am beginning to think it is notable for all that I...

Mayda Narvey
Apr 17, 20207 min read
67 views
0 comments


A Complete History of Music: Lesson 3
Welcome to Lesson 3 of our whirlwind tour of music history! If you have come back, I'm very pleased. If you are just starting here, you...

Mayda Narvey
Apr 9, 20206 min read
72 views
0 comments


A Complete History of Music: Lesson 2
A Complete History of Music in 10 Lessons: 2 Hello again and welcome back! If you're joining for the first time, Lesson 1 is a quick read...

Mayda Narvey
Apr 2, 20205 min read
115 views
0 comments
A Complete History of Music in Ten Lessons
Welcome to Lesson 1 of 'A Complete History of Music in 10 Lessons'. This course is aimed at music lovers, amateur instrumentalists and...

Mayda Narvey
Mar 26, 20205 min read
216 views
3 comments
bottom of page