Primeros reseñadores
“This portrayal of the psychosexual duet between men and women, and of the music-making process in a symphony orchestra, sings with lyrical intensity and eloquent feeling” (Publishers Weekly)
Life in the (fictional) Orchestra of London as seen through the eyes of several musicians. Perfectly representing the disparate attitudes, feelings and ambitions of a symphony orchestra full of crazy musos, it brilliantly weaves together affairs, musical jealousies, a misdirected love letter, and an unusual codicil to a will.
Originally "big-five"-published, this is based upon her previous life as a London freelance cellist, performing all over the world with orchestras including the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Philharmonic.
"The orchestra becomes a universe in microcosm - all human life is here" (The Sunday Times)
"A very enjoyable novel - and not quite as light as it pretends to be." (The Sunday Telegraph)
- Medios
- Ebook
- Géneros
- General Fiction, Fiction and Literature
- Ofrecido por
- AliceMcVeigh (Autor)
- Publicado por
- Warleigh Hall Press
- Lote
- Septiembre 2022 Comienza: 2022-09-01Acabado: 2022-09-26
- Rebajado
- 2022-09-15
- Countries
- Disponible en todos los países
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- 3 revisado, 2 marked not received
Thanks for your interest in While the Music Lasts!!!! This is its second, updated, edition. It was originally published by Orion/Hachette when I was young, over twenty years ago, when it achieved number 35 in the UK fiction bestsellers, and was marketed as "the secret life of an orchestra". When I wrote it, I was inspired by some of the many London orchestras I was working with and touring with, all over the world, including the BBC Symphony and the Royal Philharmonic.
Parts have been added, and parts removed, mostly because orchestras have changed! In the 90s London's top orchestras were 90% men, for example. The genders are now pretty much 50/50. Texting wasn't a thing in the 90s, either! Anyway, I really hope you like it! If you do, please consider reviewing it here, on Goodreads - eventually, on Amazon.
