Madrid Teacher

Sir Malcolm Arnold died today. I remember when learning the trumpet playing one of his Scottish Dances. Although I never saw him conduct he was someone I wish I had had the luck to see. In Spain they honour their composers by calling them Maestro. What a term, what a wonderful way in which to celebrate the music makers. When I lived in Valencia my bolthole was Sagunto. This was where Maestro Rodrigo was born. Everytime I went to the Roman theatre overlooking the town, I used to think about Rodrigo, blind at the age of three but craeted one of the most beautiful guitar works ever.