Monthly Archives: July 2007

Listen Again

Been listening quite a lot to old Radio 3 broadcasts on this recently. I like Mahler 1 and Tchaikovsky symphonies, but I think the ‘archived online audio’ choices are looking a little old. Can we have some more recent ones? … Continue reading

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Dayglo recorders

We had one of these (made from orange plastic), but it hasn’t been too good in recorder class at school, what with the usual beginner’s tendency to overblow. We’ve replaced it with a brown Yamaha version which sounds rather better. … Continue reading

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as I said to the ondiste …

There are about 20 such people, and I got the chance to meet one of them during the Chorus Angelorum’s trip to Turin to perform Messiaen’s Trois Petites Liturgies de la PrĂ©sence Divine. The ondes Martenot is an instrument which … Continue reading

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a monstrous crow

It was a busy week so I will be brief about my most recent outing with the Chandos Singers. All music new to me, with a mixture of the early (Michna, de las Infantas, Vivaldi and Handel) and the contemporary … Continue reading

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