Surely it is the legislature - Parliament in the UK case - that writes the rules that say who is (and, importantly, is not) eligible to run for elected office? The courts do not have that power and nor should they really. The consequences of a court finding someone guilty should be a policy question

I enjoyed the PS. Nicely put.

youtu.be/yeCSU6wMLfw?... The LSO and Pappano did Tintagel and I loved it! Luscious string tone and brass with a real sense of the work's narrative line. Hope there's more Bax to come.

A quietly heartbreaking piece of music.

Agreed. I thought the 1st mvt a little bit dissected at times, a bit fussy in its phrasing, but the rest was outstandingly good. I've not heard the finale done better

Can we ban them from coming back?

I thought Labour promised a policy of sustainable and fairly distributed economic growth and not just any old growth at any cost. If so, schools and employment rights fit right in. Maybe just me...

It is on a different level isn't it? Absolutely amazing work. Like a Bruckner for the 20th century, playing with time, motion and space and building form out of very little. Masterpiece!

That would be amazing, but I shall not get my hopes up too high! Odd that Bax just hasn't travelled well abroad. Perhaps everyone just thinks that only British orchestras know how to do it. Bax is an exception. It is hard to think of him as just a British composer. His view was much broader IMO

Just goes to show how tricky it is to get Bax right. He is quite demanding in that sense. If one element of a recording and the interpretation and the playing isn't right it really dents the impact of the work, maybe more than with other composers.

That's a great performance of it too. The best? Probably.

Streisand effect. The gift that keeps on giving....

If I had to choose it would be the Organ Concerto and I'm partial to the massive, reverberant sound found on this Naxos recording. I love all the twists and turns of mood but the underlying seriousness stays with you

Only one choice here, for me at least. The bassoon is wickedly graphic!

Mrs T

Light the lamp, not the rat!