Some interesting content, but it felt rather scrappy in terms of presentation to me - but that may have been irritation at Mark Seow, whose voice I don't like. Did I hear correctly that the now obligatory news intrusion wasn't delivered by MS? I activated the mute button as soon as I could but the voice didn't sound like MS.
Chinoiserie
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Originally posted by oddoneout View PostSome interesting content, but it felt rather scrappy in terms of presentation to me - but that may have been irritation at Mark Seow, whose voice I don't like. Did I hear correctly that the now obligatory news intrusion wasn't delivered by MS? I activated the mute button as soon as I could but the voice didn't sound like MS."...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Originally posted by oddoneout View PostSome interesting content, but it felt rather scrappy in terms of presentation to meIt isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.
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Originally posted by french frank View Post
Fifteen separate pieces in an hour, given there was presumably some spoken commentary as well, sounds a bit excessive.
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Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View PostThis is all Chinese to me. When and where was this presumably-named programme on?
Mark Seow gives 'Chinoiserie' as one of his research interests.It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.
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Originally posted by oddoneout View PostSome interesting content, but it felt rather scrappy in terms of presentation to me - but that may have been irritation at Mark Seow, whose voice I don't like. Did I hear correctly that the now obligatory news intrusion wasn't delivered by MS? I activated the mute button as soon as I could but the voice didn't sound like MS.
You're right this was a really bitty programme & a curate's egg - some excellent bits, some just seemed like padding (or I misunderstood their significance.)
Back in 2008, there was a fascinating EMS on "18th C. Chinese music" - it seemed far more coherent & informative, if from the opposite viewpoint.
Sunday 13 July 2008 13:00-14:00 (Radio 3)
Continuing the theme of 'Music in a Strange Land', Lucie Skeaping introduces highlights from a concert performed at Harewood House by XVIII-21 le Baroque Nomade. Featuring 18th century music from China, composed by Jesuit missionaries there who often fused native styles with the traditions of the West.
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Originally posted by french frank View PostMark Seow gives 'Chinoiserie' as one of his research interests.
To me it evokes Owen Jones' "Examples of Chinese Ornament".
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Originally posted by AuntDaisy View PostThanks french frank, that helps.
To me it evokes Owen Jones' "Examples of Chinese Ornament".It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.
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Originally posted by french frank View PostOh, not that one! . The Bristol Museum has an exceptional collection - the Schiller Collection - of chinoiseries and other oriental artefacts. Perhaps you availed yourself of its proximity in your youth?
"In my youth, I feared it might injure the brain; but now that I'm perfectly sure I have none, why, I do it again and again."
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Originally posted by AuntDaisy View PostNo, I missed it when I was at Bristol Univ. - but I've made a note of the Schiller collection for next time I'm over there! Thanks.
"In my youth, I feared it might injure the brain; but now that I'm perfectly sure I have none, why, I do it again and again."
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Originally posted by french frank View Post
Oh, not that one! . The Bristol Museum has an exceptional collection - the Schiller Collection - of chinoiseries and other oriental artefacts.
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Originally posted by Tapiola View Post
Interesting, french frank. I must remember this. I was at the British Museum in early November for the first time, with my Chinese partner. We spent a lot of time with the ceramic collections. I must mention to her about the Bristol collection.
The Eastern Art collection numbers about 6,000 items, mostly from China and Japan. It holds a Designated status under the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council Designation Scheme, which identifies and celebrates pre-eminent collections of national and international importance held in England’s non-national museums, libraries and archives. A highlight of the collection is the Schiller bequest […]It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.
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