Good Morning!

Beckoning Sun

Another firn sunny day-and hence one i will enjoy in a moment.Admittedly it was a little cool this morning but it has soon warmed up by the afternoon.

I have been listening to the music of Isang Yun and Iannis Xenakis. I've also finished another short book. I will be doing reviews later this evening but now the sun beckons me.

What A Flocker!

We often hear terms like a flock of seagulls or a gaggle of geese but here are some i think might be appropriate elsewhere.

A convenience of local corner shop owners
An absence of waiters
A whored of prostitutes
A mass of priests
A lot of auctioneers
A bout of estimates
A clutch of car mechanics
A rash of dermatologists
A depression of weather forecasters

What would you add?

Angel Episode Guide Season 1 Ep 17 & Ep 16 / Buffy Season 4 Ep.17

Aha,two more analyses of Angel from TPN -

Angel Episode Guide Season 1 - "Eteenity" S1 E17

Angel Season 1 Ep.16 "The Ring"

Buffy Season 4 Episode 17 "Superstar"

The Last Knit

Wire magazine are now posting film shorts - here is one recently put up via their sunscription site.

The Last Knit

When knitting becomes an obsession.


Directed by Laura Neuvonen
Country Finland
Year of Production 2005
Running Time 7 minutes

The Friday Five

Who do you prefer - Bob Dylan, Elvis Presley, Beatles or Grateful Dead?

What is your favourite type of ethnic food?

Do you like your music loud and rocking or easy listening and calming?

Are you,like me,an adventurous music lover or staid in your ways?

Do you like sushi or curry?

Lou Harrison

Another composer i love and should be better known -

Lou Harrison -Suite For Piano, Violin and Small Orchestra

The Mills College Music Department and the
Center for Contemporary Music present

LOU HARRISON CENTENARY CONCERT

Jeannik Méquet Littlefield Concert Hall
April 15, 2017

Lou Harrison:
Suite for Violin, Piano, and Small Orchestra (1951)
I. Overture – Allegro poco Maestoso
II. Elegy – Adagio
III. First Gamelan – Allegro
IV. Aria – Lento espressivo
V. Second Gamelan – Allegro Moderato
VI. Chorale – Andante Moderato

Mills Performing Group
Hrabba Atladottir: solo violin
Kate Campbell: solo piano
Stacey Pelinka: flute
Bethanne Walker: flute
Jesse Barrett: oboe
Meredith Clark: harp
William Winant: percussion
Regina Schaffer: celesta
Brett Carson: tack piano
Hannah Addario-Berry: cello
Crystal Pascucci: cello
Kristin Zoernig: contrabass

Lou Harrison - Symphony No.3

Lou Harrison's Third Symphony, written for the Cabrillo Music Festival in 1982. The Symphony is in six movements, but movements 2,3 and 4 (reel, waltz and estampie) are very short, played almost without a break, and form the symphony's equivalent of a three part scherzo: fast-slow-fast.
First Movement: 00:00
Second Movement: 07:39
Third Movement 09:52
Fourth Movement 12:08
Fifth Movement 16:07
Sixth Movement 23:38
Andrew Ashenbach wrote this review of the disc in "The Gramophone":

Having already enthused about a previous outstanding MusicMasters release containing Lou Harrison's Second Symphony. I can bestow an equally warm welcome on this companion disc. Like its predecessor of seven years earlier, the Third Symphony (1982) is a work of some substance and no little potential for widespread appeal. The boldly striding outer paragraphs of the opening Allegro moderato frame a more contemplative, raptly lyrical central section (with some beautiful writing for solo strings). Next follow three linked, nicely contrasted dance episodes, the first of which, a bouncy, good-natured "Reel in Honor of Henry Cowell" (one of Harrison's teachers), is particularly infectious. The slow movement comprises a gently swaying Largo ostinato of great dignity and slumbering power, whilst the finale is a joyous, finely-sustained Allegro of deceptive rigour and satisfying proportion.

I've put together a sequence of pictures, mostly of California, where Harrison lived for much of his life, which I hope complement this excellent music.

Good Night