tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post6057652790363641193..comments2024-03-26T07:58:59.761+00:00Comments on I'll think of something later: Trees of OxfordDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-70982067515696284812010-05-21T23:42:38.746+01:002010-05-21T23:42:38.746+01:00David Damant writes
Sir Edwin Lutyens had a daugh...David Damant writes<br /><br />Sir Edwin Lutyens had a daughter Elizabeth, a composer, who set the seven principal propositions of the Tractatus of Wittgenstein in a motet for unaccompagnied voices. When a performance of the motet was introduced on Radio 3 some years ago the propositions were referred to as "metaphysical". True, perhaps, but one could hear Ludwig spinning in his grave<br /><br />Chapels in universities and schools are often overlofty (Exeter,as mentioned earlier in this blog, Keble, Lancing......). Or, if one has one's eyes on the hereafter, perhaps not.David Damanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18409591480349323761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-81953708379024600652010-05-21T16:09:04.315+01:002010-05-21T16:09:04.315+01:00Intemperate Mr McIntosh, I have not returned to Wo...Intemperate Mr McIntosh, I have not returned to Worcester College in reality, only in the blog for the trees' sake, having visited it the once and found its gardens incontestably among the finest in Oxford.<br /><br />All in good time, I'll follow your other recommendations, fear not.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-65997831485544037402010-05-21T15:30:46.780+01:002010-05-21T15:30:46.780+01:00From Robert McIntosh, architect
Why in God's n...From Robert McIntosh, architect<br />Why in God's name do you keep returning to Worcester, surely one of the least interesting colleges, apart from its medieval terrace. Having been born and bred in Oxford, I recommended six others, much more worthy of your attention(StJohn's, Lincoln, Campion Hall, All Souls, Nuffield, the Florey of Queen's), and you didn't bother yourself with any on your most recent visit.<br />Another rather beautiful gem for you to investigate is the Catholic Dominican college,Blackfriars Hall, right on StGiles, designed and built by the brilliant Doran Webb. Like Sir Edwin Lutyens with the Jesuit Campion Hall, everything down to doors and window handles is designed around a distinctive, unified style. I do respectfully urge you to go wild and explore these other places on your next visit.<br />Best<br />Robert McIntosh, architectRobert McIntoshnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-68264606403541567302010-05-19T19:57:38.569+01:002010-05-19T19:57:38.569+01:00PS - Sir David: I hadn't read your first comme...PS - Sir David: I hadn't read your first comment when I responded to the second. Thanks for adding to the stock of different takes on the origin of species.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-8803969217933003422010-05-19T19:24:18.605+01:002010-05-19T19:24:18.605+01:00Would that be a tree-lined Boulevard Ha(o)us(s)man...Would that be a tree-lined Boulevard Ha(o)us(s)mann? Or A E Housman the homosexualist poet? <br /><br />Anyway, I pedanticise. Do you know I won the Edinburgh Festival Baritone Class 1984 singing that and 'look not in my eyes' in Butterworth's settings? Out of a class of four (including the eminent Mr Lobo Chan who has been rather rude in his comments).Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-2844002676409817072010-05-19T18:48:32.429+01:002010-05-19T18:48:32.429+01:00David Damant writes
And on trees and seasons mayb...David Damant writes<br /><br />And on trees and seasons maybe recall Housmann - The Shropshire Lad <br /><br /> - of my three score years and ten, twenty will not come again:<br /><br />And since to look at things in bloom<br />Fifty springs are little room<br />About the woodlands I will go<br />To see the cherry hung with snowDavid Damanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18409591480349323761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-46747513309151979642010-05-19T18:18:31.923+01:002010-05-19T18:18:31.923+01:00David Damant writes
Looking at these trees, one i...David Damant writes<br /><br />Looking at these trees, one is almost persuaded by the Argument from Design (Cicero, I like him, but most famously Thomas Aquinas, with his five ways to the existence of God)<br /><br />But so was Darwin when he first saw the tremendous forests of South America, only to see later that they ( and he) were no more than the results of natural selection<br /><br />But if the response in our hearts is there, does that matter?David Damanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18409591480349323761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-38393553920376761502010-05-19T15:29:23.150+01:002010-05-19T15:29:23.150+01:00Excellent photos. The trees are wonderful.Excellent photos. The trees are wonderful.Levinson Axelrodhttp://www.levinsonaxelrod.com/2010/02/24/levinson-axelrod-secure-1-05-million-settlement/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-62602368091484891622010-05-19T13:08:46.057+01:002010-05-19T13:08:46.057+01:00Since you noted the chestnut - they're two a p...Since you noted the chestnut - they're two a penny here, of course - I added the one I'd originally suppressed from the centre of town. Noticed, by the way, that the noble olive is becoming quite a London fixture in our warmer summers.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-83845501253880071562010-05-19T12:39:44.507+01:002010-05-19T12:39:44.507+01:00Thank you, David - trees galore: what a feast! Lov...Thank you, David - trees galore: what a feast! Love the horse chestnut. We have a few in the town centre - notably where Vieux-Nice meets Place Garibaldi - which are a nice change from endless planes and oliviers (my last home was surrounded by ancient woodland and I became very spoilt, ahem).<br />PS Thank you again for the Martinu background info.; it enhanced my enjoyment of the broadcast(6th symphony), and meant I wasn't too confused or surprised by the echoes of Janacek.Minniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17031126325323208656noreply@blogger.com