A year of Ballet playing cards: new score published
If you’ve been following the Year of Ballet Playing Cards, you might have missed a couple of updates, as I’m setting the “published” dates as when they should have been…
A year of ballet playing cards #21: A gigue by Grétry (8h)
Download the score (free pdf) Read more about my Year of Ballet Playing Cards I can’t remember why I started listening to Grétry’s music after neglecting him for so long.…
Supermarkets: will we (or they) ever learn?
For those who enjoyed my 30 days without a supermarket challenge, you might be interested in this news in today’s Guardian – UK supermarkets criticised over misleading pricing tactics. Which?…
How powerful is satire? Hollaender, Hitler, “The Book of Mormon,” and Nigel Farage
I finally got to see The Book of Mormon yesterday, and it was everything I’d expect a Matt Stone and Trey Parker production to be. Orgazmo – their 1997 film…
The schottische and the chotis, and other dances
It’s years ago since a Spanish friend and dancing colleague told me that there was a connection between Schottische and a Spanish dance called chotis, and I’ve been meaning to…
And finally: *that* Tarantella by Czerny is finally identified
For anyone who was following my posts about the sources for Czerny’s music in Etudes, I’m very happy to say that someone has finally filled in the last piece of…