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Monthly Archives: April 2013
At classical Monday Pops… Part IV – March 2013
Wigmore Hall, London 9 March 2013 Simon Keenlyside, baritone Malcolm Martineau, piano Wolf Harfenspieler I Wie sollt ich heiter bleiben Blumengruss Bei einer Trauung Der Rattenfänger Jägerlied Denk’ es, o Seele! Prometheus Der König bei der Krönung Ravel Un grand sommeil … Continue reading
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At classical Monday Pops… Part III – Late Febraury 2013
Wigmore Hall : Monday 27th February Bernarda Fink & Rodolfo Richter: Academy of Ancient Music The Italian Baroque: Veracini Overture in G minor; Merula Aria: Hor ch’è tempo di dormire; Vivaldi Concerto in E for violin RV271 ‘L’amoroso’, Aria: Sovvente il … Continue reading
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At classical Monday Pops… Part II
Joyce DiDonato – Drama Queens 6th February, 2013 Barbican Hall Il Complesso Barocco – Dmitry Sinkovsky It has been a year for the stage queen – as I moved on from the drag queen of Simon Russell Beale in Privates on Parade … Continue reading
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At classical Monday Pops… Part I: Janaury to February
Of masses and fugues and “ops” The lack of reviews may lead my few readers to believe or – perhaps be relieved to believe – that I have not been to see or hear anything since Christmas. My silence stands to be corrected. So here, collected into a single whine, … Continue reading
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Top Hats for Top Chaps or if the cap fits…..
Easter had come and gone in flurries of snow. In my teenage days often on TV at this time of year they played that classic film musical Easter Parade – full of wonderful Irving Berlin songs; with Judy Garland and … Continue reading
Mr George Osborne – beyond decency and beneath contempt.
Our political discourse brought low by ugly ambition and false pride…. Mr George Osborne states that the actions of one man exploiting a financial system to his own personal advantage regardless of his moral duty to the wider society ought to occasion … Continue reading
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Sede Vacante – where the papacy will go from here
The term ‘sede vacante’ is used to describe the interregnum between papacies. All elective monarchies have interregna. The term ‘sede vacante’ literally means the chair or seat is unoccupied. Sedes also corrupts to become See sometime in the fourth century. See is used to describe any apostolic jurisdiction … Continue reading