Music For Small Audiences

The summer holiday period is drawing to a close here in Australia, and we have just come back from a few weeks travelling through New Zealand's South Island. The landscape is extraordinary to the point of being mind expanding, and every day was a reminder of just how beautiful the world can be. We were fortunate to have had excellent weather, meaning plenty of time to hike and bike and further explore a very special corner of the world. Travel is often an opportunity for personal growth. In this case it also provided a catalyst for a bit of longer term, whole life planning and reflection. Thinking at these longer time horizons leads to some existential reflection, and the realisation when trying to talk it out that not every emotion has a name. As the old Hans Christian Andersen quote goes - and with due credit to Eelke Kleijn who duly reminds us at the start of each of his podcast episodes - when words fail, music speaks. This is episode 107 of Music For Small Audiences. It was recorded live just a few ho