An immortal piece of nominative determinism, after Blue Origin "was unable to get a satellite as far into orbit as intended."
"Blue Origin's chief executive Dave Limp said the failure was caused by a lack of "sufficient thrust" in an engine."
Maybe this explains why the PM didn't know about the vetting?
Spent the day editing some Monteverdi on a tight schedule. It's fair to say that George wasn't entirely helpful. Ironically enough, a Magnificat...
Rehearsals start today for this @londiniumchoir.bsky.social extravaganza, and I can't wait! Ascension Vespers to be performed two days after Ascension, with fabulous winds and strings from @ecse1610.bsky.social and the Monteverdi String Band.
To celebrate, how about the exuberant finale of Bartók's Concerto for Orchestra? Important to have Iván Fischer, long an outspoken opponent of Orbán, conducting his superb Budapest Festival Orchestra. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eV9d...
Fantastic news.
Base (bass) temptation.
Impossible to disagree with a single word that Ben Rhodes (Obama era NSC official) is saying here:
10/10, no notes.
"Ceasefires are always good news," says Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez. But he says his government "will not applaud those who set the world ablaze just because they turn up with a bucket"
Perhaps it was too subtle...
Here are some kitten pictures to offset the inexorable spiral of doom. Including the Triangular Kitten ™
Genuinely scared.
The kitten obbligato during the choral entry didn't enhance things...
Rounding off Easter Sunday by listening to Rattle's wonderful recent livestream of Mahler Resurrection Symphony from the Elbphilharmonie. Preceded by Purcell, and the glorious Schumann Nachtlied I conducted last month. www.youtube.com/live/JZLteE1...
Monteverdi earworm.
For anyone who needs to see kittens in their feed...
I mean I was staying at Travelodge this week (for my sins) and my key regularly stopped working; when I asked for it to be made to work, I was never asked for any ID or even to confirm my name... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Yes!
The John Wilson Walton disc is just ridiculously good. Go and listen!!
Having dispatched Beethoven 5, Elgar Cello Concerto, Die erste Walpurgisnacht, Brahms Schicksalslied, Coriolan, Julia Wolfe's Anthracite Fields, Gabriella Lena Frank's Jalapeño Blues, two sets of National Opera Studio scenes, and rather more besides in the last 3 weeks, it's time for a KITTEN DAY.
Yes, all of this...
A new entry in the cat-alogue.
I'll get my coat.
Flyer: Ricard J. Tovar's 'The Cello Player', 2024
A Farewell to Arms programme: Lucy Walker: There will come soft rains Richard Dering: Factum est silentium John Joubert: Lines from "The Youth of Man" Barbara Strozzi, arr. O'Connell: Che si può fare (with solo cello) Fernando de las Infantas: Congregati sunt inimici nostri Rudolf Mauersberger: Wie liegt die Stadt so wüst John Tavener: Svyati (with solo cello) Gabriel Jackson: In memoriam Howard Skempton: After Rain (with solo cello) Thomas Tallis: O nata lux John Joubert: Let There Be Light Heinrich Schütz: Verleih uns Frieden Richard Rodney Bennett: A Farewell to Arms (with solo cello) Lucy Walker: I saw eternity
A glorious concert on 27 March with @colla-voce.bsky.social and the wonderful Clare O’Connell – Richard Rodney Bennett’s ‘A Farewell to Arms’, John Tavener’s ‘Svyati’ plus Tallis, Schütz, Joubert, Mauersberger, Gabriel Jackson, Howard Skempton, and Lucy Walker. Tx www.londinium-voices.org.uk/events
Tilly and George. Newcomers to colla_voce towers.
Score preparation going swimmingly.
AI: (yet another) salutary tale. Read this...
