Month: August 2021

Afghanistan the Great Game

https://youtu.be/_m7uL4Q44ws In this episode Rory Stewart tells the story of #British interventions in #Afghanistan in the 19th century, when the British #Empire became obsessed with the idea that their rival, #Russia, was considering the #invasion of Afghanistan as a staging post for an attack on British India. It was a period of mutual suspicion and…… Continue reading Afghanistan the Great Game

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Jacques Offenbach: Tales of Hoffmann

https://youtu.be/3dlGDNoliH0 AVA Opera – The Doll’s Song …Soprano Maria Aleida sings Olympia’s aria from Les Contes d’Hoffmann in AVA’s new production based on the integral edition of the opera edited by Michael Kaye and Jean Christophe Keck… https://youtu.be/Tw5wGG12M7k?si=gOmqtdqNkt8LJoVG The Tales of Hoffmann Fantastic opera in 3 acts, with prologue and epilogue libretto by Jules Barbier…… Continue reading Jacques Offenbach: Tales of Hoffmann

Elon Musk Motivation

https://youtu.be/vyzdlD44ebk Poor Elon… https://youtu.be/qlIXn0r0AY8 Secret Policeman’s Ball: ‘4 Yorkshiremen’

Giovanni Bottesini Concerto for Double Bass No 2 in B Minor

https://youtu.be/QgZ_-f7pVk4 Principal Double Bass of the LSO, Rinat Ibragimov, performs Bottesini’s Concerto for Double Bass No 2 in B Minor on an original 3 stringed period instrument by Antonio Gagliano. – – -Listen to more from the LSO here: http://apple.co/lso For this recording Rinat uses Pirastro Eudoxa Solo strings. Rinat is accompanied by Catherine Edwards…… Continue reading Giovanni Bottesini Concerto for Double Bass No 2 in B Minor