Over the weekend I went to a performance of Brahms, Webern and Berg (and I’d never heard of the second two composers, so you can see I’m no classical music afficionado) put on by the WA Symphony Orchestra. It’s something we do occasionally, in the cheap seats hanging over the back of the orchestra, because even though I don’t know much about classical music, it always seems to give me a creative boost.
So there I was last night, mid-Brahms I think, watching the percussionist closely because I’m always intrigued by …