That's beeb with a d.
Just listened to a request of mine played on Radio 3 Requests programme!
Not only
did it sound good - my name was on the lips of Emma Kirkby!
I can die happy.
Dame of the British Empire, voice of unrivalled clarity and singer on so much of the music in my possession she is almost an obsession.
Mrs K. even got the ultimate accolade - a South Bank Show about her.
Not bad for someone who started out as a schoolteacher just singing for pleasure.
And greatest thing of all - she's never sung Verdi!
Today is also:
which I could say reflects another 'burning obsession' of mine, Shakespeare!
Fortunately the modern Globe hasn't burnt down - its touring company is going to make an appearance in Timisoara on July 10th with Romeo and Juliet and then in August I am off to see The Merry Wives of Windsor, done alla Soap Opera, at the rebuilt Globe in London.
Technorati Tags: Timisoara, Romania, BBC, Radio 3, Shakespeare, Emma Kirkby
Just listened to a request of mine played on Radio 3 Requests programme!
Not only
did it sound good - my name was on the lips of Emma Kirkby! I can die happy.
Dame of the British Empire, voice of unrivalled clarity and singer on so much of the music in my possession she is almost an obsession.
Mrs K. even got the ultimate accolade - a South Bank Show about her.
Not bad for someone who started out as a schoolteacher just singing for pleasure.
And greatest thing of all - she's never sung Verdi!
Today is also:
•1613: London's Globe Theatre burns down when a theatrical canon is fired during the play 'All Is True'.
which I could say reflects another 'burning obsession' of mine, Shakespeare!
Fortunately the modern Globe hasn't burnt down - its touring company is going to make an appearance in Timisoara on July 10th with Romeo and Juliet and then in August I am off to see The Merry Wives of Windsor, done alla Soap Opera, at the rebuilt Globe in London.
Technorati Tags: Timisoara, Romania, BBC, Radio 3, Shakespeare, Emma Kirkby
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