Jessica Duchen
@jessicaduchen.bsky.social
Classical music critic, author, librettist. MYRA HESS - NATIONAL TREASURE out now and available from https://www.kahnandaverill.co.uk/product/myra-hess-national-treasure/
Cosi is listening to Schumann Lieder…
August 13, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Cosi is listening to Schumann Lieder…
Nice gig for home team LPO last night at Proms. Aigul Akhmetshina heavenly in Ravel and Ed Gardner delivering Tippett’s Rose Lake swan song with great affection.
August 11, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Nice gig for home team LPO last night at Proms. Aigul Akhmetshina heavenly in Ravel and Ed Gardner delivering Tippett’s Rose Lake swan song with great affection.
Post your favourite Doctor Who, wrong answers only
June 30, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Post your favourite Doctor Who, wrong answers only
Spotted in the National Gallery bookshop! How pleased Myra would be.
June 16, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Spotted in the National Gallery bookshop! How pleased Myra would be.
Coming up in 2 weeks in sunny SW14
June 5, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Coming up in 2 weeks in sunny SW14
Show us your writing process in a gif
May 19, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Show us your writing process in a gif
Gorgeous! What variety is it ? Here’s one of our Lady of Shalotts…
May 18, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Gorgeous! What variety is it ? Here’s one of our Lady of Shalotts…
Ere we go, ere we go, ere we go…
May 4, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Ere we go, ere we go, ere we go…
Got in a new cat-toy box for Cosi, loosely disguised as a small consignment of Myra books…
April 20, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Got in a new cat-toy box for Cosi, loosely disguised as a small consignment of Myra books…
Cosi the cat has thrown me off my desk chair after laying siege for an hour. And her hard stare puts Paddington to shame. Naturally she has readopted ‘mellow fuzzy face’ for the photo….
March 7, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Cosi the cat has thrown me off my desk chair after laying siege for an hour. And her hard stare puts Paddington to shame. Naturally she has readopted ‘mellow fuzzy face’ for the photo….
Tonight! Myra goes to Kings Place…
March 6, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Tonight! Myra goes to Kings Place…
Bright and early at this Myra Hess Mecca today! Watch this space…
February 17, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Bright and early at this Myra Hess Mecca today! Watch this space…
Absolute privilege to hear a musically brilliant performance of Thea Musgrave’s Mary Queen of Scots and to see the composer there in the front row. She’s 96, btw.
February 15, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Absolute privilege to hear a musically brilliant performance of Thea Musgrave’s Mary Queen of Scots and to see the composer there in the front row. She’s 96, btw.
I mean, really.
There’s all that - but there’s also this. #SchlossElmau
There’s all that - but there’s also this. #SchlossElmau
February 8, 2025 at 9:36 AM
I mean, really.
There’s all that - but there’s also this. #SchlossElmau
There’s all that - but there’s also this. #SchlossElmau
Quite a long way, yes…
January 1, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Quite a long way, yes…
Happy new year from here…
January 1, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Happy new year from here…
Cosi had been helping me to put the paw-notes into the book about Mewra Hiss.
October 21, 2024 at 6:44 PM
Cosi had been helping me to put the paw-notes into the book about Mewra Hiss.
Doing this for the Wigmore Hall’s Friends organisation on 15 Oct, 12 noon. If you’re a Friend, do come along…
October 2, 2024 at 3:11 PM
Doing this for the Wigmore Hall’s Friends organisation on 15 Oct, 12 noon. If you’re a Friend, do come along…