Tag: Classical Connections
Classical Connections: Intimate voices
There was a time when music was much quieter than it is today. Before the eleventh century most music consisted of a single unaccompanied...
Classical Connections: Motorola magic
A good many years ago when I was living back in The Cold Country, I decided to buy a new car radio. I chose...
Classical Connections: One hit wonders
The other day I was reminded about the old joke about a Yorkshire band-master who asks one of the young brass players, “Aye lad,...
Classical Connections: The other Bachs
One of the most common words in the Welsh language is “bach”. It means “small” and it’s sometimes used as a term of endearment....
Classical Connections: The Sound of Silence
The other night, having nothing much to do, I was looking through the orchestral score of Tchaikovsky’s Sixth Symphony – his last one. He...
Classical Connections: You play the what?
A recent concert given by the Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra included an unusual work for alpenhorn – an unwieldy thing about eight feet long that...
Delights from a small country
Long ago, when I was a small boy and the world seemed a different place, I used to listen to a science-fiction programme on...
Classical Connections: Turning the clock back
One day, during my time as an impoverished music student in London, I was ferreting through the records in a second-hand music shop and...
Classical Connections: A cause for celebration
If you type the words “festival overture” into the search panel of your web browser it will probably come up with the three most...
Classical Connections: Small diversions
You might be surprised to know that apart from all his symphonies, concertos and operas, Mozart also wrote quite a lot of what we’d...
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Nongprue procession celebrates Songkran
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Banglamung Hospital suspends non-emergency care to limit coronavirus exposure
Banglamung Hospital is cutting back regular services to shield regular patients from being exposed to potentially infected people seeking coronavirus tests.
Hospital director Dr. Narongsak...
Pattaya Grab Food drivers deliver lost boy to parents
A pair of food-delivery drivers brought a lost toddler back to his parents in Pattaya.
Pattarathan Kadprakong, 32, and Saranya Kadprakong, 34, noticed 2-year-old “Nong...