- Amanda Forbes (23 Aug 04)
James and have enjoyed plenty of good music lately. On Saturday evening we were at a recital by soprano Amanda Forbes at St. Philip's church our local parish. It was ...
- Black shirted serenades (16 Aug 04)
Yet another concert by the ACO last weekend -- only fortnight after the last with Pekka Kuusisto as Guest Director and a program on the theme of Serenade for strings: ...
- A brilliant band (12 Aug 04)
On 31 July we went to another in the series of concerts by the Australia Chamber Orchestra; this time an all Mozart affair. Peter McCallum wrote this in the Sydney ...
- A shame and a pity (10 May 04)
Just just been playing the CD of Concert for George. This song sung by Billy Preston stirred up a few feelings.Isn't it a pity Isn't it a shame How we ...
- Concert for Dhani (04 May 04)
The Concert for George was shown on my local TV recently. I hadn't realised that George Harrison was such a prolific songwriter. The CD of the concert has 20 singles ...
- Better man (21 Apr 04)
More ponderings for the Easter season. Robbie Williams' song "Better Man" is hauntingly lyrical. The theology may be a bit dodgy (some of the most loved traditional hymns are a ...
- A hymn for my birthday - 28 February (28 Feb 04)
... especially the second stanza. Praise to the Lord the Almighty the King of creation; O my soul praise him for he is thy health and salvation; all ye who ...
- The Food of love (28 Feb 04)
Valentine's Day today and we went to a concert of the Australian Chamber Orchestra led by the brilliant and beautiful Richard Tognetti (pic.). They played Haydn's Symphony no. 49 ...
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