Richard Cook

I learnt this morning that Richard Cook died last week.

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Richard Cook

I learnt this morning that Richard Cook died last week.

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Edinburgh Festival

I have been to my usual quota of Festival shows, although I can't help feeling they haven't been up to my usual standard. Most of the things I go to I go to because I expect them to be good, and I'm not often disappointed. It is true that I have sat through a few turkeys - but it is a very few. (I think the Pina Bausch "dance" performance Nelken - "carnations" - is the one that really sticks in my throat: it was sold to me as being the best dance show around. I sat there for more than an hour, waiting for it to get better, and then the curtain came down. As far as I was concerned, it had no redeeming features. Not even any nudity.)

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Edinburgh Festival

I have been to my usual quota of Festival shows, although I can't help feeling they haven't been up to my usual standard. Most of the things I go to I go to because I expect them to be good, and I'm not often disappointed. It is true that I have sat through a few turkeys - but it is a very few. (I think the Pina Bausch "dance" performance Nelken - "carnations" - is the one that really sticks in my throat: it was sold to me as being the best dance show around. I sat there for more than an hour, waiting for it to get better, and then the curtain came down. As far as I was concerned, it had no redeeming features. Not even any nudity.)

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Proms

Still, the cultural high point of the summer has been the Prom I went to on Friday: Bruckner Symphony # 8.

Just a glorious, brilliant sound.

Big music, for sure.

Proms

Still, the cultural high point of the summer has been the Prom I went to on Friday: Bruckner Symphony # 8.

Just a glorious, brilliant sound.

Big music, for sure.