Archive for August, 2010
August 18, 2010
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The classics
By Ash in Musical Murmurings
I don’t profess to being an expert in anything. A few weeks ago, I was listening to (forensic psychotherapist) Dr Gwen Adshead’s Desert Island Discs. One of the tracks chosen was Mozart’s ‘Lacrimosa’ from Requiem.
What I hadn’t realised was that Mozart had died part way through Requiem and, as such, only the first eight bars of The Lacrimosa had been written by Mozart’s 35-year-old hand. It’s widely argued that Franz Xaver Süssmayr completed the work.
August 17, 2010
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Kate In Pakistan – One Week
By Ash in Random
I arrived in Pakistan one week ago but it feels a lot longer than that. So much has changed over these 7 days. The numbers of people affected by these floods, the worst floods since records began here in Pakistan, continue to rise as the monsoon progresses. Here in Islamabad it has rained a few times and when it comes, it is really heavy rain. Not the kind of rain we usually experience in the UK. None of your UK “drizzle”. The shelters described by colleagues returning from the flood affected areas as flimsy sheets held only by wooden poles, would not protect you from this kind of rain.