Whilst I sit here at my PC working - it is The Victorian Kitchen Garden - Emma Johnson
- if when I pass my Grade 4 this will become my soul mate - hopefully through to March for G5

And you'll be fine : I know you'll be fine

Thank you Barry - your encouragement is always appreciated !

Dancing On My Own-Robyn

Wesley in E

and very shortly -

Faire is the Heaven.

Presumably Choral Evensong from Winchester?

Oh - I thought it was Chichester - maybe I misread it ...!

My mistake! I suppose that, not seeing the name Alan Thurlow attached to the entry in the Radio Times, my brain skipped a beat.

*enjoying the Wesley* : )

The Story Of Rumours:Fleetwood Mac on Radio 2.

Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Neil Diamond. A stunning album to accompany the book of the same name by Richard Bach.

Wow, that takes me back! We had both in our household back in the early 70s.

I remember that - I have the book too. Not the music though.

Listening to Eric Whitacre's new CD.

The Bucket of Water Song, by the cast of Tiswas

Storms-Fleetwood Mac

Just to raise the tone, back to the previous poster's level:

Geoffrey Burgon's Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis performed by the Choir of Wells Cathedral, under Matthew Owens, David bednall (organ).

You're certainly tall enough to do so!

Art Tatum (gleaned from a thread in the Teachers' Forum). Fantastic!

Probably more notes per minute than any other jazz pianist.


I have been listening to organist David Briggs' arrangement for solo organ of the Finale from Saint-Saens 'Organ' Symphony No.3, recorded in Gloucester Cathedral.

Me too - I've been listening to the famous Grand Finale of the Saint Saens Organ Symphony - oh the BRASS - amazing - have you heard it live? Its a must for any die hard surround-sound brass junkie!

I have heard it twice live, once here in Cheltenham Town Hall and once in the Brangwyn Hall in Swansea, during my student years.

The year I moved to Cheltenham I attended the Three Choirs Festival, held that year in Gloucester. There was a concert of organ and brass in the cathedral, Cloudcatcher Fells was on the programme, but the main event, as it were, was the Fenlands Suite for Brass & Organ by Arthur Wills. Arriving a little early, the gathering audience was kept waiting outside, whilst some last-minute rehearsal was taking place. We could feel the ground reverberating!

In the concert itself, the sheer volume of sound created by the brass rendered the organ to sound like a portable keyboard! 'Thrilling' isn't sufficient to express the visceral reaction to the sound in such an acoustic.

Many a speaker has been blown out by the sheer volume of sound put out by this marvelous creation by the French master composer Saint-Saens. Go on YouTube and listen to Michael Murray playing the Haskell-Shultz Organ at the Church of St. Francis de Sales in Philadelphia, along with the Philadelphia Orchestra, under the direction of Eugene Ormandy.

This week's composer - Thomas Tallis - on radio 3 .


Gorgeous gorgeous music.

Schubert's Impromptu in G flat Major (D899 No.3)


I must learn this sometime

Craig Ogden on We7

Dead Memories-Slipknot

Private Investigations, by Dire Straits. One day, I'll learn how to play the piano chords at the end of this piece

My nan once bought my uncle a Dire Straits CD for Christmas, which is all well and good, were it not for the fact he'd actually requested a China Crisis CD! When we asked her why she'd picked that one instead, she replied "Well, I knew it was someone in trouble!"

It was close...

Nat King Cole

"You'll never walk alone", sung beautifully by Claramae Turner. I'm watching Carousel, and fortunately the ad break came along straight after the song - I would usually hate this, but it allowed me to recover my composure so my family didn't find me sitting here in floods of tears

Rather more cheerful today - Charles Mingus, on Mingus Ah Hum. First time I've listened to him and I really like it

Dancing On My Own-Robyn

Bing Crosby singing 'Samantha' in High Society, with Louis Armstrong on trumpet

Composer of the week - Thomas Tallis on radio 3.

! Spem !

Has Anyone Ever Written Anything For You and Silver Springs, both by Stevie Nicks, on repeat over and over again.

The Soundcarriers, Harmonium

Bits of last week's 'composer of the week' on listen again.

Dirty Diamonds-Alice Cooper

Fischer-Dieskau singing Schubert Winterreise

Haha I've been listening to lots of his songs too lately. Did the other thread inspire you?

Van Morrison...

Szymanowski Myths for violin and piano.

They are amazing! I am seriously considering learning the piano part in hope that by the time I can play it to a high enough standard I will have met a violinist brilliant enough to tackle what sounds like a ridiculously difficult violin part in all of them!

I am slumming this morning.

Best of Krezip

While I gather the courage to get stuck into the programming that must be finished by Monday morning

Pick of the Pops on Radio 2. Currently playing 2 Unlimited...

Moon Over Bourbon Street-Sting

Radio 3 this morning and now Wagner - The Flying Dutchman in Otto Klemperer's 1968 recording. Totally wonderful!

Mozart K. 311... I just heard somebody practicing the first movement of this wonderful Mozart sonata at breakneck (literally quarter note=~160!) speed with lots of pedal and missed notes and now I have to remember why the piece is beautiful...

Russians-Sting