Thulasi Seshan, Author at VAN Magazine https://van-magazine.com An independent online classical music magazine Thu, 09 May 2024 13:54:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://van-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/cropped-van-logo-square-32x32.png Thulasi Seshan, Author at VAN Magazine https://van-magazine.com 32 32 192294250 Composers, Canonized https://van-magazine.com/mag/canonizing-great-dead-composers/ Thu, 11 Apr 2024 11:41:18 +0000 https://van-magazine.com/?p=27380

I get itchy in temples and I make jokes at funerals. You could reasonably describe me as “irreverent.” But I have felt the divine. I was in college, and it was a Wednesday, and I was stuck in choir rehearsal. And we had a moment, together, in the middle of John Rutter’s “Requiem.” My voice […]

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I love that moment when the lights in the concert hall dim. The audience fades away, and all I see is the Steinway in front of me. Above the keys, in the black glow of the fallboard, I see the reflection of my fingers, poised for the dance. Everything is white and black, symmetrical and […]

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