bloodandsand 
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Sounds like a good evening. I haven't listened to the Ravel piece in years.
Reply #4041. Oct 29 11, 7:17 PM
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| lesley153
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Danse Macabre was a favourite for school music lessons. Half the time was spent belting out songs from the Oxford School Songbook - Hark! hark! his matin praise in warblings sweet the lark doth raise to paradise above - and the other half listening to recordings of program music.
Once upon a time, someone with far too much clout in the field of education decided that children couldn't possibly listen to "absolute" music. They could only concentrate on music that told a story, and preferably not for more than three or four minutes at a time. This is all nonsense. Children can do, and appreciate, a lot more than people allow them to. (I'll get off my hobby horse now.) |
Reply #4042. Oct 29 11, 7:31 PM
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MarchHare007
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What a lovely programme, Lesley! Quietly envious here. :)
Please don't dismount - I've been pushing Real music programmes for All schools since they invented the New Curriculum 4 years ago - to be implemented in 2012 - and music is not listed.....
Children have an inherent rhythm and feel for music from day one and it definitely enhanced learning capabilities whether as a 'player' or a 'listener'.
Silly stuffy Academics!
My high school music teacher threw us all in and we learned. And played. And wrote!
I'd say Jonathan and Co have the best of both worlds. :)
Reply #4043. Oct 29 11, 8:43 PM
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| lesley153
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I'd agree - they have the best of both worlds, and academics can be very silly indeed. So can politicians. Someone in government (his name escapes me) has announced that every child has the right to learn a musical instrument, while councils all over the country are cutting funds for music tuition.
The college Jonathan just finished at does only science and medicine degrees, but it offers scholarships to the best musicians, so they can have I think it's ten free lessons a year at the Royal College up the road, and their Symphony Orchestra won a competition for best student orchestra from a university that's not a conservatoire. (It was the first competition and sadly the last.)
I wonder why they give so much support to student music - could it be that it makes a more rounded person? could it be that it's (deep breath here) life-enriching? |
Reply #4044. Oct 30 11, 5:58 AM
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bloodandsand
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A lovely start to the day, thank you, Lesley :)
Reply #4046. Oct 30 11, 6:49 AM
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bloodandsand
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Thank you for the music today, Lesley, I've thoroughly enjoyed it. Off to bed now, work tomorrow :(
Reply #4048. Oct 30 11, 4:20 PM
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| lesley153
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| Sleep well, Bev, and have a lovely day tomorrow. I know how much you've missed it. I'm looking forward to the school rush-hour and the clogged roads and nowhere to park. :) |
Reply #4049. Oct 30 11, 4:57 PM
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| lesley153
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I hope you slept, because I didn't. Normally, now, I switch off and I'm out like a light. Fell into bed at about three, couldn't stop my brain racing, thrashed about till gone six. Every time I felt my brain clear, something else wormed its way in and I was fully conscious again. Very annoying.
Gave up and fell out again. Went downstairs and had breakfast five hours early. Jonathan rang me at 8.40 and nearly fainted because he hadn't woken me up.
Tomorrow I have a late morning appointment in Haematology, just my usual half-yearly monitoring, to be followed by a few errands I've been putting off. That's if I get enough sleep!
One of them is to pay a cheque into sprog's bank account. The tax people told him he owed about £1,000 income tax, and then they did their sums properly and sent him a £500 refund. The Student Loans shower demanded £2,000 overpayment, and then they did their job properly (sort of), and realised that they had underpaid him by £1,300: and it only took them about six months to send him the money.
I can't believe it - it's only half-past four. |
Reply #4050. Oct 31 11, 10:27 AM
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Jazmee27
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Sorry to hear you had a restless night :( Hopefully it's better tonight (((((( ))))))
Reply #4051. Oct 31 11, 11:27 AM
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Jakeroo
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Several studies have shown that learning either music theory or an instrument makes you "smarter" (or at least provides the playing field - no pun intended - where you can be "smarter"). The brain region that assimilates music is also the one that facilitates memory and language skills and is larger, on average, for musicians (and you don't have to be a "top" musician to experience the advantages).
Not only that, but music affects mood and usually makes you either happier or more "thoughtful". I think cutting music from any educational program is a mistake, so I also don't think you need to get off your "horse" Lesley : )
Reply #4052. Oct 31 11, 11:45 AM
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bloodandsand
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Hope you have a better night tonight. A nice warm bath and a hot toddy perhaps?
Reply #4053. Oct 31 11, 11:47 AM
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| lesley153
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| Thanks everyone. I don't normally drink ... at all! but I have been so pissed off about last night being my worst night in living memory that I've had a glass of wine. It's red and it's French and I think Jonathan left it here, with an exceptionally effective stopper and it doesn't smell or taste half bad. *slurp* ooh it's rather nice. I might take it up with me. Not sure I should be on a horse at all in this state! |
Reply #4054. Oct 31 11, 3:30 PM
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| lesley153
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| The red stuff is Carthagène he brought back with him from his French trip a few months ago, and it keeps awfully well! It probably keeps even better if nobody drinks it. Shhh. Night! :) |
Reply #4055. Oct 31 11, 5:43 PM
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honeybee4
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Sleep tight Lesley.
Reply #4056. Oct 31 11, 7:33 PM
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Jazmee27
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Sleep well :)
Reply #4057. Oct 31 11, 8:29 PM
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| veronikkamarrz
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Hope the bit of wine keeps you from waking 'till you're ready. :)
Reply #4058. Oct 31 11, 8:36 PM
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| lesley153
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Thank you - it worked. It just took the edge off my racing brain, and I went out like a light, for seven straight, beautiful hours. Tasted nice too.
My blood tests may be interesting this morning - we shall see. (Probably not.) |
Reply #4059. Nov 01 11, 3:57 AM
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Professer
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hope tests come back ok for you Lesley {{{ }}}
Reply #4060. Nov 01 11, 4:28 AM
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