Tom Connor

Books, classical music, the great outdoors. Board of Edin Intnl Book Fest 2003-19. B. Airdrie, Scotland; now West London.

None the wiser.

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@grafwagner79 Ordered the Beethoven. Cheers, James.

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@grafwagner79 The Staatskapelle recordings ?

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@grafwagner79 Thanks, James. I shall look those up and see what I can find.

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@larkingrumple Thanks for the review.

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@DrDavidVernon I went to Mahler 4 on Friday evening at RFH, prepped by your book. Good luck with this one.

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@Wagnerian1979 HvK !!

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@Wagnerian1979 I was. Terrific. Would recommend on iPlayer. Also went today to his afternoon concert. Top Bartóking ! Do you think, perhaps, young Klaus Mäkelä is channeling his inner HvB ?! (Cover of last night's programme.)

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@Wagnerian1979 And were you, by chance, in town for the Mahler 5 at the Proms ?

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@DrDavidVernon William Boyd chose Pale Fire as his DID choice on Sunday 2nd March, 2025. An extended discussion to that choice would have been more interesting than the programme itself but such is the format.

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@aquilanebula Was there, too. First time in the choir seats. Real energy from the orchestra and Järvi in the Bruckner. They looked as if they were enjoying themselves throughout. Terrific performance.

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@PPFIdeas @glgerstle And covered so engagingly. Outstanding episode, thank you both. Those betting forecasts have been wrong before, David (as you yourself pointed out re the previous election). One can but hope ...

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@yitzgood @deeplyclassical Hayden 86 & 87 for me this evening.

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@kirchhelle @BBCRadio4 @MarthaClokie @JamesEEbdon @Cermes3 One of the very best episodes. I have listened to it twice now. Superb explanations for the non-scientist (like me) to MB's succinct questions. A consolidation of the history all the way to the cusp of the golden age of phage. Great job everyone.

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@hairygit By strange coincidence, just ordered the Faber version this morning after a friend sent me the recent Spectator article. A further coincidence being that earlier this morning I was in a bookshop and picked up Nietzsche's Beyond Good & Evil, foreword by ... Michael Tanner.

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@liddle_the @BBCRadio3 I would add to that https://t.co/Imoo7V6FRG from Washington DC. Visited DC earlier this year. Taxi from the airport was bliss with this on the radio. Good track info, minimal chat.

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@aquilanebula Thanks for the heads-up. Just ordered.

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@hairygit With your breeks intact.

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