Articles à propos of nothing

[Quijote]

Well here's a review of a recent Bruckner performance. Talk about hyperbole!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011...io-abbado-cern

[Sorrano]

This little cartoon has absolutely nothing to do with Bruckner!

I do hope that mastadon/mammoth has had some maalox first.

[Sorrano]

Here's something that someone here might find interesting.

http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=17575665

[Quijote]

This little cartoon has absolutely nothing to do with Bruckner!

[Sorrano]

This one is for everyone, of course, but Sorrano comes to my mind at the moment !!!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011...anton-bruckner

Interestingly enough (for me at least), it was the 3rd Symphony that won me over, as well. However, I had very little background on Bruckner's life and what subsequently followed, ideologically. My own concept was that he was some neo-romanticist with overblown symphonic ideals. Once I started paying attention to the music I quickly realized that there really was something here to listen to! Thanks for the article; that was well stated!

[Quijote]

This one is for everyone, of course, but Sorrano comes to my mind at the moment !!!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011...anton-bruckner

[Peter]

Here's another interesting article about a forthcoming BBC documentary on the "Symphony". Please read the commentaries after the article, perhaps to be used as a springboard for further debate.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011...changing-world

Yes makes you realise the interconnectedness of things, but I wonder if the Eroica wouldn't have existed without Napoleon? debatable. I agree with the comment about SIX OF THE BEST By Fiona Maddocks - I hope that isn't the selection for the programme?

[Quijote]

Is the Novel dead? Is the Symphony dead? Well, not for the "neo-conservatives" (à la Halliwell) perhaps.
May I just say at this juncture that I am currently very busy not writing my 14th Symphony in F# minor...

[Quijote]

Here's another interesting article about a forthcoming BBC documentary on the "Symphony". Please read the commentaries after the article, perhaps to be used as a springboard for further debate.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011...changing-world

[Chris]

And now for a litle reconstructed (well, "embellished") Mozart ...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011...ript-uncovered

Interesting. I hope I will be able to hear that at some point, as that is my favorite Mozart concerto.

[Quijote]

And now for a litle reconstructed (well, "embellished") Mozart ...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011...ript-uncovered

[Quijote]

On the other hand, UK universities are far superior to the French offer, this I can tell you for sure!

[Quijote]

Well of course, these surveys are fine as far as they go, and they should always be treated lightly. As if France doesn't have its share of "broken society", violence, drug problems and so on.
On the whole, the weather factor is an important difference, as is the food, state of roads and health system (these being superior in France to the UK's offer). Plus access to mountains for skiing, nicer beaches (Med or Atlantic) and the fact we are nearer to Beethoven's birthplace, Italy, Spain and Vienna. So there.

[Peter]

Here's another little article à propos of nothing, this time about how dire it is to live in the UK these days. Now don't you all come flocking over here !
http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2011...of-life-europe

Not surprised at that, but a little misleading nonetheless - seriously considering a move to France at some stage myself and having done much research it is surprising actually how the climate isn't all it's cracked up to be - you have to go quite far south to get more sunshine and having gone south you can be surprised to find you actually have colder winters, not to mention the infamous Mistral and other horrendous winds in the Languedoc that make our weather seem tame! The west coast gets more sun but a lot more rain than where I live - I believe there were terrible floods recently - they don't tell you all that in these reports!

[Quijote]

Here's another little article à propos of nothing, this time about how dire it is to live in the UK these days. Now don't you all come flocking over here !
http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2011...of-life-europe