Edited by Pete Collier, Saturday, 24 Aug 2013, 15:56
…is what I’ve been listening to lately.
More or Less is a BBC radio programme broadcast on Radio 4 and on the World Service and is made “…in association with the Open University”. We (the public) even, on occasions, are privileged to have contributions from ‘our very own’ Kevin McConway of the OU’s Maths and Stats dept.
This is a long running series which concerns itself with the statistical information used in various media/publications and by politicians to ‘enhance’ viewpoint(s). I admire this programme particularly as it doesn’t shy away from criticisingall those that use statistics ‘out of context’ and in so doing is always pointing out the actual numbers behind the published stories and political speeches. As I’m about to do 60 credits of Maths (MU123 in Oct.) and Statistics (M140 in Feb. 2014) I decided to go through all the ‘back-issues’ to see what it was all about. This week I reached the 2013 series having listened to the available archived episodes which go back to January 2009!
…and Dvorak’s 6th just happens to be one of his symphonies that I like
This is not to say that I stopped listening to other ‘stuff’ though, with the Bruckner and Mahler that I downloaded more recently also being played. The Schumann symphonies from 1840-50 are also good (much like the Beethoven that I so used to enjoy) but, these days, I find more to enjoy in the later ‘romantic’ compositions of the 1860s to the 1890s. Music that I listen to after this period tends to be of the ‘English school’ of composers such as Vaughan Williams and Holst - although he is not English! - pleasure from which mainly stems from the Wind and Military bands that I used to play in as a youth A lot of English folk-songs are incorporated into the musical suites that I like and this gives quite a different feel from the Dvorak and early Bruckner symphonies that I have recently ‘discovered’ and am enjoying
Other regular events have appeared in my schedule, not least my favourite trips to Aston Abbotts (with Mum and Dad on the 14th) and into London to see Richard on Sat 17th. Mostly these occasions are good, but the pizza on 17th was not particularly ‘special’ - eaten at the Pizza Express in Gt. Portland Street. As noted previously hereabouts this one still seems below par in comparison to the other PE’s that we visit, with mine being rather burned around the edges. It wasn’t as if there were a great number of patrons - a problem that sometimes ‘affects’ the Baker Street venue - and at least the staff were welcoming and attentive and the atmosphere acceptable. So, out of the three visits we’ve made to this PE, only the first one was good (which was over 18 months ago) and I’m therefore not inclined to go back there, for awhile…
More or Less and Dvorak No. 6...
…is what I’ve been listening to lately.
More or Less is a BBC radio programme broadcast on Radio 4 and on the World Service and is made “…in association with the Open University”. We (the public) even, on occasions, are privileged to have contributions from ‘our very own’ Kevin McConway of the OU’s Maths and Stats dept.
This is a long running series which concerns itself with the statistical information used in various media/publications and by politicians to ‘enhance’ viewpoint(s). I admire this programme particularly as it doesn’t shy away from criticising all those that use statistics ‘out of context’ and in so doing is always pointing out the actual numbers behind the published stories and political speeches. As I’m about to do 60 credits of Maths (MU123 in Oct.) and Statistics (M140 in Feb. 2014) I decided to go through all the ‘back-issues’ to see what it was all about. This week I reached the 2013 series having listened to the available archived episodes which go back to January 2009!
…and Dvorak’s 6th just happens to be one of his symphonies that I like
This is not to say that I stopped listening to other ‘stuff’ though, with the Bruckner and Mahler that I downloaded more recently also being played. The Schumann symphonies from 1840-50 are also good (much like the Beethoven that I so used to enjoy) but, these days, I find more to enjoy in the later ‘romantic’ compositions of the 1860s to the 1890s. Music that I listen to after this period tends to be of the ‘English school’ of composers such as Vaughan Williams and Holst - although he is not English! - pleasure from which mainly stems from the Wind and Military bands that I used to play in as a youth
A lot of English folk-songs are incorporated into the musical suites that I like and this gives quite a different feel from the Dvorak and early Bruckner symphonies that I have recently ‘discovered’ and am enjoying
Other regular events have appeared in my schedule, not least my favourite trips to Aston Abbotts (with Mum and Dad on the 14th) and into London to see Richard on Sat 17th. Mostly these occasions are good, but the pizza on 17th was not particularly ‘special’ - eaten at the Pizza Express in Gt. Portland Street. As noted previously hereabouts this one still seems below par in comparison to the other PE’s that we visit, with mine being rather burned around the edges. It wasn’t as if there were a great number of patrons - a problem that sometimes ‘affects’ the Baker Street venue - and at least the staff were welcoming and attentive and the atmosphere acceptable. So, out of the three visits we’ve made to this PE, only the first one was good (which was over 18 months ago) and I’m therefore not inclined to go back there, for awhile…
Now, back to the studies for TMA04 of DD131
(edited for 'spacing' and typos!)