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8230;and sometimes he sings it instead. Archive for January, 2016. Never too late to say Happy New Year on. January 12, 2016. Error: Twitter did not respond. Please wait a few minutes and refresh this page. When I Wrote What. Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. Building back the habit of writing, one day at a time. Eric Schlehlein, Author/Freelance writer. International Bellhop Travel Magazine. Janh1: Mainly fair with occasional rain. Mediocre revelations of a part-time hedonist. The greatest...
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8230;and sometimes he sings it instead. Music makes me think of things. Perhaps specific memories, perhaps aspirations, perhaps no more than wool-gathering – there’s no pattern to it. Sometimes it makes me think of other music, and sometimes it expels all thoughts except how good (or awful) the music is. Likewise, things make me think of music, and only internal logic can explain what and why. It’s a mixed up, muddled up, shook up world (except for Lola, obviously). Music is a luvMUST. luvFAB blog. Re)Li...
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Cold Genius | simonsometimessays
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8230;and sometimes he sings it instead. February 27, 2015. Consider Camelot. And this, the gently romantic title song. As performed by Richard Burton. In the show it’s sung by King Arthur, naturally, and you couldn’t imagine a musical about Camelot in which Arthur, Guinevere and Lancelot don’t have the pick of the songs to sing. And then consider something else: Purcell’s opera. What it does have is this:. What power art thou? The song of the Cold Genius, the Spirit of Winter. Electrifying and atmosp...
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Riddle-me-ree | simonsometimessays
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8230;and sometimes he sings it instead. Holy Blood Holy Grail. May 30, 2015. Several years ago, an English judge (“ Good morning, Judge. 8220;) got himself into slightly hot water. In fact it looks more like mild criticism from the Court of Appeal – when it was called upon to review his judgment in a certain high-profile case – but as lawyers will know, even the gentlest reproach when uttered in public by such bodies resounds like the thunders of Zeus*. The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail. The Da Vinci Code.
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Between Worlds | simonsometimessays
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8230;and sometimes he sings it instead. April 16, 2015. Last night I went with annemariesometimessays to see. A new opera with music by Tansy Davies and words by Nick Drake – I mentioned it a couple of months ago. It’s from English National Opera (from whose website I have borrowed the featured image to this post – I hope they don’t mind), and on at the Barbican. For a decent account of it, check out this review from the Independent. But Oh, my word! If you have tears, prepare to shed them now. Simon is ...
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Orpheus Complex: Music is Power
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Thoughts on classical music in London, on the web and beyond. By Gavin Dixon. Friday, 13 February 2015. 8221; Gergiev, Pollini, Dudamel and the entire El Sistema are the predictable targets, but Rattle gets a poke too; apparently he’s New Labour. Thompson has his axes to grind of course, but he undermines every argument he makes by equating the politics he dislikes with poor musicianship. The famously communist Pollini, we are told, “. Rattle’s time in Berlin has been a success by almost every avai...
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Orpheus Complex: April 2015
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Thoughts on classical music in London, on the web and beyond. By Gavin Dixon. Sunday, 26 April 2015. Saffron Hall: A Musical Miracle in North Essex. It has taken me a year and a half to make a visit the new concert hall in Saffron Walden, but now I wish I’d gone sooner. What a venue! Saffron Hall’s story is well-known: It is in the grounds of a state school and was funded through a single contribution of £10m, from an anonymous donor though a local charity, The Yellow Car Charitable Trust. Jessica Duchen...
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Orpheus Complex: Marsyas Trio Elena Firsova CD Launch
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Thoughts on classical music in London, on the web and beyond. By Gavin Dixon. Thursday, 28 May 2015. Marsyas Trio Elena Firsova CD Launch. As a launch event, the Trio gave a recital on 6 May. This turned out to be just a few weeks after Firsova’s 65. Four of Firsova’s works were included in the concert. Night Songs. Op 125, is a sombre setting of Osip Mandelstam, a poet whose work permeates Firsova’s music. Lost Vision. An excellent evening all round, and the ideal way to launch the Marsyas Trio’s ...
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Orpheus Complex: April 2014
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Thoughts on classical music in London, on the web and beyond. By Gavin Dixon. Monday, 28 April 2014. Mahler 7, LSO, Gatti, Barbican 27 April 2014. Mahler: Symphony No. 7. London Symphony Orchestra, Daniele Gatti (cond). Barbican, London, 27 April 2014. And the scherzo third movement was presented as playful and delicate, so as to bring it in line with the Nachtmusik. Atmosphere of its neighbours. Links to this post. Monday, 21 April 2014. Time to End the Proms Embargo? Links to this post. Lars Vogt (pian...
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Orpheus Complex: December 2013
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Thoughts on classical music in London, on the web and beyond. By Gavin Dixon. Friday, 20 December 2013. Platinum Consort OAE Christmas Oratorio Kings Place 19 December 2013. Bach: Christmas Oratorio: Parts I, III, V, VI. Platinum Consort, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Scott Inglis-Kidger, cond. Kings Place, London 19 December 2013. In a season dominated by Messiah. S, spare a thought for the Christmas Oratorio. Links to this post. Thursday, 19 December 2013. Bach: Well tempered clavier book II.
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