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08 fevereiro 2012, Artigo
Bach "boring and banal"...Prof Ebenezer
Uncle Ebenezer - the bosom friend of Dingo, Mousie and Sonnet - is not, I discovered to my surprise, a lover of Bach's music. The other night he was holding forth on the subject of what he called Johan Sebastian's "interminable Preludes, Fugues and Cantatas" and although I don't personally agree with him, his remarks were so interesting and unconventional that it seemed to me that they deserved a wider audience - if only because they make a great talking point if nothing else!  "I don't ...
29 janeiro 2012, Artigo
Dingo's New Year
05 janeiro 2012, Artigo
Introducing Dingo and friends!
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17 novembro 2011, Artigo
A HAPPY MEMORY RENEWED
I first came across the name of Augeners just after the end of the Second World War when I was living in England. I was about 13 at the time and had recently suddenly "discovered" the glorious world of symphonic music via a set of HMV 78rpm records (and a dilapidated wind-up gramophone) which my elder brother had of Beethoven's 7th symphony in that historic recording of the Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra of New York under the legendary Arturo Toscanini. I vowed on that day that I must, by hook ...
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