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Kids don't need video games. If only children in Western Europe where half as happy as the children in South-Asia.
The cascading fountain in the heart of Meridian Hill Park. Washington, DC.
See also winter view of Meridian Hill Park.
Worshippers to the Erawan Shrine make small offerings and wooden elephants, and often in return for granted wishes hire classical Thai dancers (with orchestra) perform at the Shrine.
When I was there this troupe danced non-stop. Now I realised that this troupe was there to assist the worshippers have their wishes fulfilled a bit faster - by paying for the dance before their wishes were granted, the fulfillment may be hastened!
Classical ballet tutu in red dupion silk with red net & decorated with gold appliques, topaz and red crystals.
The brown building in the middle ground is an old nobleman's mansion - and now the Danish National Museum.
The iconic scultpture of the Discobolus -- the discus-thrower -- was originally carven by the immortal bronzist Myron circa 450 BC at the dawn of the Classical period, though no original is known to history. It was so popular even in its time that numerous replicas in marble were created, and it is only some few of these specimens that survived to modern times, where new bronze replicas in turn have been cast.
This modern specimen was poised on a west-facing terrace at Hearst Castle. The so-called castle is an entire compound perched on a hill at San Simeon along the coast, featuring a grand house -- la casa grande -- but also expansive grounds and several ostensibly more modest guest houses, named Casa del Monte, Casa del Sol, and Casa del Mar. The terrace in question looked up at Sol, but the discobolus has eyes only for the vast expanse beyond the cliffs, and the waves of the Pacific Ocean beyond. Quite a long hurl that would be, but the man is an icon.
Not quite heaven and not quite an angel but if you could have been there to see and hear you just might have wondered for a moment.
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Whilst wandering around trafalgar Square, I heard quite a few buskers but none made me stop and listen like Jasmine. Her cello playing was beautiful and she had so much passion. I asked Jasmine how long she had been playing. 27 years was the reply and she also plays guitar, bass and synths too! Thank you Jasmine for brightening my day with your music.
The Avison Ensemble in rehearsal for ‘Mostra’ - an evening of words and music celebrating the life and times of Charles Avison.
‘Mostra’, a play in one act devised and performed by Gordon Russell, was part of a unique evening of words and music celebrating the life and times of Charles Avison, the Newcastle-born composer, conductor and organist, who was one of the most important English concerto composers of the 18th Century. The evening's discovery of Avison's life included a concert of music by Avison, Corelli and Geminiani performed by The Avison Ensemble (Pavlo Beznosiuk and Caroline Balding – baroque violins, Rachel Byrt – viola, Robin Michael – violoncello and Tom Foster – harpsichord).
The play ‘Mostra’ celebrating Avison's life was interspersed with musical extracts performed by The Ensemble. ‘Mostra’ was devised and performed by Gordon Russell, written by Sue Saunders and directed by Hugh Keegan.
The Avison Ensemble is the outstanding period instrument orchestra based in Newcastle upon Tyne, which plays and popularises the music of Charles Avison (1709-1770) and other English classical composers of the Baroque period, such as Garth, Arne and Herschel. The Ensemble also performs Purcell, Handel, Vivaldi, Corelli, Geminiani, Pergolesi, Teleman, Rameau, Bach, Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven.
This picture was taken at Classical Revolution's first birthday concert at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester. They played The Trout by Schubert (featuring Martin Roscoe and Ben Holland), La Oracion del Torero by Turina and Les Illuminations by Benjamin Britten (featuring Sally Johnson). The orchestra was conducted by Juan Ortuño
The new Spidey has a "first appearance" style head sculpt, giving him the Ditko narrow eyes on the mask. I'm not a big fan of this, so points to the Campbell version on that account.
CLASSICAL CONTEMPORARY COUNTRY ESTATE GARDEN DESIGN
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This beautiful Tudor style new build home was set in what was virtually a 4 acre field with a few trees. The clients commissioned Aralia to design a master landscape scheme which would transform the field into a beautiful formal country garden. The architecture of the house was the original inspiration for the country estate design, and Aralia looked to incorporate many period features into the country garden, but to introduce them in a slightly contemporary style.
Established in 1880 by Fr. Joseph Dalton, SJ, of the Society of Jesus. The main building of the college was constructed in three stages between 1885–1930 and the foundation stone was laid by Cardinal Moran, Archbishop of Sydney on 15 December 1885. As originally designed by Gilbert, Dennehy and Tappin, of Ballarat, the building was to be a huge square, representing four identical fronts, but only the South front was completed according to plan due to financial constraints.
The Dalton Memorial Chapel and College Observatory were both built in 1909.