The Rain-mate revisited
Little did I know, when Christopher Hampson and I went in search of the rain-mate 8 years ago (see this old entry), that of all the blog topics that might…
Ljubjlana, Music & Dance & a Martinovanje
Just back from the very beautiful city of Ljubljana where I was lecturing on a seminar on music for ballet teaching. On Friday I learned a new word, Martinovanje, which…
Now that’s what I call…Bournonville
The most exciting news I’ve heard in a long time – Dance Books have just announced the release of a 9-CD set of “Music to the Bournonville Ballets“, including Napoli,…
Soft-soaping the pope
For a bit of balance on the whole Pope issue, try Hans K?ng’s Hoffnungskrise am Ende eines allzu langen Pontifikats. The article is hosted on the website of ‘we-are-church’ ,…
Musipedia – name that tune!
Possibly the most amazing discovery I ever made on the web – Musipedia. I needed to find the name of a folk song that I know by ear, but couldn’t…
Labour party street-spam in Tooting
Now you all know how much I love Tooting, and especially the terrific range of sweet shops, grocers and greengrocers. The glory of this area is its freedom from chain-stores…