Tag: Classical Connections
Classical Connections: Once upon a time
Last week I was chatting with a couple of friends at a local coffee house and the subject turned, as it so often does,...
Classical Connections: Three’s company
“When shall we three meet again?” is, you may recall, the first line spoken in the Scottish play (for I dare not utter its...
Classical Connections: Getting the Picture
Frank J. Oteri, the American composer and music journalist once observed that music and painting seem to have very little in common. They appeal...
Classical Connections: A Farewell to Hams
In London, carnival usually means only one thing: the Notting Hill Carnival, a lively three-day celebration with street parades around the residential and shopping...
Classical Connections: Undesirable creatures
I don’t know about you, but I seem to have an aversion to snakes. Now I’m sorry if you are a snake-lover but I...
Classical Connections: An under-rated master
Think of three baroque composers and you’ll probably come up with Bach, Handel and Vivaldi. There were hundreds of others of course, most of...
Classical Connections: Singular Voices
There was a time, not so long ago when much of Béla Bartók’s music seemed terribly modern-sounding. As a schoolboy during the last century,...
Classical Connections: Poles apart
I suppose when most people think of Polish classical music, they think of Chopin or polonaises. The polonaise of course is a dance –...
Classical Connections: The Outer Limits
“There is nothing wrong with your television set. Do not attempt to adjust the picture…We will control the horizontal. We will control the vertical…”
If...
Classical Connections: Merrie Melodies
Some years ago, when I was involved in the gentle art of music education, I once became intensely irritated on hearing a well-meaning but...
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Pattaya takes a step toward sustainability – Mayor discusses installing solar rooftop systems at...
PATTAYA, Thailand – On the morning of February 20, 2025, Pattaya Mayor Poramet Ngampichet welcomed representatives from the Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) at Pattaya...