The flight towards the True North completed, the pilot’s compass pointing towards Hamburg as South yields to North and balmy clime to November’s kindly drizzle. Good impulses; this Pratoleva Year brought in a goodly harvest of : orchestral lieder, choral works, two strong chamber-works and more. I’ll be on about music and the Pole Star anon.
Unpack now and unwind the reel conncting Lazio up to the northern Hanseatic League and all the herrings and salty barrels and the monosyllabic heartiness . Mediterranean versus North Sea, age-old question, a two seas symphony.