Daily Archives: August 5, 2008
Not passing the Turing test …
Apparently J S Bach lives, according to Amazon:
Ethel and the Pirate King
Monday’s Prom had an intriguing series of connections, if not an overall theme. There was an interesting pre-Prom talk on the life and work of Dame Ethel Smyth (pronounced, we were told, with a ‘y’ sound, but definitely without an … Continue reading
Das Lied von der Erde, and other Light Classics*
Despite the continuing damp weather, I headed into London for two Proms on Sunday. The first was an afternoon organ recital by Wayne Marshall, focused on mostly twentieth century French composers: Messiaen, his teacher, contemporaries and successors. The names on … Continue reading
First and Second Law (of Thermodynamics) 