Category: Music
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This week’s Spotify playlist
Each week the blog has an accompanying playlist on Spotify. The list includes music and sound that references the articles on the blog and you can listen on the link above. If you have a paid subscription you will hear all the music, if you have a free subscription the list will be interspersed with…
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This week’s Spotify playlist
The Spotify playlist this week begins with a choral piece, There will come soft rains, by Ēriks Ešenvalds, a Latvian composer. The short work seems an apt place to begin this week’s music. Each Sunday I compile and curate a playlist of music and sounds to go along with the blog. It is a way…
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Left Bank Gallery Choir
This week the Left Bank Gallery choir met, as usual, on Thursday evening at 6:30pm. The choir was originally set-up for six sessions and those six have now been. This week’s was the best rehearsal yet with work on some existing repertoire and a new song on the way, so the sessions are going to…
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This week’s activities
This week is going to be busy in Greymouth Māwhera! On Monday there is a workshop with Aquabella, the Berlin ensemble of women who perform world music acapella. This is followed by a concert on Tuesday evening by the group. On Tuesday there is also a concert of Baroque arias in St Patrick’s Church with…
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This week’s Spotify playlist
Each week a curated playlist is created to go along with the blog. Featuring audio that is either mentioned in the articles on the blog or that relates to current affairs, the playlist is on Spotify and can be heard from the player above. Those with a subscription to the platform will hear the music…
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The Korean Hanbok
Hanbok – the name means “Korean clothing” – is an ancient form of dress that is still relevant today. Designated National Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2022 by the Cultural Heritage Administration of the country, Hanbok have enjoyed renewed success through designers taking up the challenge of making the costume accessible, acceptable and exciting for contemporary…
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Poor Things
The wildly entertaining, thought-provoking, rollicking, surreal, dark and funny film, Poor Things, has the most wonderful costumes created by Holly Waddington and comes with an amazing soundtrack by Jerskin Fendrix. In this film, the majority of which is not shot on location, the exploration of growing up and experiencing life through the eyes of its…
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Shelburne Museum
Having grown up in New York with her parents, Henry and Louisine Havemeyer, and their collection of important Asian and European art, at the age of 19 Electra Havemeyer Webb decided to follow their example and begin her own collection of American art. Much of the Henry and Louisine Havemeyer collection is now in the…
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This week’s Spotify playlist
Each week a playlist on the streaming app, Spotify, is curated to go alongside the blog articles. You can listen to the playlist on the player above. If you do not have a subscription you will only be able to hear a few seconds of each track. A free subscription will be interrupted with advertisements…
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Sutton Hoo meets Aotearoa New Zealand
The Sutton Hoo mound is a medieval burial site, the most impressive in Europe, and includes funerary riches held within a 27 metre-long ship. The history of the ship and its contents is fascinating and it continues to be a focus for understanding Anglo-Saxon life. One of the projects that has come from the discovery…