Episode 1: Brian Inglis on Sorabji's Letters

The inaugural episode of Bent Notes: a Queer Musicology Podcast! In this episode, Brian Inglis takes us through the witty, erudite, and at times heartbreaking corpus of letters which Kaikhosru Sorabji wrote to Philip Heseltine (a.k.a. Peter Warlock) between 1913 and 1922. Listen in for an intimate portrait of this remarkable composer, critic, and personality in the years that he was coming to terms with his sexuality, racial identity, and place in the musical world. Bent Notes is produced by the LGBTQ+ Music Study Groupand presented by George Haggett. The study group is supported by the British Forum for Ethnomusicology, Royal Musical Association, Society for Music Analysis, and Society for Musicology in Ireland. Thanks to Altarus Records for generously giving us permission to play the musical extracts, and to Alistair Hinton at the Sorabji archive for all of his help. Visit our website: https://lgbtqmusicsg.wordpress.com/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LGBTQMusicSG Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lgbtqmusicsg/ Read about Kaikhosru Sorabji's Letters to Philip Heseltine edited by Brian Inglis and Barry Smith here: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781351068802 See Brian's academic profile here: https://www.mdx.ac.uk/about-us/our-people/staff-directory/profile/inglis-brian and his website here: https://www.impulse-music.co.uk/brianinglis/?fbclid=IwAR1KavdJihjCoeilJrcQzj_SoRvnQf8KOTPnXiheHvCWZRWhAT0UKMBJ9bg Read about the Sorabji Archive here: http://www.sorabji-archive.co.uk/ Yonty Solomon, Le Jardin Parfumé, 1993 Altarus Records AIR-CD9037. Marc-Andre Hamelin, Sonata No. 1, 1990 Altarus Records AIR-CD9050.