Having reached 34C where I am, it seems appropriate to play Alun Hoddinott’s The Sun, The Great Luminary of the Universe (the title owing to James Joyce), using David Atherton’s LSO Decca recording.

Jul 18, 2022 | Ramblings, Videos | 3 comments

Alun Hoddinott (1929-2008)

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  1. Monica McCabe
    Monica McCabe on July 18, 2022 at 5:24 pm

    Good choice, Colin – though I don’t think the James Webb telescope bears out Joyce’s cosmology (but it may feel as if it does today and tomorrow.

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  2. Robert Matthew-Walker
    Robert Matthew-Walker on July 18, 2022 at 8:03 pm

    It is a good choice, though others may prefer the opening of Also Sprach.. Nielsen Helios or Grofe’s Grand Canyon Sunrise – perhaps we’ll have those tomorrow and Wednesday…..? But Alun’s opening tintinnabulous cascade is so much more ‘in your face’.

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    • canderson
      canderson on July 18, 2022 at 8:17 pm

      Perhaps we will…

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