Telly Catch Up

I have been catching up on some telly as it has been a damp squid of a day, that is, after the football fans have watched their stuff. In particular, Marvels Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D and The Tomorrow People. Okay, i am being doggedly persistent trying to believe that TTP might improve considerably but it hasn't and i still find myself using the remote to flick through most of it. However, with the former programme i am constantly glued to it, and i am sure will feel withdrawal symptoms when the season ends.

I also watched on catch-up the second part of the series on 19th Century music. I had not realized that William Herschel, a famous German astronomer, also wrote concertos and symphonies. He was a true polymath. Here is a movement from his Symphony No. 8

You learn something every day , and thus i shalt look  out for his music on my travels.

Springtime

There is always a sense of renewal about Spring and that the shackles of a past life or past problems can be broken, and from it springs new hope and new reasons for being. I think a_phoenixdragon will understand what i mean. I have thus searched this out from You Tube after listening to a Radio 4 programme last night. It is by Ralph Vaughan Williams - The Springtime of The Year.

Conducted by Paul Brough, the BBC Singers celebrate the arrival of Spring with Vaughan Williams' arrangement of English folk song The Springtime Of The Year

He is also one of my favourite English composers and hence here is a second slice , a masterpiece, from this pastoral composer - Fantasia On A Theme By Thomas Tallis.

Enjoy.

Spaced

Hello all you Saturnians enjoy the next one hour and twenty minutes of the brother from outer space, Sun Ra,  and his film "Space Is The Place" , and in particular for kabuldur and son.

In The Garden

Spent some time in the garden soaking up the glorious sunshine and reading a philosophy book. I also had a pint of this delicious 6.5 % ABV  Bock beer in a can from Costcutters for only one pound ten pence and it tastes lovely.

Tomorrow, i am off to Brighton for a couple of days, using Seaford as my base, and visiting the library there for World Book Night on the Wednesday. Coming back on Thursday. I am looking forward to the Wednesday night shindig as Brighton seems to have the best literary evenings in the Kent and Sussex areas.

Talking of being in the garden here is my favourite track from Triste Janero -

Joyful Noise

Found another Sun Ra film on You Tube , which has more music than "Space Is The Place" and is still just as weird with fantastic costumes, Egyptology, space themes and A Joyful Noise. It is also a great documentary.

Enjoy.