When you haven’t been to a live public performance of classical music in a while, it’s tempting to do nothing but sit listening to your CDs in the deep solitary comfort of the sofa at home.
You might imagine that it’s enough; that it’s not necessary to make the effort to buy tickets, to travel to sit in an auditorium for a couple of hours and then spend another hour driving home.
It’s only when you do make the effort that you appreciate what you’re missing. Continue reading “Mozart’s Requiem”
I read an interesting Stratfor piece the other day about Moldova. Some of you may have difficulty in locating Moldova on a globe, but what is happening there is of interest to me because a large percentage of the counterfeit cigarettes that are sold in Romania – and shipped to the rest of the EU – are made there. A link to the article, – a general piece, not about cigarette smuggling – is below, if you might be interested.)
One sentence from the article stuck in my mind: Wanna know what it was?
Recondita armonia – Pav
Winning votes – Catalan style.
When depressed about politics and the state of Britain, a good dose of Bird and Fortune serves to cheer…that this was recorded so many years before the present debacle speaks volumes for their satire’s accuracy in seeking a target.
Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.
Goodnight everyone, sleep well. Continue reading “Zen snippets – 12”
Pav – E lucevan le stelle
We are born naked, wet and hungry, and get slapped on our arse …. then things just keep getting worse.
Goodnight everyone, sleep well.
Boadicea's Chariot 
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