Hmm...
An item in the redoubtable Hornblower's Diary of Classical Music
Magazine draws attention to a resemblance between the Prime Minister
of the UK and a certain Hungarian grand maestro of the piano. There is
indeed something about that steady, steely gaze...
Perhaps Mr Schiff would do a more statesmanlike job of sorting out the
current horrific world situation than Mr Blair...
[UPDATE, 10.45pm: Mr Blair has not, as we all thought earlier, gone on
holiday today, though he was planning to. He's postponed his trip to
Barbados for the time being.]
Posted by Jessica at 1:04 PM 1 comments
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, 1916-2006
The great soprano has died at the age of 90. An iconic figure without
whom opera in the 20th century would not have been the same.
I never met her, but when I was a kid, she and her husband Walter
Legge lived in the next street from us in Hampstead. The complex of
back gardens adjoined. And sometimes, when the weather was fine and
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