I have been catching up on some telly as it has been a damp squid of a day, that is, after the football fans have watched their stuff. In particular, Marvels Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D and The Tomorrow People. Okay, i am being doggedly persistent trying to believe that TTP might improve considerably but it hasn't and i still find myself using the remote to flick through most of it. However, with the former programme i am constantly glued to it, and i am sure will feel withdrawal symptoms when the season ends.
I also watched on catch-up the second part of the series on 19th Century music. I had not realized that William Herschel, a famous German astronomer, also wrote concertos and symphonies. He was a true polymath. Here is a movement from his Symphony No. 8
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You learn something every day , and thus i shalt look out for his music on my travels.