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Rebecca Franks: August 2014
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Classical Music • Opera • Books • Film • Art • This and That. Wednesday, 20 August 2014. The thought of the airport bookshop might suggest cheap deals on throwaway page-turners, but I've got flights from Bristol and Belfast to thank for two utterly brilliant books I've recently read. Strange Weather in Tokyo. It's a love story. And a tale of loneliness. It's less quirky than the whimsical title suggests; in fact, its original title was The Briefcase. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile.
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Rebecca Franks: Moses in Egypt
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Classical Music • Opera • Books • Film • Art • This and That. Monday, 5 January 2015. Welsh National Opera (WNO) has twice this year staged operas based on the story of Moses. But the rum-ti-tum tonality of Rossini's Moses in Egypt. Couldn't be further removed in musical style from the stern rigour of Schoenberg's twelve-tone Moses and Aron. The 19th-century Italian's score, clearly an influence on Verdi's Nabucco. And influenced by Mozart's Don Giovanni. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Rebecca Franks: Serial
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Classical Music • Opera • Books • Film • Art • This and That. Saturday, 15 November 2014. Have you heard Serial. If not, you should. It's an American podcast created by the people who made This American Life. Note to self: listen to This American Life. I discovered it last weekend, thanks to a lot of excited Tweets. The series is eight episodes in; I've caught up with them all. There's even a podcast. About the podcast. I've caught up with that too. I'm hooked. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Officia...
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Rebecca Franks: Reviews round-up
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Classical Music • Opera • Books • Film • Art • This and That. Saturday, 19 July 2014. Over at classical-music.com. I've been doing a bit more reviewing:. 8226; Mitsuko Uchida playing Schubert and Beethoven at St George's, Bristol. 8226; Under Milk Wood from Music Theatre Wales. 8226; Brahms Symphonies Nos 1-4. Performed by the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Kirill Karabits at Colston Hall. 8226; Schoenberg's Moses und Aron. At the Wales Millennium Centre, with Welsh National Opera. The Rest is Noise.
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Rebecca Franks: January 2015
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Classical Music • Opera • Books • Film • Art • This and That. Monday, 5 January 2015. Jane Austen fan fiction is nothing new, but it can rarely have been done with such skill and imagination as in Jo Baker's Longbourn. It seems unfair even to call this novel fan fiction for, although it is set in the same milieu as Pride and Prejudice. Welsh National Opera (WNO) has twice this year staged operas based on the story of Moses. But the rum-ti-tum tonality of Rossini's Moses in Egypt. Thursday, 1 January 2015.
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Rebecca Franks: Hello 2015!
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Classical Music • Opera • Books • Film • Art • This and That. Thursday, 1 January 2015. No resolutions so far, but I do have a beautiful new notebook for scribblings. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Welcome to my website. I'm a writer, and the reviews editor of BBC Music Magazine. You can find out more about my work above. View my complete profile. The Rest is Noise. St Mary's, Perivale. People's Republic of Stokes Croft. How green is Bristol? Bristol Review of Books. Time Out guide to Lyon.
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Great British Authors | Cultural Constellations
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Navigating the spheres of stuff. The 2012 Man Booker Prize longlist. Book sculptures →. August 13, 2012. As a tribute to the London 2012 Olympics and its slogan of ‘Inspire a Generation’, I thought it would be appropriate to list a new generation of ‘up-and-coming’ British authors. On Britain’s 20 best writers under the age of 40 and more recently the BBC. On 12 of the best new novelists (John Mullan, who chaired the program wrote an interesting article. Who would be on your list? Sceptre, 2010) and.
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The 2012 Man Booker Prize longlist | Cultural Constellations
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Navigating the spheres of stuff. Publishing this week: 1. Great British Authors →. The 2012 Man Booker Prize longlist. August 3, 2012. It’s been too long since I last posted and, for various personal reasons, this probably isn’t the best time to start again. Who knows, maybe it is. My plan moving forward is to have more, shorter posts, which should be easier to read and quicker to write. So, without further adohere we go. The two favourites are, of course, very well-known Will Self and Hilary Mantel but ...
