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How the West was Wrung

Posted on July 30, 2023 by leslie

                     How the West was Wrung Last month, the death was announced of the American writer Cormac McCarthy. Newspaper obituaries described him as a reclusive man who gave few interviews and … Continue reading →

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Love’s Vicissitudes

Posted on July 20, 2023 by leslie

Love’s Vicissitudes  L’elisir d’amore at Longborough Festival Opera, Tuesday 27th June, 2023, The Queen of Spades at The Grange Festival, Thursday 29th June, 2023, reviewed by David Truslove Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore and Tchaikovsky’s The Queen of Spades may have little … Continue reading →

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Em notes, July 2023

Posted on July 2, 2023 by leslie

Em notes, July 2023 In this edition: new works at the Sixteenth English Music Festival and a CD tribute to Walter Leigh. Reviewed by Stuart Millson. Approaching Dorchester-on-Thames from Henley takes the traveller through the England of Three Men in … Continue reading →

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Dialogues des Carmélites

Posted on June 20, 2023 by leslie

Dialogues des Carmélites Opera by Francis Poulenc, directed by Barry Kosky, on Saturday 10th June 2023 at Glyndebourne, Lewes, East Sussex; London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Robin Ticciati; reviewed by David Truslove; performances continue until 29th July A floor-shaking thud … Continue reading →

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What friends are for

Posted on June 11, 2023 by leslie

                    What friends are for, by Bill Hartley The Society of Friends, better known as the Quakers, has been associated with the town of Darlington in County Durham since the 17thcentury. Even the local football club is nicknamed the Quakers. … Continue reading →

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Rigoletto, Opera Holland Park

Posted on June 7, 2023 by leslie

Rigoletto, Opera Holland Park Rigoletto, Opera Holland Park, June 3rd 2023; opera in three acts with music composed by Giuseppe Verdi, Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave; a new production by Opera Holland Park, directed by Cecilia Stinton; the City … Continue reading →

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Endnotes, June 2023

Posted on June 2, 2023 by leslie

Endnotes, June 2023 In this edition, Bach’s Goldberg Variations, in a new recording on the Chronos label, reviewed by Stuart Millson J.S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 – stands alongside Rachmaninov’s Second, or Mahler’s Symphonies Five to Seven, written some … Continue reading →

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Blowback

Posted on May 23, 2023 by leslie

Blowback Matthew Goodwin, Values, Voice and Virtue, The New British Politics, Penguin, 2023, Pb, 239 pp, U.K. £10.99, reviewed by Leslie Jones A major realignment is taking place in British politics, according to Matthew Goodwin, Professor of Politics at the … Continue reading →

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Revelations

Posted on May 14, 2023 by leslie

Revelations Selma Gokcen and Kenneth Cooper, Bach Revealed: A Player’s Guide to the Solo Cello Suites by J.S. Bach, Volume One – Suites I and III BWV 1007–1008, reviewed by Joseph Spooner Judging by the designations given to musical events, … Continue reading →

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Speke for England

Posted on May 11, 2023 by leslie

Speke for England River of the Gods: Genius, Courage, and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile, Candice Millard, Swift Books, 2023, pp349, reviewed by William Hartley                       Two Victorian explorers risking their lives and wrecking their health … Continue reading →

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