And in March 2015 the great violinist James Ehnes premiered the violin Concerto written for him by JNH.
Draghi speaks out again: www.politico.eu/article/mari...
Of course, in 2024 the EU just filed his massive report and recommendations on a shelf to gather dust.....
I'm reading The Devil in Dorsoduro by @davidhewson.com and stopped at this: "The apartment he seemed to take to." That's a sentence construction I often use, but because I live in North America I usually change it to start with "He seemed to ....." It must be left over from my childhood in England.
I'm very much looking forward to reading Philip's latest Venetian mystery. Thank you @pgjonesvenice.bsky.social for not abandoning Nathan!
Looks like Georgia Meloni has learned to accompany President Mattarella in these expressions of support and sympathy - although I'm not sure who the gents are in the photo. tg24.sky.it/politica/202...
Fifty years ago I saw a Greek film, The Hunters. I still remember, phonetically, the Greek title I Koinigi. This evening I found it online, with English subtitles, and it came rushing back to me. Visual memory is sometimes surprisingly powerful.
"Not the work but the timing" is something I've heard a couple of times now as planned productions of plays and operas meet with protest. Symphonic and chamber music performances get off scot free.