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27 January
'The Planets' (Holst) - unfamiliarly brought to us by Andrew Manze (not surprisingly)
* Regardless of whether the astrological element really signifies much [https://t.co/tucwNBnnct], or whether Pluto is or isn't 'a planet' :— THE AGENT APSLEY #ScrapUniversalCredit #JC4PM2019 (@THEAGENTAPSLEY) January 27, 2020
* We're told that 'planet' is from πλάνητες ἀστέρες (planētes asteres, 'wandering stars') or simply πλανῆται (planētai, 'wanderers') ->
But *who* are the actual 'wanderers' in this Solar System... ?— THE AGENT APSLEY #ScrapUniversalCredit #JC4PM2019 (@THEAGENTAPSLEY) January 27, 2020
With a geocentric view even of it / us, there are seven movements, one for each of the then-known planets - but (naturally ?) omitting Earth, as if the others alone (seen from Earth), are The Planets, and we are... ?
Anyway, it is such a fine performance / capture on recording / piece of broadcasting that one can hear here *so much more* :— THE AGENT APSLEY #ScrapUniversalCredit #JC4PM2019 (@THEAGENTAPSLEY) January 27, 2020
Just with '4 flutes (third doubling first piccolo and fourth doubling second piccolo and "bass flute in G", actually an alto flute)', one hears piccolo !
To close :
I Tweeted this yesterday - 1972 was the year of which too little note was taken :https://t.co/7KooVF4Lss— THE AGENT APSLEY #ScrapUniversalCredit #JC4PM2019 (@THEAGENTAPSLEY) January 27, 2020
And, after a spectacular performance on R3 (conducted by Clare College's own Andrew Manze), one has a fuller appreciation of time in 'Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age (1915)'
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Unless stated otherwise, all films reviewed were screened at Festival Central (Arts Picturehouse, Cambridge)
