Ramblings Archives - Colin's Column

Column Post #1,000. Just saying!

Sep 24, 2020 | Ramblings

Not a bad score given earnest activity on my Column only really started on April 5. However, quality before quantity at-all-times, and I hope I get somewhere near to the former. Anyway, what was intended as an occasional outlet for yours truly seems to have become a...

Just heard this on The Goon Show [BBC Radio 4 Extra, midday broadcast]

Sep 22, 2020 | Ramblings

L-R: Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers & Harry Secombe “Why is that gas stove wearing a hat?” “Because it keeps going out.”

Post #950: LPO label: Sir Adrian Boult.

Sep 17, 2020 | News, Ramblings

London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Adrian Boult, 1968, Canterbury Cathedral, The Dream of Gerontius “Timed to coincide with the 70th anniversary of Sir Adrian Boult’s appointment as Principal Conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra, this...

For those of us deprived of Basil Cameron during BBC Proms 2020… here he conducts Delius’s Brigg Fair with the LSO from the 1957 season.

Sep 16, 2020 | BBC Proms 2020, Ramblings, Videos

Basil Cameron, 1884-1975 Cameron conducted more than 400 Proms. Brigg Fair was part of this programme: Sergey Rachmaninov – Concerto for Piano No. 2 in C minor, Op 18Sergey Prokofiev – Peter and the Wolf, Op 67Rossini – William TellEmmanuel Chabrier...

Password problems!

Sep 15, 2020 | Ramblings

I have been having problems with email and my Column, so apologies for a lack of activity here and also for any delayed responses. I think I am now reinstalled with both mediums. Colin

Casablanca.

Sep 13, 2020 | Ramblings

I just watched, on BBC2 (16.20-18.00), what I usually nominate as my favourite film, Casablanca (made in 1942). Even on its umpteenth viewing this masterpiece never fails to compel – shooting it in black & white only adds to the atmosphere. Difficult to believe...