tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post4237573405195743509..comments2024-03-26T07:58:59.761+00:00Comments on I'll think of something later: HyperaesthesiaDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-16932098235565619732009-08-23T11:43:21.703+01:002009-08-23T11:43:21.703+01:00So, Colin, your art history degree - I assume you&...So, Colin, your art history degree - I assume you've gained it by now - was not in vain.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-65067377567314944242009-08-23T00:20:00.496+01:002009-08-23T00:20:00.496+01:00Before I read your entry, I must commend the photo...Before I read your entry, I must commend the photo of the Solomonic (barley sugar) column in the Jesuitenkirche in Vienna. A fine piece of Baroque kitsch, and its sheen shown at its best in your photo.Colin Dunnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-1236276405505849382009-08-18T16:57:07.475+01:002009-08-18T16:57:07.475+01:00Well, John, I've just ordered up a Naxos CD of...Well, John, I've just ordered up a Naxos CD of Alphorn concertos. May outstay its welcome, but worth a go.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-22822763628459604962009-08-18T13:53:45.615+01:002009-08-18T13:53:45.615+01:00So now you're a filmmaker too. That's a lo...So now you're a filmmaker too. That's a lovely way to end and a marvellous, full sound, too, I agree. Makes me want to hear some real alphorn pieces.Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-74902049145551438612009-08-17T22:33:27.092+01:002009-08-17T22:33:27.092+01:00It was. But it will no doubt come out on DVD like ...It was. But it will no doubt come out on DVD like the other Mahler instalments - and I was swept away by several of those just on the screen.<br /><br />Oddly, I don't know what's happened to the release of last year's Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique from Lucerne. A friend of mine who works at the Conservatoire in Lucerne went, and wept buckets, he said.<br /><br />Anyway, we have events NEARLY as good here - as I witnessed tonight, swaying in the arena to Esa-Pekka's incredible Ravel double-bill. More anon.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-56197795301601475802009-08-17T18:58:50.224+01:002009-08-17T18:58:50.224+01:00Envy. The Mahler sounds amazing!Envy. The Mahler sounds amazing!The LondonJazz sitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12346426719014759836noreply@blogger.com