Brrrr. My body has definitely grown accustomed to the gorgeous weather we have had of late. Today's come as a bit of a shock. I was glad that I was out to support a group first thing. I'm also pleased with myself cos the house needs hoovering and rather than do it at the weekend, I've saved it as a warm-me-up activity in between work today!!! I suspect I will have to put the heating on at some point tho!
Last week I heard a woman speak on Radio 2 and thought she was very good at her job!! She inspired me to check out further the list on the BBC's Ten Pieces for school, aimed at encouraging children to listen to more classical music. I particularly liked the way she described that day's chosen piece (Grieg's In the Hall of the Mountain King), something I've always enjoyed) by having listeners think about unfriendly trolls, linking it into more modern day films kids might have seen (The Hobbit) and finally mentioning a link with the Inspector Gadget theme tune, a connection I've never made before!! As well as hoovering and calls, and some time off this afternoon, I hope to see if I can check out how others have been described, see what else I can learn :)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-27868018
and http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0211wsb
I'm not getting much work done, but am having a lovely trip down memory lane - Classical music did feature at my primary school, we entered assembly each day to a piece playing on the record player (!) and were asked to identify it. I also now want to watch some Morecambe and Wise films - wonder if they're on netfix?? I remember enjoying the one with Swan Lake (t'interweb tells me it's The Intelligence Men): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6wMWdxXXvo
Sadly some of my favourites are now hard to extricate from nationalism. And my walk down the aisle as a bride was to Pachabel's Canon so now listened to that yet. My afternoon off seems to have started early ;) But I really ought to go out and get provisions/walk the dog etc etc.
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