Beware the gleaming, purpose built headquarters: C Northcote Parkinson’s Law of Buildings
From the Johannes de Berlaymont blog a few years back, here is a piece on C Northcote Parkinson, prophet of administration. I have a sense that the world of…
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#ChoralMarch, March 15th: “Bogoroditse Devo” from All Night Vigil, Sergei Rachmaninov performed by St Petersburg Chamber Choir
On this day in 1915 Rachmaninov’s All Night Vigil was first performed. Back in 2013, I conceived of a grandiose plan that performances of this piece could be held contemporaneously…
#ChoralMarch – March 10th “Mó Ghile Mhear” (arranged Desmond Earley), UCD Choral Scholars
This ChoralMarch series probably wouldn’t exist were it not for Desmond Earley and the UCD Choral Scholars. A few years back they released a CD of choral works from Ireland…
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