Derek Walcott | My Music: ‘Even if my knowledge is limited, in terms of appreciation, Mozart swings!’

Gramophone
Friday, March 17, 2017

The Nobel Prize-winning poet on opera writing, music and Caribbean speech melodies

Register now to continue reading

Thanks for exploring the Gramophone website. Sign up for a free account today to enjoy the following benefits:

Free access to 3 subscriber-only articles per month
Unlimited access to our news, podcasts and awards pages
Free weekly email newsletter

Sir Ralph Kohn | My Music: ‘Bach is the most spiritually divine composer who ever lived’

A pioneering career in the pharmaceutical industry has always gone hand-in-hand with performing as a...

Kamasi Washington | My Music: ‘All music is connected in some way – like the way all people are connected, even if you don’t really acknowledge it’

The saxophonist, composer and bandleader on the links between jazz and classical music, and how he...

Victoria Wood | My Music: ‘I think it’s a big problem if the only people who have access to music lessons are middle-class’

The comedian and playwright on the need for music education and her love of choirs

Christopher Lee | My Music: ‘It's been the greatest regret of my life: I still believe I was born to be an opera singer’

The actor Christopher Lee reflects on an opera career that might have been...

Jilly Cooper | My Music: ‘Children ought to be nailed to the piano! Music is terribly important‘

The writer of the racing set has always loved music, and her novel Appassionata features a...

Eric Idle | My Music: ‘At a time when everything is aiming for superficiality, classical music shows the bravery of not compromising’

‘We Pythons were first in a field with TV comedy so we could go anywhere we liked. It was much...

Gramophone Print

Print Edition

From £6.67 / month

Gramophone Digital Club

Digital Edition
Digital Archive
Reviews Database
Full website access

From £8.75 / month

Gramophone Full Club

Print Edition
Digital Edition
Digital Archive
Reviews Database
Full website access

From £11.00 / month

If you are a library, university or other organisation that would be interested in an institutional subscription to Gramophone please click here for further information.