Edited by Pete Collier, Wednesday, 27 Feb 2013, 10:44
I dug out some Beethoven the other day and found myself listening to his third piano concerto and following it with the ‘study score’ that I purchased a few years ago. This was a rewarding experience and it is music that I’ve not listened to for a while. This is probably my favourite piano concerto and, until I got hooked on Dvorak, Beethoven was my favourite composer - this being especially true of his many orchestral works and piano sonatas. So, not much Dvorak happening lately but I’ve ‘used’ a little bit of Steely Dan and Donald Fagen to relax to in the evenings.
Sunday just gone (24th) was a good day, with a trip with Mum and Dad to the friend in Aston Abbotts and then over to Luton to see my mate (Hi Fi) Richard and visit Pizza Express. This is my first pizza of 2013 and, especially recently, this Luton Pizza Express has proved to be one of the more consistently good ones with excellent espresso to match! Richard brought is son along (A level student…) as he also enjoys these pizza’s, and we all had a good Sunday lunch - even the traffic was ‘kind’ considering all the driving about I did that day!
So, just as S104 becomes particularly difficult, I find myself getting stuck into DD131 (Social Science) although in some ways I’m finding this a good ‘antidote’ to the intensity of the chemistry/biology that I’m struggling with right now…
“Therein lies the rub” says the Inside Man (Clive Owen) and I now need to prepare for TMA05 of S104 and TMA01 of DD131, both due 2nd/3rd week of March, with these TMA’s requiring quite different approaches.
Preparation is also underway for a big family get-together on Sat. 9th March (just after Mum’s 80th birthday) and I don’t see me having any spare time for much else other than eating and sleeping!
All change... ?
I dug out some Beethoven the other day and found myself listening to his third piano concerto and following it with the ‘study score’ that I purchased a few years ago. This was a rewarding experience and it is music that I’ve not listened to for a while. This is probably my favourite piano concerto and, until I got hooked on Dvorak, Beethoven was my favourite composer
- this being especially true of his many orchestral works and piano sonatas. So, not much Dvorak happening lately but I’ve ‘used’ a little bit of Steely Dan and Donald Fagen to relax to in the evenings.
Sunday just gone (24th) was a good day, with a trip with Mum and Dad to the friend in Aston Abbotts and then over to Luton to see my mate (Hi Fi) Richard and visit Pizza Express. This is my first pizza of 2013 and, especially recently, this Luton Pizza Express has proved to be one of the more consistently good ones with excellent espresso to match! Richard brought is son along (A level student…) as he also enjoys these pizza’s, and we all had a good Sunday lunch - even the traffic was ‘kind’ considering all the driving about I did that day!
So, just as S104 becomes particularly difficult, I find myself getting stuck into DD131 (Social Science) although in some ways I’m finding this a good ‘antidote’ to the intensity of the chemistry/biology that I’m struggling with right now…
“Therein lies the rub” says the Inside Man (Clive Owen) and I now need to prepare for TMA05 of S104 and TMA01 of DD131, both due 2nd/3rd week of March, with these TMA’s requiring quite different approaches.
Preparation is also underway for a big family get-together on Sat. 9th March (just after Mum’s 80th birthday) and I don’t see me having any spare time for much else other than eating and sleeping!