David Lumsden
@dlumsden.bsky.social
reader, writer, music, working in tech
This is Miller in 1954. Nose & eyebrows seem perhaps different??
October 16, 2025 at 9:00 AM
This is Miller in 1954. Nose & eyebrows seem perhaps different??
I think I’ve worked out the book. Only the copy I have must be pre-blurb…
October 11, 2025 at 6:44 AM
I think I’ve worked out the book. Only the copy I have must be pre-blurb…
they seem to be working on it, but with less than stellar results
September 3, 2025 at 1:18 PM
they seem to be working on it, but with less than stellar results
And of course is the opening scene of Binet’s The 7th Function of Language.
March 24, 2025 at 1:46 AM
And of course is the opening scene of Binet’s The 7th Function of Language.
Wow. Just wow. Collectively these books give a bizarre Richard Scarry vibe of some busy world of idyllic occupations: violinists, librarians, storytellers, gardeners and seamstresses. Truly grotesque.
March 12, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Wow. Just wow. Collectively these books give a bizarre Richard Scarry vibe of some busy world of idyllic occupations: violinists, librarians, storytellers, gardeners and seamstresses. Truly grotesque.
Wonderful book. My copy, inscribed by the author (to David Somerset, Duke of Beaufort & his wife Miranda), includes an inserted print of Plate 34 on p.89 which shows more detail than in the book’s reproduction, with (I believe) the author’s annotation on the verso, “Not perfect either, but better.”
March 7, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Wonderful book. My copy, inscribed by the author (to David Somerset, Duke of Beaufort & his wife Miranda), includes an inserted print of Plate 34 on p.89 which shows more detail than in the book’s reproduction, with (I believe) the author’s annotation on the verso, “Not perfect either, but better.”
Reading the just arrived August Kleinzahler collection at The Malthouse - waiting to see Patricia Cornelius’ Truth - the place where as it happens I had a beer with AK a few decades ago. Tranter was at the table for sure, but I can’t remember who else. Forbes maybe, before I knew him well.
February 24, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Reading the just arrived August Kleinzahler collection at The Malthouse - waiting to see Patricia Cornelius’ Truth - the place where as it happens I had a beer with AK a few decades ago. Tranter was at the table for sure, but I can’t remember who else. Forbes maybe, before I knew him well.
this is possibly overkill, right? less convenient than yours
January 13, 2025 at 7:15 AM
this is possibly overkill, right? less convenient than yours
@deeplyclassical.bsky.social @stariep.bsky.social #A-Haydn-A-Day Bizarrely it seems that Nr. 101 does not appear in the 35 volumes of the Heidelberg cycle but only on their separate London Symphonies 'compilation'. Am I right in thinking this? And is it the only 'missing' symphony from the set?
January 7, 2025 at 1:24 PM
@deeplyclassical.bsky.social @stariep.bsky.social #A-Haydn-A-Day Bizarrely it seems that Nr. 101 does not appear in the 35 volumes of the Heidelberg cycle but only on their separate London Symphonies 'compilation'. Am I right in thinking this? And is it the only 'missing' symphony from the set?
#A-Haydn-A-Day O what a feeling! No, it's not a car advertisement; it is simply how the graphic design people respond to No.79.
January 5, 2025 at 10:52 AM
#A-Haydn-A-Day O what a feeling! No, it's not a car advertisement; it is simply how the graphic design people respond to No.79.
#A-Haydn-A-Day There are so many good recordings of this symphony and its siblings. Sigiswald Kuijken and La Petite Bande's version is one of the stand-outs in today's listening.
January 5, 2025 at 4:32 AM
#A-Haydn-A-Day There are so many good recordings of this symphony and its siblings. Sigiswald Kuijken and La Petite Bande's version is one of the stand-outs in today's listening.
Am I right in thinking that the Matin/Midi/Soir trio of symphonies were the last ones recorded by Thomas Fey? #A-Haydn-A-Day
January 4, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Am I right in thinking that the Matin/Midi/Soir trio of symphonies were the last ones recorded by Thomas Fey? #A-Haydn-A-Day
Dotty pumpkin energy for sure, alternating with (depending on when you visit perhaps) with bouts of this ...
