The Lunchbox Interview: Sarah Beth Shiplett (Music on the Hill) on Bogdan Dulu

I am continually amazed with the complex creations that can come about from simple things like wooden boxes filled with metal strings being hammered by mallets under the direction of finger presses. The piano is, at is essence, a simple thing, but artists turn it into a vehicle for incredible beauty and sophistication.

One of those artists will be in town next Wednesday (Oct 21): Bogdan Dulu is a masterful musician, and will be conducting both a master class (open to all audience) and a performance (ticketed) at Memorial Hall next week, as part of the ongoing Music On The Hill series from UNB. Sarah Beth Shiplett from Music On The Hill is my guest today, talking about this pianist’s anticipated demonstration of very complicated performance pieces, the master class that comes before it, and the work of composers and performers.

Music today:

I began with an misspelled homage to one of my favourite shows (Twin Peaks) that happens to be a great song: Twin Speaks, by Jon McKeil, from his self-titled album.
It all comes round, so we listened to Again, by Faith Healer.
And to remind us of what we passed by the last time, we heard The Early Days by Old Man Leudecke, from his latest album Domestic Eccentric.