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A SIMPLE QUESTION - THE STORY OF STRAW DOCUMENTARY
AIDA OPERA
ALL OF ME COMEDY
ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN DRAMA
AMERICAN DREAMZ DRAMA
AMERICAN GIGOLO DRAMA
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AVATAR SCIFI/FANTASY
BACK IN THE USSR THRILLER
BEAT THE DEVIL
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BIG SLEEP THE MYSTERY
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BOURNE SUPREMACY THE THRILLER
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BRAHMS -PARIS 1996 CONCERT CLASSICAL MUSIC
BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB
CALL OF THE WILD ADVENTURE
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CAR WASH COMEDY/DRAMA
CARVING THE FUTURE DOCUMENTARY
CASINO ROYALE ADVENTURE
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CHARIOTS OF FIRE DRAMA
CLASSIC HOUR AT EMERALD HALL 1997 CLASSICAL MUSIC
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CROUCHING TIGER HIDDEN DRAGON DRAMA
CRUSH GEAR VOL 4
CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON DRAMA
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DAISY MILLER
DANCING WITH WOLVES DRAMA
D-DAY WW11 DRAMA
DIVORCE HIS/DIVORCE HERS DRAMA
ELIZABETH TOWN
FLYING LEATHERNECKS WWII ADVENTURE
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FLYNN BIOPIC
FUNERAL IN BERLIN THRILLER
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GREAT EXPECTATIONS CLASSIC DRAMA
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IL DIVA LIVE CLASSICAL MUSIC
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INSPECTOR GENERAL THE COMEDY
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JONATHAN CREEK SERIES 3
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LEBRUN/MOZART 1991 CONCERT CLASSICAL MUSIC
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MACMASTERS THE
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MASTER AND COMMANDER ADVENTURE
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MILLION POUND NOTE THE COMEDY/DRAMA
MOUSE THAT ROARED THE COMEDY
NATURAL PRIME
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ONCE WERE WARRIORS NZ DRAMA
PENNY SERENADE
PERILS OF PAULINE THE DRAMA
PHILADELPHUA EXPERIMENT THE SCI FI MYSTERY
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PORRIDGE THE MOVIE COMEDY
POWER ON ONE DRAMA
RADWALL
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ROHU NZ DOCUMENTARY
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SMASH PALACE NZ DRAMA
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SOME LIKE IT HOT COMEDY
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THEY CALL ME TRINITY WESTERN
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TOMMY
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WATERSHIP DOWN DRAMA
WESTWARD HO
WILD LIFE SYMPHONY MUSIC
WIND DANCER
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ZOLTAN KOCSIS PIANO RECITAL 1998 CLASSICAL MUSIC
Monday, 19 September 2011
Monday, 12 September 2011
Book Review 'Music-A Joy For Life' reviewed by Ken Bridge
A Review of Hampden Library’s “Music. A Joy For Life” by Edward Heath.
When Edward Heath was Prime Minister of Britain, I thought he was a pompous politician. This autobiography proves he was much more than that.
He started to learn piano at 9 and became a chorister at the local church. The chorister’s pay was a penny ha’penny for each practice and tuppence ha’penny on Sundays. At the time, every leading composer, conductor, organist or music administrator in England received his basic grounding in church music.
He remembers as a boy he wondered what “pearl streams were, ‘......Through gates of pearl, streams in the countless host’. He learnt the organ. He found the exercises for right hand, left hand and the feet - separately
and together, gave more satisfaction than practising scales and arpeggios on the piano.
At grammar school he studied music theory, harmony and counterpoint; and the history of music. He started to conduct the school orchestra.
As a young boy he listened to music through earphones on a crystal set.
He attended morning rehearsals of the Proms; and concerts at The Queen’s Hall, The Albert Hall, Westminster Cathedral and The Roundhouse.
He was elected organ scholar at Balliol College, Oxford, with a fee of £80.0.0 per year.
His love of music continued his whole life, including concerts at No 10 Downing Street, and at Chequers.
The book is filled with references to composers: Mahler, Sibelius, Bach, Beethoven, Britten, Chopin, Brahms, Bruckner, Elgar, Grieg, Handel, Haydn, Liszt, Mozart, Prokofiev, Rachmaninov, Puccini, Rossini, Schubert, Schumann, Shostakovitch, Strauss, Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky, Vaughn Williams; and conductors: Malcolm Sargent, Henry Wood, Toscanini, Beecham, Barbirolli, von Karajan, Solti. Bernstein, Previn; and performers: Myra Hess, Kathleen Ferrier, Duke Ellington, Nureyev and Fonteyn, Curzon, Gina Bachauer, Isaac Stern, and Pinchas Zuckerman.
Edward Heath was President of the Oxford Union Debating Society, and began to conduct choirs and later orchestras. He recorded for EMI. He sang carols at Christmas, including in Germany in 1944 and 1945.
He recalls the first musical in Drury Lane in 1947 -‘Oklahoma!’ and the first visit to England of the Bolshoi Ballet in 1959.
