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strange_complex

Waking with a song in my ears

Mar 28, 2006 09:44

Well, I didn't expect to be woken by the soaring, silvery tones of Alessandro Moreschi this morning. But I was, thanks to a feature on the 'Handel and the Castrati' exhibition which opens tomorrow at Handel's house in London. My normal alarm time of 7:45 woke me perfectly in time to hear Nicholas Clapton, the curator of the exhibition, being ( Read more... )

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roobarb March 28 2006, 09:17:27 UTC

wow that really explains some of my wierd dreams. I dozed back off to sleep listening to the radio. I was quite scared by them.

strange_complex March 28 2006, 09:22:28 UTC

Haha! Yes - the interview did include as graphic a description of the process of castration as they felt would be appropriate while people were still eating their eggs and bacon... I wouldn't like to have a dream which involved that!

qatsi March 28 2006, 19:42:12 UTC

Yes, and without even an apology to the nation for its cornflake-spattered carpets! I know there is no "watershed" for radio, but... It's rare to feel relief, as I did today, on hearing the words "And now it's time for Thought for the Day".

strange_complex March 28 2006, 20:18:28 UTC

Indeed! Heaven knows what Clapton would have said if he'd not been warned to tone it down for the sake of breakfast-eaters...