The family who turned back the clock. When Malcolm Jones woke up last Monday, he heard the birds singing. Not remarkable, you might think, especially given that he lives near a forest. But birdsong in the Jones household is usually drowned by a tidal wave of electronic music crashing around the house as soon as his four children wake up. This is a family who have chosen to fill their home with every conceivable gadget. They have nine television sets, including one in each bedroom and in the kitchen. All the children have their own personal computers and CD players. Of course, there are all the usual appliances we all take for
She seems to be acting and describing, and meditating lyrically. Her thematics is manifold, fragmentary; its elements are combined within the principle of polarisation. The axis of development may seem to be hidden, but it is recognisable. The composer is binding together her inner and outer worlds. From the Eighties, Bucolics (1983) must be mentioned. This quite short orchestra piece is like a summer musical picture from the homeland, with birdsong, shepherd horns and shouts. A lyric-epic mood like a tranquil observation and cognition of nature prevails. Composer Hugo Lepnurm said: As a whole, the art of Ester Mägi seems to be sincere to the highest degree. It is not trying to be something, neither making itself conspicuous nor trying to be showy. Her music is a personal experience, lyrical but not narrowly subjective; modest but expressive, sensible but restrained
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