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Colour coding 22 Aug 2013 | 09:00 pm
I’m going to start with a spot of self-indulgence this week, being a fan of Peggy Lee. The lady died in 2002, aged 82, and had a sizeable list of artistic talents, including a career as a popular musi...
Playing the numbers game 15 Aug 2013 | 09:00 pm
Families with twins are a novelty; triplets a curiosity; quadruplets a rarity; higher multiples a scarcity. Comparisons with musical works draw a certain parallel: take the twin instruments that usua...
Lost and found 8 Aug 2013 | 09:00 pm
Travellers on London’s public transport are a forgetful lot. Each year, some 160,000 items are left behind by careless commuters. Most are mundane (umbrellas and backpacks); some bizarre (a case full ...
Vox humana 2 Aug 2013 | 06:16 pm
Published in 1943, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s Le Petit Prince is a story that occupies an alternative dimension, in which an adult comes to see things through the prism of a child. Laurent Petitgirard...
Podcast: Ryan Brown on 18th-century opéra-comique 1 Aug 2013 | 06:55 am
Le Roi et le fermier made Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny famous in France and beyond. Set in an evocative and at times stormy Sherwood Forest it tells of a King’s encounter with a humble farmer, blending c...
Creature feature 25 Jul 2013 | 09:00 pm
I’ve never forgotten the first LP I bought as a youngster and can still see the vivid red line drawings on the cover that included a lion, a swan and a tortoise. Nor have I forgotten the impact the mu...
Sea, hear 19 Jul 2013 | 02:00 pm
Are you a fan of rivers, or a lover of the sea? Those living in land-locked countries probably tend to the former, while people of island nations inevitably get pulled to the latter, with its vast exp...
Left to its own devices 12 Jul 2013 | 10:56 am
A friend of mine once heard me practising the piano and suggested I try it one hand at a time so that it would sound only half as bad. He probably had a point. He also had an ability to sit on the flo...
Child’s play 4 Jul 2013 | 09:00 pm
One of Naxos’s new releases continues the label’s commitment to producing educational resources for children and parents to enjoy together, exploring the world of classical music that will hopefully h...
Hide and seek 21 Jun 2013 | 05:48 am
In the same way that one gradually discovers hidden qualities in friends that give them an extra layer of character to appreciate, so with some pieces of music. We’re not talking here of analysing a M...
