'The Bringer of Old Age' seems faintly inappropriate given the amazing discoveries made in Cassini's 20 year mission. But then maybe Holst was driven as much by mystic associations as by astronomy?
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'The Bringer of Old Age' seems faintly inappropriate given the amazing discoveries made in Cassini's 20 year mission. But then maybe Holst was driven as much by mystic associations as by astronomy? -
I don't imagine he was at all driven by astronomy, as opposed to astrology! I can't wait though to see what pictures the Cassini probe sent back during its final descent.Originally posted by ardcarp View Post -
Sticking to the music - interesting comments from the sci-fi fans. It shows that this stuff sh/could be performed in the places where this audience hangs out (not on Radio 3, in the hope the sci-fi fans will start listening to the station).Originally posted by ardcarp View PostIt 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.Comment
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...except that the[then known] planets were a framework. I see much honing of Holst's musical language (not to mention the mysticism of course) in The Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda. I wish these were performed more often. I've loved them ever since they were part of my A-level set works back in the stone age.Originally posted by Richard Barrett View PostComment
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Some of the early works you cite have their appeal for me, but for me it's the works composed after The Planets that do most: The Ode to Death, the Fugal Overture and Concerto with their rhythmic and neoclassical élan, The Golden Goose ballet music with its touches of the Ballet Russes on the village green, the Terzetti, Egdon Heath (of course!), Double Concerto, Humbert Wolf songs, Hammersmith (which for some reason always makes me think of Morris's Notes from Nowhere), the Choral Fantasia, the Capriccio his daughter Imogen later arranged, the Lyric Movement which so eerily presages passages in Bartok's Viola Concerto, and the so-full-of-vitality Scherzo from thatOriginally posted by ardcarp View Post
unfinished symphony, from his deathbed. My jaded ears can always do with a bit of re-up-Holst-ering!
(Er - do we have a Composer page for G.H.?)Comment
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Not yet - everyone's waiting for you to start one, S_AOriginally posted by Serial_Apologist View Post
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Tonight's Horizon (after you get over the obligatory whoosh-bang introduction) is informative and interesting:
Absolutely wonderful that many key scientists and engineers were women, including the flight controller. Certainly the whole thing was a huge collaborative achievement between the teams running each on-board experimental package and in the decisions to extend the mission in creative and exciting ways.Comment
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Do take a look at New Scientist for 16/09/17 for an excellent in-depth article about this Fantastic Voyage...
Thanks for the reminder about the programme though, what would I do without Catch-Up TV...Comment
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Thanks! I haven't taken New Scientist (or even looked at it) for 40 years! I will get a copy...or maybe it's online?Comment
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There's some free content if you sign up....Originally posted by ardcarp View Post
...but I like to bring the Print Issue home with me when I get the food in...
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