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                            The Complete Works for the 
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                            Lament, September Symphony 
                            Review 
                             
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                            Les Chemins d'Amour F. Poulenc, 
                            C. Debussy, H. Duparc  
                             
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                            Slavonic Dances for 
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                            Martin Kasik 
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                            New Release Jan 2004 Review 
                             
                           New 
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                            British String Quartets 
                            Vol 3 Frank 
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                            4; Alan Bush Suite of Six 
                            op.81; Henry Purcell Chacony 
                            in G minor Bochmann String 
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                            Milken 
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                             View 
                              from The Audience 
                              an 
                              occasional series 
                             In 
                              fact hers is a voice that 
                              when she hits the high 
                              E flat staccatos (which 
                              she does with uncanny 
                              accuracy let it be said) 
                              has been compared to that 
                              of a whistling kettle. 
                              That’s not unkind criticism, 
                              either. Jon 
                              Woolf on Maria Galvany 
                             The 
                              State Opera of South Australia's 
                              Der Ring des Nibelungen 
                              - Australia's first, and 
                              seen in its entirety in 
                              a single week - premiered 
                              at the Adelaide Festival 
                              between 16 - 22 November. 
                              Read the review here. 
                               
                             On 
                              Seen and Heard this week, 
                              you can read reviews of 
                              Mahler’s Fifth in Philadelphia 
                              conducted by Christoph 
                              Eschenbach, Mahler’s Kindertotenlieder 
                              in China 
                              with the Hong Kong Philharmonic, 
                              and Gérard Grisey’s 
                              Vortex Temporum 
                              from New 
                              York. 
                              There is also an interview 
                              with Adrianne 
                              Pieczonka 
                              and the first review of 
                              the uncut version of Ken 
                              Russell’s 1971 film The 
                              Devils, 
                              scored by Peter Maxwell 
                              Davies.  
                               
                             SACD, 
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                             Books 
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                             Have 
                              you seen? 
                             Kirkville 
                              Musings, Opinion and Miscellanea 
                              by our own Kirk McElhearn 
                               
                             Only 
                              a Website by Peter 
                              Grahame Woolf - reflections 
                              on prejudice and discrimination 
                              against websites 
                             Opera 
                              Glass Detailed opera 
                              information  
                             I 
                              thought MusicWeb was a 
                              labour of love but look 
                              at this one: a 
                              listing of available web-broadcasts 
                              by Eric Nagamine 
                             Recovering 
                              ancient recordings - BBC 
                             Pronouncing 
                              dictionary of music and 
                              musicians 
                             World 
                              Wide Words - did 
                              you ever wonder what Big 
                              Girl's Blouse meant? 
                               
                             
                             
                              
                            
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