The book contains sections on instruments of the orchestra, on conducting, on collecting records (with recommendations); notes on composers and a Glossary of Musical Terms.
Edward Heath believes music can work its miracle on each of us if we give it a chance. It can triumph over the conflict of mankind. Nobody can take it away from you.
Edward Heath’s “Music. A Joy For Life” has a wealth of memories and information that proves he is much, much more than a pompous politician.
Reviewed by Ken Bridge, Hampden.
“Music. A Joy For Life” by Edward Heath; Sidgewick & Jackson, 1976 ISBN 0 09 135231 2
When Edward Heath was Prime Minister of Britain, I thought he was a pompous politician. This autobiography proves he was much more than that.
He started to learn piano at 9 and became a chorister at the local church. The chorister’s pay was a penny ha’penny for each practice and tuppence ha’penny on Sundays. At the time, every leading composer, conductor, organist or music administrator in England received his basic grounding in church music.
He remembers as a boy he wondered what “pearl streams were, ‘......Through gates of pearl, streams in the countless host’. He learnt the organ. He found the exercises for right hand, left hand and the feet - separately
and together, gave more satisfaction than practising scales and arpeggios on the piano.
At grammar school he studied music theory, harmony and counterpoint; and the history of music. He started to conduct the school orchestra.
As a young boy he listened to music through earphones on a crystal set.
He attended morning rehearsals of the Proms; and concerts at The Queen’s Hall, The Albert Hall, Westminster Cathedral and The Roundhouse.
He was elected organ scholar at Balliol College, Oxford, with a fee of £80.0.0 per year.
His love of music continued his whole life, including concerts at No 10 Downing Street, and at Chequers.
The book is filled with references to composers: Mahler, Sibelius, Bach, Beethoven, Britten, Chopin, Brahms, Bruckner, Elgar, Grieg, Handel, Haydn, Liszt, Mozart, Prokofiev, Rachmaninov, Puccini, Rossini, Schubert, Schumann, Shostakovitch, Strauss, Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky, Vaughn Williams; and conductors: Malcolm Sargent, Henry Wood, Toscanini, Beecham, Barbirolli, von Karajan, Solti. Bernstein, Previn; and performers: Myra Hess, Kathleen Ferrier, Duke Ellington, Nureyev and Fonteyn, Curzon, Gina Bachauer, Isaac Stern, and Pinchas Zuckerman.
Edward Heath was President of the Oxford Union Debating Society, and began to conduct choirs and later orchestras. He recorded for EMI. He sang carols at Christmas, including in Germany in 1944 and 1945.
He recalls the first musical in Drury Lane in 1947 -‘Oklahoma!’ and the first visit to England of the Bolshoi Ballet in 1959.
The book contains sections on instruments of the orchestra, on conducting, on collecting records (with recommendations); notes on composers and a Glossary of Musical Terms.
Edward Heath believes music can work its miracle on each of us if we give it a chance. It can triumph over the conflict of mankind. Nobody can take it away from you.
Edward Heath’s “Music. A Joy For Life” has a wealth of memories and information that proves he is much, much more than a pompous politician.
Reviewed by Ken Bridge, Hampden.
“Music. A Joy For Life” by Edward Heath; Sidgewick & Jackson, 1976 ISBN 0 09 135231 2
Hampden Library information now freely available at anytime (if you have internet access).
Welcome to Alison's dream.
Unfettered access to information from the Hampden Library. It's all here. It just takes to people to 'Post It' and for readers to read it.
Please notify Library staff of:-
Books, (review, recommend)
URL links, (your own or anything appropriate to the local community)
Upcoming events, (dancing, Tai Chi garden club meetings, markets)
DVDs, (review, recommend)
Films, (review, recommend, Film Appreciation Group)
Newspaper clippings, (items of local interest, obits, WDC notices)
Happenings, (church services, meetings drama)
or anything else you want the rest of the community to know about.
Sunday, 11 September 2011
Book lunch - it happened!
A select few gathered together today to see if a book lunch once a month would be a good idea and to initiate all into the processes of writing blogs. The blogspot will hopefully provide a book and DVD recommendation service to many who don't wish to come out and talk about books and DVDs.
We hope all library readers will eventually post recommendations about the books they're reading.
That's enough for today until I see if the [process really works!
We hope all library readers will eventually post recommendations about the books they're reading.
That's enough for today until I see if the [process really works!
Friday, 9 September 2011
Other Hampden places of interest in blogs.
Moeraki transmitter of Oamaru Heritage radio is on air 24 hours a day, on 107fm. It broadcasts a programme aimed at Moeraki and Hampden on Tuesday nights - 4pm to 10pm. See upcoming programmes at www.heritagewireless.blogspot.com
Oamaru weather up to 10 days in advance is available at http://www.metservice.com/towns-cities/oamaru
Adverse weather warnings and storm warnings are available here too.
He posts photos of interest on his blog, which is at http://www.hampdenphotos.blogspot.com/
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