Shocking death of a young composer, 28
mainDaniel Barkley was a young Irish composer whose life ended on January 11.
Here is his final blog.
His family write: Danny was a beautiful and fragile soul whose being, company, wit and foremost music brought happiness to so many. It is in memory of him that his family ask you to support MindWise, a mental health charity, rather than send flowers or cards.
His brother wrote that Daniel had fought depression :
https://www.trumpetherald.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1524814
Not a good day for Irish music: Dolores O’Riordan has suddenly died aged 46. A shocker; cause as yet unreleased.
Obviously a very gifted composer. A true loss for music. Terrible story.
I have just looked at his brother’s blog and heard some of his music. He is a real loss to the music world. So sad.
How incredibly sad. I just listened to a couple of his works on https://soundcloud.com/danielbarkleymusic. He clearly was a composer of quite exceptional talent. What a loss to us all.
Danny was a wonderful composer and a kind and gentle soul. He will be greatly missed by anyone who was fortunate enough to have met him, or to have heard his music..
For myself, and dealing now with severe post- traumatic stress disorder thanks to very able psychologist and psychiatrist (and hopefully healing) I can only emphasize. His music (thank you Alex) brought me to tears. Depression is a dark and lonely place. I have taught generations of medical students that a broken arm or a cancer brings sympathy but dealing with the mind (and depression) is something intangible but, being there, it is horrible beyond belief. My sympathy for his family. I am not a musician but his music resonates for me!! A huge loss.
Very impressive piano trio. A personal voice here. Brilliant sense of timing. The intensity never drops.
https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2018/01/books-podcast-what-really-causes-depression/