January 3, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Dotty pumpkin energy for sure, alternating with (depending on when you visit perhaps) with bouts of this ...
Nice irony in the track breakdown of the first volume.
January 3, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Nice irony in the track breakdown of the first volume.
On a Mac ... Word menu>Preferences>Privacy ... at the bottom is a button labelled "Manage Connected Experiences" ... go into that and turn everything off. I think that should do it.
January 2, 2025 at 7:42 AM
On a Mac ... Word menu>Preferences>Privacy ... at the bottom is a button labelled "Manage Connected Experiences" ... go into that and turn everything off. I think that should do it.
Many great contenders already mentioned here, but for me definitely the 1981 Farberman with the Royal Philharmonic and the incomparable Helen Watts.
December 12, 2024 at 10:10 PM
Many great contenders already mentioned here, but for me definitely the 1981 Farberman with the Royal Philharmonic and the incomparable Helen Watts.
#A-Haydn-A-Day #55. After listening to almost 3 hours of Symphony 55's, I may have lost perspective, but at this point it seems that Goberman's version with the Wiener Staatsoper Orchestra brings a different level of energy to the first movement. Klumpp is close but his rush may take the edge off.
December 11, 2024 at 11:50 AM
#A-Haydn-A-Day #55. After listening to almost 3 hours of Symphony 55's, I may have lost perspective, but at this point it seems that Goberman's version with the Wiener Staatsoper Orchestra brings a different level of energy to the first movement. Klumpp is close but his rush may take the edge off.
Beautifully put, and at once springing to mind was the first stanza - and particularly the line “another heat shield gone” - of this poem by Peter Porter (1929 - 2010).
December 11, 2024 at 5:19 AM
Beautifully put, and at once springing to mind was the first stanza - and particularly the line “another heat shield gone” - of this poem by Peter Porter (1929 - 2010).
Maybe another to add to your list of Polish biography translations to check for; highly recommended.
December 2, 2024 at 9:48 PM
Maybe another to add to your list of Polish biography translations to check for; highly recommended.
Hugo Williams, from ‘Fast Music’ (2024) absolutely hits the nail on the head with this one. ❤️
September 11, 2024 at 3:53 AM
Hugo Williams, from ‘Fast Music’ (2024) absolutely hits the nail on the head with this one. ❤️
And this is the most recent of the recent-reading stacks. I enjoyed all of these. Peter Rose’s poetry, all re-reads, but 1st time read all together, which I’m more and more finding the most rewarding way to read poetry. So many of Greene’s stories, after decades, were still clear in my mind.
August 20, 2024 at 4:49 AM
And this is the most recent of the recent-reading stacks. I enjoyed all of these. Peter Rose’s poetry, all re-reads, but 1st time read all together, which I’m more and more finding the most rewarding way to read poetry. So many of Greene’s stories, after decades, were still clear in my mind.
This stack (from July) was absurdly large because I was waiting to get all the way through Gibbon. The other highlight was reading once again through the old Penguin Ibsens (planning to read their new translations soonish). The Bacon interviews were exceptional.
August 20, 2024 at 4:44 AM
This stack (from July) was absurdly large because I was waiting to get all the way through Gibbon. The other highlight was reading once again through the old Penguin Ibsens (planning to read their new translations soonish). The Bacon interviews were exceptional.
Having finally given up on the other place I’ll do a few catch up posts here. This recent reading stack was from March. The Quignard (I must get back to him), and the Hofmann poems along with the Roth feuilletons were definitely the highlights.
August 20, 2024 at 4:39 AM
Having finally given up on the other place I’ll do a few catch up posts here. This recent reading stack was from March. The Quignard (I must get back to him), and the Hofmann poems along with the Roth feuilletons were definitely the highlights.
65 pages of them in this book from my childhood.
April 28, 2024 at 10:16 PM
65 pages of them in this book from my childhood.