Just Finished Watching…
… Shostakovich Symphony Number 7 – “Leningrad” – performed by the National Youth Orchestra on the Proms . Phenomenal. Simply phenomenal.
Category: Music
Rachmaninov’s Prelude in C-Minor
Question. What do you do if you have far smaller hands then the person who composed the piece of music you’re about to play? Answer. Hat-tip the Confessing Evo
Absolutely the Last Word on Eurovision
I’m proposing a new rule. Every time in the future we have an entry for Eurovision, a panel of normal people has to agree that it’s at least as good as Katrina and the Waves from 1997 or else we …
Eurovision Song Contest
Serbia?? SERBIA??? Perleeeeez… The Ukraine (second place) was much better.
Eurovision Nightmare
Nope, not the contest itself (which I actually really enjoy, hence the party at Chez Ould ce soir). Rather, the shock from the Semis that Switzerland’s TOP entry didn’t get through. I mean, be reasonable – the UK entry is …
Blood Money
Given that it’s Wednesday in Holy Week (“Spy Wednesday” in some quarters)…