tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post2956493473478627796..comments2024-03-26T07:58:59.761+00:00Comments on I'll think of something later: Shakuhachi dreamingDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-77860707830194457412013-02-08T15:29:54.858+00:002013-02-08T15:29:54.858+00:00Howard, I must find out when Radio 3 intends to br...Howard, I must find out when Radio 3 intends to broadcast what of the Total Immersion day. All it said in the programme was that certain concerts would turn up on Late Junction or Afternoon Concert at some point. In the meantime, I do recommend that 'The Art of...' disc as a perfect Japanese compilation of old and new.<br /><br />Strange but rather inspired, the addition of Takemitsu to the Stravinsky ballets. For the first LP I bought with my own pocket money, I wavered between the Firebird Suite (coupled with I remember not what), because although at the age of seven I'd never heard any Stravinsky other than a bit of Petrushka on a Disney 'Introduction to the Great Ballets' record, I liked the photo of Margot Fonteyn flaming on the cover. In the end the parents advised Scheherazade conducted by Kletzki, because I knew the music.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-80078206990413686202013-02-08T13:41:31.661+00:002013-02-08T13:41:31.661+00:00I've been running to stand still and I've ...I've been running to stand still and I've not yet caught up with hearing your Bach Cantatas nor the Total Immersion Day which I was looking forward to.<br /><br />In the spirit of Danny Baker's BBC4 vinyl celebration, my very first classical music purchase in about 1972 was a double album of Stravinsky ballets (Firebird, Rite and Petrushka) which as its fourth side had Takemitsu's November Steps. I loved it and have been a fan ever since. Amazing that the name of the ethereal shakuhachi has such a prosaic meaning!Howard Lanenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-75804984721642570882013-02-05T12:26:48.365+00:002013-02-05T12:26:48.365+00:00I'm glad there was nourishment there - Bach es...I'm glad there was nourishment there - Bach especially sets one up for anything the world may throw at one, I reckon. Didn't know you were intending to invest in Moro I after my garlic soup eulogy, but I know you won't regret it. It's beautifully produced, for a start, as every durable cookbook should be.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-21841931045731031352013-02-05T00:48:57.589+00:002013-02-05T00:48:57.589+00:00You call to mind my introduction to indigenous Chi...You call to mind my introduction to indigenous Chinese instruments in Wales. They so enrich one's musical vocabulary, don't they? How wonderful to see and hear this flute played "up close and personal." This morning I was able to have a good listen to the Shakuhachi selections and your latest installments of the Cantata. It was to be an aggravating day, and this set me up to get through it with something like aplomb. I must report as well that we are now in possession of the Moro cookbook. A beautiful thing it is, so thank you, too, for that.Susan Scheidhttp://prufrocksdilemma.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-87274095103196824732013-02-04T12:36:15.753+00:002013-02-04T12:36:15.753+00:00Indeed, Laurent. I can't wait to visit our del...Indeed, Laurent. I can't wait to visit our delightful friends Yumi and Ladislaw and ther children, who recently moved from London to the north island. <br /><br />I also remember my much-missed late student Elaine Bromwich, who carried on coming to my opera classes in her mid-nineties, saying how welcome she felt when at the age of 92 she stopped over on her own for a week in Japan on the way to see her daughter's family in New Zealand.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-51962582501042208402013-02-03T22:31:26.287+00:002013-02-03T22:31:26.287+00:00I made 2 trips to Japan in my life and have always...I made 2 trips to Japan in my life and have always found that country to be like a dream. I do not know if I could live there for any length of time, say a few years, but found the Japanese people delightful. Some much to discover and enjoy. Mind you I was coming from China at the time which I did not like much. Yes I encourage you to blog as you please, a blog after all is a personal journal. Laurenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03297393116796129135noreply@blogger.com