Jul. 14th, 2016

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It is going to be one of those nights i cannot get off to sleep again. So i have watching tv series,reading a book and so on. Meanwhile , another couple of meditative music for the post midnight blues -

Claude Debussy - Reverie



Claude Debussy - Nocturnes




The first two movements, "Nuages" and "Fêtes", were premiered by Camille Chevillard with the Lamoureux Orchestra on 9 December 1900 in Paris, while the complete suite was performed under the same forces on 27 October 1901. The initial performances met with a cool response from critics and the public, but today these are considered some of Debussy's most accessible and popular works, admired for their beauty. The French composer Maurice Ravel transcribed this composition for two pianos.
The three movements were inspired by a series of impressionist paintings, also entitled "Nocturnes", by James Abbott McNeill Whistler.
The three movements are:
1. Nuages ("Clouds");
2. Fêtes ("Festivals");
3. Sirènes ("Sirens").
According to Debussy's introductionary note to the Nocturnes: "The title "Nocturnes" is to be interpreted here in a general and, more particularly, in a decorative sense. Therefore, it is not meant to designate the usual form of the Nocturne, but rather all the various impressions and the special effects of light that the word suggests. 'Nuages' renders the immutable aspect of the sky and the slow, solemn motion of the clouds, fading away in grey tones lightly tinged with white. 'Fêtes' gives us the vibrating, dancing rhythm of the atmosphere with sudden flashes of light. There is also the episode of the procession (a dazzling fantastic vision), which passes through the festive scene and becomes merged in it. But the background remains resistantly the same: the festival with its blending of music and luminous dust participating in the cosmic rhythm. 'Sirènes' depicts the sea and its countless rhythms and presently, amongst the waves silvered by the moonlight, is heard the mysterious song of the Sirens as they laugh and pass on."

Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy & Cleveland orchestra.

Found ...

Jul. 14th, 2016 11:31 am
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I managed to get some hours of sleep in the end and was up for the free breakfast this morning. I also went to the library and somebody had found my pouch of tobacco and they handed it in. So already a good start to the day , and it is sunny and warm - so far.

I am off to do a couple of visits in the local area. One on the island near Queenborough and one in Maidstone.

Bus WiFi

Jul. 14th, 2016 08:23 pm
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I am on the 101 bus from Maidstone to Chatham and it hasa very good free fairly fast WiFi. How cool is that? Plus it has charging points ateach seat,

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