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Endnotes, August 2022

Posted on July 31, 2022 by leslie

Endnotes, August 2022 In this edition: orchestral music by Thomas de Hartmann, reviewed by Stuart Millson The enterprising Nimbus Alliance label, which brings dedicated CD buyers out-of-the-ordinary repertoire, herewith presents the music of Thomas de Hartmann, played by the Lviv … Continue reading →

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Pitch Perfect

Posted on July 19, 2022 by leslie

Pitch Perfect It’s five minutes to three on a Sunday afternoon in June. A crowd of around 5000 has gathered to watch the game. The players, their warm up completed, have temporarily left the field. Over the PA system the … Continue reading →

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No Shining Path

Posted on July 19, 2022 by leslie

No Shining Path Tasha Kheiriddin, foreword by Lisa MacCormack Raitt, The Right Path: How Conservatives Can Unite, Inspire and Take Canada Forward, Toronto: Optimum Publishing International, 2022, xi + 194 pp. ISBN 978-0-88890-331-0 (Paperback) ISBN 978-0-8890-332-7 (ePub), reviewed by Mark … Continue reading →

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Endnotes Extra

Posted on July 13, 2022 by leslie

Endnotes Extra by Stuart Millson 50 Years of the East Malling Singers One of Southern England’s most ambitious amateur choral societies celebrated its half-century, with a concert on Saturday 9th July of mainly British choral-orchestral music – a programme which … Continue reading →

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Ars Poetica, Remembering A. E. Housman, 2

Posted on July 11, 2022 by leslie

Ars Poetica, Remembering A.E. Housman, 2  By Darrell Sutton III The prolongation of the Great War did not hinder Housman’s scholarly duties. Volume 3 in his series on Manilius was issued in 1916. He offered advise to aspirant poets. He … Continue reading →

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Endnotes, July 2022

Posted on July 6, 2022 by leslie

Endnotes, July 2022 In this edition: a glimpse into the lost musical world of English composer Walter Leigh, by Stuart Millson From the astringent elegance of Peter Warlock’s songs and orchestral dances, based upon tunes from antiquity, to the early-morning … Continue reading →

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Die tote Stadt

Posted on July 4, 2022 by leslie

Die tote Stadt Music composed by Erich Korngold, opera directed by Carmen Jakobi, Saturday 25th June 2022, at Longborough Festival Opera, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire, reviewed by David Truslove You know that you have witnessed something special when a rapt audience withholds … Continue reading →

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Go North, Young Man

Posted on June 29, 2022 by leslie

Go North, Young Man Parsifal, Stage Consecration Festival Play in three acts, music and libretto by Richard Wagner, based on the poem Parzival by Wolfram von Eschenbach, Opera North Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Richard Farnes, directed by Sam Brown, concert … Continue reading →

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Cattle and Copper

Posted on June 22, 2022 by leslie

  Cattle and Copper, by “Wild” Bill Hartley The owner of Rancho Mirago advised us against parking on the grass. This was nothing to do with a gardener’s pride, since the grass was brown and withered by the high temperatures … Continue reading →

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Matches, made in Hell

Posted on June 20, 2022 by leslie

Matches, made in Hell Carmen, an opera in four acts, music composed by Georges Bizet, libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, new production by Opera Holland Park, directed by Cecilia Stinton, City of London Sinfonia and Opera Holland Park … Continue reading →

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