My Desert Island Discs selection 2011

This is my second selection from the one in 2009. ===== 1. Impromptu Op. 142, No. 2 – Schubert 2. If You Fail, We All Fail – Fields 3. Free – Fonogenico 4. 《滄江夜雨》 [Night Rain on the Azure River] from 【誠一堂琴譜】 [Chengyi Hall Qin Tablatures (1705)] played by 李孔元 [Li Kongyuan] 5. Brandenburg Concerto [...]

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My Desert Island Discs selection 2009

Rules are that you must choose eight pieces of music to take with you on a desert island. At the end, you must choose one that you regard most highly. In addtion you are automatically given The Bible or a philosophical work of your choice if you’re not a Christian and also the Complete Works [...]

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約束の地 ~The Promised Land~

Cur in gremio haeremus? Cur poenam cordi parvo damus? Stella nobis non concessit Parvus pulsus Cor mortem ducens Venarum pulsus in terram fluens Vita mollis in stellam redeunt Animam sacrificare neccesse est? Cur in gremio haeremus? Cur veniam petimus? In terra fatali? 何故、私達は寄り添うのでしょう 何故、小さな心に罪を与えるのでしょう 星は私達を許さなかった 小さな鼓動 死に至る心 大地に流れる脈 溶ける命は星へと帰る 犠牲となる魂は必要なのでしょう 何故、私達は寄り添うのでしょう 何故、私達は許しを請うのでしょう この約束の地で Why do [...]

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Review: Patrick Wolf – The Magic Position

I discovered Patrick Wolf in much the same way as I discovered Seth Lakeman. It was a nice quiet night and I was watching television. It was BBC2 and Newsnight Review was on. At the end of the programme, Kirsty Walsh introduced us to a musician I have never heard of. His name is Partrick [...]

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