grahamrickson.bsky.social
London-raised, Leeds-based primary music teacher, horn and ukulele player, film and classical CD critic, responsible dog and cat owner. Writing things for www.theartdesk.com (@theartsdesk.bsky.social)since 2009. Proud Irish citizen ☘️.
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Love this!
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This is a good book - very readable, well-researched and nicely presented with loads of photos…
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What a strange thing to think! My parents didn’t drive and I grew up in a big city where there was no need to do so. I eventually learned through necessity in my mid thirties. I’m not sure that my trustability ratings went up after I passed the test.
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and this one www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnl0...
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A great song. The weirdness makes it work; the stuttering percussion intro and the slippery vocal harmonies. There’s a nice cover by the Wondermints.
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French singer Claude Francois met an unfortunate end...
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Wonderful, strange piece. Would love to hear it live. Nos. 7-9 are so underrated. I spoke to composer Arthur Butterworth some years ago, trumpeter in Barbirolli's Hallé Orchestra. He remembered the musicians being baffled by No.8 at first; they were expecting another Antartica-style epic.
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You need to!
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Here’s Nielsen’s own two-piano arrangement. My favourite CD of 2024.
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Wow!
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I like that the statue looks like the original Peggy Fortnum illustrations which I grew up with.
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‘Tis true…
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The pen looks as if it contains drops of blood 🩸. Scary!
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It's great fun to play!
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We’re playing Lutoslawski’s Concerto for Orchestra in July, sweetening the pill with some Vaughan Williams and Tchaikovsky.
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It was expensive to hire the parts and we had to pay for extra percussionists. The orchestra was bigger than the audience.
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Such a fun and colourful piece. My orchestra played it a while ago and the audience stayed away big time, and there were scores of empty seats. Hindemith still scares audiences!
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I have this 7”somewhere. Backing track exactly the same, but French words. Can’t remember if it’s a direct translation or not
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'Colour My World' is my current favourite Petula Clark banger
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I like this film as much as their glossier, starrier ones. A small masterpiece, and so life-affirming.
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Livesey was tied up in London so couldn't do any Scottish filming, so P&P used a stand-in plus clever editing to get round the problem. It's also a huge influence on Bill Forsyth's Local Hero, as a colleague recently pointed out. And a wonderful opening credits sequence...
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Yes, and even starring Petula Clark!
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Not that there’s anything wrong with that
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I'm a fan too. Also a film in a famous Seineld episode:
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I'll grill her on her listening habits next time I'm in her class. Will report back...
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Used the books and tv series loads when I had a y3 class and we were writing stories about imaginary places. Lovely stuff. And listen to this: m.youtube.com/watch?v=lx5A...
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I was shocked. A sign that I'm getting old and that I'm more middle class than I try to let on.
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"It's a radio station that's all talking and stuff and it's really good sometimes and you should give it a go..." I felt like a dinosaur.
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I reviewed these when they came out and liked them very much... and am worrying that I passed them on afterwards as I can't find the CDs. I did see Oramo conduct 6 with the BBC SO - really good.
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Wow!
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Oh no! Ours really looks after his, and most last for three years or so.
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I’m currently a Byron Janis/Dorati man.
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Look forward to hearing it!
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Retro sleeve art! It’s like being in 1962 (not that I’m that old)
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I’ve seen primary teaching colleagues use it to write pupils’ end of year reports. The results are anodyne and waffly. Hate it. An ex-colleague uses AI to write Monday assembly plans. Noooo!
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Ours looks similar!
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocIS...
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Leeds. Or Hull.
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I’ve got this CD - it’s a banger.