One of the most amazing things about collaboration, is how friendship is reflected in the music that emerges. I always think of Georg Muffat’s wonderful ‘Indissolubilis amicitia’ when I receive a piece like Robert Saxton’s latest miniature – sourced from the notes that can be extracted from Malene Sheppard Skaerved and my names, a gift to the two of us from Robert and Tessa Cahill. On stage recently, David Matthews referred to this kind of music making and sharing, as being like a diary, a journal of our lives and friendships. So here it is, at the desk, as domestic as possible, bringing grace to our home this morning.
