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ENDNOTES – a gallimaufry of gems
Endnotes ENDNOTES – A gallimaufry of gems STUART MILLSON listens to a rare Sullivan opera, John Adams’ Dr. Atomic Symphony, E. J. Moeran’s Violin Concerto, and Britten’s St. Nicolas, live at Aldeburgh Sir Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900) helped to sow the seeds for the great … Continue reading
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Cold constitutional
Cold constitutional On the ice-edge of the hill Gazing down grateful from verge of valley, Coming in across country, a splinter of winter – My feet hold fields. And today, I saw the sun so wonderfully die, The … Continue reading
Home life of a predator – scenes from a Leopard’s den
Home life of a predator – scenes from a Leopard’s den DEREK TURNER reviews the latest addition to the ever-growing field of ‘Leopardology’ Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa – A Biography Through Images Gioacchino Lanza Tomasi, Alma Books, Richmond (Surrey), 2013, … Continue reading
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ENDNOTES – Great Britten remembered
Great Britten remembered Benjamin Britten, A Life in the Twentieth Century Paul Kildea, Allen Lane, 660 pps, hb, £30 This year, the 100th anniversary of the birth of the Benjamin Britten is being commemorated, and I doubt that there is … Continue reading
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Man of Aran – Erse ethnofiction
Man of Aran – Erse ethnofiction Man of Aran (1934) The Aran Islands guard the mouth of Galway Bay, a NW to SE diagonal archipelago made up of three major islands – Inishmore, Inishmaan and Inisheer – plus a couple … Continue reading
ENDNOTES – Prokofiev, Szymanowski, Vaughan Williams and Arnold
Endnotes – Prokofiev, Complete Works for Violin; Szymanowski in the High Tatras; Malcolm Arnold and Vaughan Williams in classic recordings STUART MILLSON looks to Europe’s east Sergey Sergeyevich Prokofiev (1891-1953) is, possibly, one of the most difficult composers to discuss. For … Continue reading
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Monday night
Monday night The roundest moon was resting on our road, Making of the lane a silver stream – A chilly channel running from some Sea To carry its Tranquillity to me. I waded in those waters ‘til it … Continue reading
Is it time for a new teleology?
Is it time for a new teleology? PATRICK KEENEY enjoys an ambitious assault on the materialist underpinnings of modern science Mind and Cosmos: Why the Materialist Neo-Darwinian Conception of Nature is Almost Certainly False Thomas Nagel. Oxford: OUP, 2012, … Continue reading
ENDNOTES – Bruckner from Saarbrucken
ENDNOTES – Bruckner from Saarbrucken STUART MILLSON is re-entranced by the magnificent Eighth The recording of Bruckner’s Eighth Symphony by the Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Stanislaw Skrowaczewski is not a recent issue. Nor is it considered one of … Continue reading
Uncollected Folk – Roy Kerridge’s last column
Uncollected Folk In his valedictory Uncollected Folk column, ROY KERRIDGE imagines how future folk songs (if there are any) might sound To those highminded Victorians who took part in the literary discovery of folklore, it was a revelation to find … Continue reading