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I enjoyed Sebastian Barry earlier this month, more for his craic perhaps than for the music. And the extraordinary use of a shared memory of his father taking him to hear Rostropovich play Bach which he used as a gesture to heal what he described as a 'sundering' breach between them.Barbatus sed non barbarus
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A gentle PP today, with Nick Davies speaking so beautifully about the behaviour of birds. A repeat, but I missed it first time around, so apologies if this adds nothing new. Thought-provoking: the cheating, murderous cuckoo could survive or perish, depending on whether it chooses the Spanish or Italian route on its migration to sub-Saharan Africa.
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Originally posted by Wychwood View PostA gentle PP today, with Nick Davies speaking so beautifully about the behaviour of birds. A repeat, but I missed it first time around, so apologies if this adds nothing new. Thought-provoking: the cheating, murderous cuckoo could survive or perish, depending on whether it chooses the Spanish or Italian route on its migration to sub-Saharan Africa.
I'd heard the end of it before, the bit you mention about the alternative routes to sub-Saharan Africa, but was delighted to hear the whole programme. It taught me a lot about cuckoos, though it still rather puzzles me how the trick of foisting eggs onto unsuspecting 'parents' ever got started in the first place.
But I guess this is just a variation on the anti-evolution 'argument' that kangaroos can never have evolved from ordinary '4 feet on ground' animals because those making the earliest attempts to hop would have had the worst of both worlds for survival. (?)I keep hitting the Escape key, but I'm still here!
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Originally posted by LMcD View PostA rare factual error from Michael Berkeley, referring to the conclusion of Mahler's 2nd symphony: 'Words and music by Mahler'. I don't think so![FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]
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Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View PostThat depends on how much of the "conclusion" was broadcast: the text from "O glaube, mein hertz" is indeed from the pen of the composer.
(Did Mahler actually spell 'Herz' as 'hertz'? )
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