13.08.2018 - Poetry Cafe, July 26, 2018 Sisley at Moret, Monet in London Playlist: texts read and music played: 1. Debussy: ‘Jardins sous la pluie’ 2. from ‘Debussy, Stephen Walsh (2018) 3. Mallarme on Sisley 4. Debussy: ‘Reflets dans...
01.08.2018 - Texts read & music played: Match of the Day (signature tune) Albert Camus: Le Premier Homme A.E. Housman: Is my Team Ploughing? (poem) George Butterworth: Is my Team Ploughing? (music) You’ll Never Walk Along (Kop Choir) Peter Handke:...
11.07.2018 - Angie, Alex, Heinz, Sandra and Andrew discuss the novel. ‘Haunted by a freak accident that killed their father when they were children, Jim and Bob Burgess escaped from their Maine hometown of Shirley Falls for New York City as soon as they...
02.07.2018 - Syrian Poetry, with Music on the Oriental Lute With Georg Schaermer (Caritas Tirol) and Georg Naser (Oriental Lute) Texts read: 1. Monzer Masri: ‘Wenn Ich unbedingt einen Gott anbeten muss’ 2. Mohamed al-Maghut: ‘Die Angst des...
06.06.2018 - Sandra, Alex, Heinz and Andrew discuss the novel. Schmuel – a young idealistic student – has abandoned his studies in Jerusalem, taking a live-in job as a companion to a cantankerous old man. But Schmuel quickly becomes obsessed with...
28.05.2018 - Texts read and Music played: Wordsworth: Sonnet on Andreas Hofer (‘Of mortal parents is the Hero born…?’) Andreas-Hofer-Marsch, Gustav Mahr Mary Shelley: after visiting Hofer’s Sandhof (1842) Reschensee: Debussy –...
18.04.2018 - Texts read & Music played Comedian Harmonists (Tea for Two, 1934) Owen Hamilton: Tyrolean Summer (1934) Binnie Hale: As Time Goes By (1932) Extracts from The Times & The Manchester Guardian from the Musical ‘Cabaret’: Tomorrow...
09.04.2018 - ‘Story of Your Life’ by Ted Chiang Sonja, Heinz, Thomas, Dee, Sandra and Andrew discuss this sci-fi short story. How does the linguist Louise communicate with the Aliens (‘Heptapods’)? What do we learn of her daughter, who...
09.04.2018 - Texts read and music played: from Dominic Seabrook’s ‘White Heat’ Beatles: The Long and Winding Road Elvis Presley: In the Ghetto Quote from ‘New Musical Express’ Roger McGough: Crazy Bastard Michael Horovitz: Frances...
09.04.2018 - Texts read and music played: Canned Heat: On the Road Again Joni Mitchell: Woodstock The Rolling Stones: Sympathy for the Devil The Who: Tommy Percy Bysshe Shelley: Adonais (Stanzas 39 & 52) Denny Zager & Rick Evans: In the Year 2525 John...
