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Anna at 50
By Tom: Toby is wearing the McDuff tartan.
Covid-2
Nobody is really clear which direction this is going in, but they are clear about the two big variables that could change that. One is waning immunity, so if immunity wanes faster than expected, you’ll see a bigger increase, and that’s why it’s so important to get booster shots going in the vulnerable and the …
Covid
He [Dr Tim Spector] added: “By not updating advice, we’re letting people into care homes, schools, workplaces and large gatherings displaying known signs of Covid. “One in 95 people in the UK have Covid.”
Fuaran
I’m on violin.
Diary – 3
Wondering if I am really going to use this site. Mobile phone is still not found – mysterious. Could still be used for notes on translations, reflections, etc. Ionos have increased the monthly charge to £12.
Diary – 2
At SCVS pizza lunch in Queenborough. Louise and the group. I got the MIDI connector fitted up correctly. Can transcribe piano. Mobile phone disappeared. Mysterious. Car in garage. New gearbox. Waiting.
Diary
I am going to keep a small diary. For everyday things. Like the car being out of service – it may need a new gearbox, and that’s likely to be expensive. What do you do without a car? Use cabs. Use home delivery. Get a new car. I have a mild toothache. Stress-related. Work on …
Mahler – His Time Has Come
Leonard Bernstein, writing in 1967: What was this duple vision of Mahler’s? A vision of his world, crumbling in corruption beneath its smug surface, fulsome, hypocritical, prosperous, sure of its terrestrial immortality, yet bereft of its faith in spiritual immortality. The music is almost cruel in its revelations: it is like a camera that has …
Gershwin
David Schiff on Misunderstanding Gershwin Never mind that Rhapsody in Blue was scored (not by Gershwin but by Ferde Grofé) to show off the distinctive talents of a “jazz” band that is dead and gone. Classical musicians feel obliged to replicate the sound of the original—an exercise in channeling, not interpretation. Yes, the Chicago Symphony …