Category Archives: QR Home

new posts

Welsh National Opera’s Jenůfa

Posted on March 10, 2022 by leslie

At the heart of this psychological drama is Jenůfa’s corrosive shame set in motion by her pregnancy at the hands of the feckless Števa.

Continue reading →

Posted in QR Home | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Coq au Vin

Posted on March 8, 2022 by leslie

Coq au Vin English Touring Opera, The Golden Cockerel by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, 5th March 2022, Hackney Empire, directed by James Conway, orchestra conducted by Gerry Cornelius, reviewed by Leslie Jones For the peace, that I deem’d no peace, is over … Continue reading →

Posted in QR Home | Tagged , | 1 Comment

A New Tanakh for Klal Yisrael

Posted on March 5, 2022 by leslie

A New Tanakh for Klal Yisrael The Koren Tanakh: the Magerman Edition, Koren Publishers Jerusalem, 2021, Pp. 2033, $59.95. KJV Topaz Reference Edition, Cambridge University Press, 2022, Pp. 1534, $325.00, reviewed by Darrell Sutton    Ancient texts serve several purposes. … Continue reading →

Posted in QR Home | Tagged , , | 11 Comments

ENDNOTES, March 2022

Posted on March 1, 2022 by leslie

Endnotes, March 2022 A portrait of Sir Michael Tippett, by Stuart Millson Benjamin Britten and Michael Tippett dominated post-war British music. Both pacifists, the two composers shared many musical traits: a love of opera and desire to see British opera … Continue reading →

Posted in QR Home | Tagged , , , , , | 1 Comment

The Case for Greater Male Intelligence

Posted on February 24, 2022 by leslie

The Case for Greater Male Intelligence by Dr Edward Dutton Richard Lynn, Sex Differences in Intelligence: The Developmental Theory, Arktos, London 2021, 131 pp, reviewed by Ed Dutton I have known Richard Lynn since 2012, consider myself his protégé and in 2015 we … Continue reading →

Posted in QR Home | Tagged , , , , , | 4 Comments

I’m So Good at My Job

Posted on February 11, 2022 by leslie

I’m So Good at My Job Bill Hartley looks at Linkedin Linkedin is described by some sources as social media but others see it differently. Whatever the definition, the idea is that users can post their profile and someone looking … Continue reading →

Posted in QR Home | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

ENDNOTES, February 2022

Posted on February 2, 2022 by leslie

ENDNOTES, February 2022 In this edition: Chopin, Schumann, Tchaikovsky and Dupont, performed by Severin von Eckardstein, Second Symphony by Thomas Larcher, played by the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, reviewed by Stuart Millson The German pianist, Severin von Eckardstein, has enjoyed … Continue reading →

Posted in QR Home | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

Black Lives Matters

Posted on February 2, 2022 by leslie

Black Lives Matters David Horowitz, I Can’t Breathe: How a Racial Hoax is Killing America, Regnery, 2021, Notes, Index, 256 pp, ISBN 9781684512188, reviewed by David Ashton During enslavement and then segregation, Afro-Americans suffered ill-treatment and occasionally horrific murders, while … Continue reading →

Posted in QR Home | Tagged , , | 7 Comments

Time’s Sequestered Treasure

Posted on January 31, 2022 by leslie

Time’s Sequestered Treasure Donizetti in the 1830’s, 7-CD Box set, £32, from Opera Rara, reviewed by David Truslove Founded in 1970, Opera Rara is a goldmine for anyone wanting to explore the remoter corners of 19th and early 20th century … Continue reading →

Posted in QR Home | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Abigaille’s Party

Posted on January 26, 2022 by leslie

Abigaille’s Party Nabucco, dramma lirico in four parts, music by Giuseppe Verdi, libretto by Temistocle Solera, conductor Daniel Oren, director Daniele Abbado, Royal Opera 23rd January 2022, reviewed by Leslie Jones According to the Metopera guide ‘What to Expect from … Continue reading →

Posted in QR Home | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment