I first heard of and listened to Grande Symphonie Funebre et Triumphale by Hector Berlioz when the LP shown below was sent to me in 1969 as a member of the World Record Club. I was enthralled by the work on my first hearing, and nearly 50 years later it still excites and moves me when I … Read more
A year has gone past since my last post, and because of that I was going to skip posting a video of Trooping the Colour this year. But this afternoon, just out of interest I had a look at the video this year, and I was so impressed that I decided to post it. The … Read more
With Trooping the Colour being last Saturday, in the Queen’s Birthday long weekend, I could hardly fail to include a video of it in the year of the Queen’s 90th birthday. I’ve always enjoyed watching it over the years. In the early years of her reign the Queen rode in uniform, sidesaddle, in the parade. In … Read more
This is my second post about Florence Foster Jenkins. The first can be found here. In it I wrote that there were plans to make a movie about her life in 2015 staring Meryl Streep and Hugh Grant. As it turned out, two movies inspired by her life were released in 2016. The first was a … Read more
I had to post Part 3 after I found this video tonight. I think it’s beautiful, and it also includes Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, the mother-in-law of our own Princess Mary (who married Prince Frederick the Crown Prince of Denmark). I like that video as it has a whole new look at many events I’ve seen before, … Read more
From the Dreamweaver old JTHonline site Hmmm. Richter has played a 7 min 51 sec (or longer) piece in 5 min 54 secs? The official website can be visited HERE and it has the Pounding Room Intro, followed by a slide show of scenes and review hightlights. You can control the speed of the … Read more