#A Dance to the Music of Time

[rosalie-starfall]

Miranda Richardson

The 90s

Enchanted April (1991)

The Crying Game (1992)

Damage (1992)

Century (1993)

Tom & Viv (1994)

The Night and the Moment (1994)

Fatherland (1994)

Absolutely Fabulous (1994)

Kansas City (1996)

A Dance to the Music of Time (1997)

The Scold's Bridle (1998)

Merlin (1998)

St. Ives (1998)

Alice in Wonderland (1999)

Sleepy Hollow (1999)

[lilgillybean]

[travsd]

Anthony Powell: A Dance to the Music of Time

We are delighted to discover this morning that, in addition to being the Winter Solstice, December 21 was the birthday of British author Anthony Powell (1905-2000). I first learned of this author through my late father-in-law (whose own birthday was Christmas, come to think of it), who had met him at some cultural event during his time as a congressman, and managed to befriend him. In the early…

[wastedpurity]

Moved a spider outside and this poem echoed through my mind

[lilaccatholic]

I miss tv in the 2010s every day. You could put anything on air and get a 22 episode order and a five season run. Once Upon a Time was on and it basically spit in your face and told you that Olaf the snowman was Emma's second great uncle twice removed and you just accepted it. Golden age of the silver screen

[jacketpotatoo]

is it just you and me and the wreckage of the world?

[atomic-chronoscaph]

The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)

[zu-is-here]

<– • –>

[benevolenterrancy]

~loathing, unadulterated loathing~

[rosalie-starfall]

Miranda Richardson

A Dance to the Music of Time - The War

[melit0n]

Some cryptid photos of Vessel (+ ii) that I've collected over the past week. The fact that almost all of them look like they came out of trail cam footage is absolutely sending me

[star-shaped-froot-loops]

I don’t animate things often but loop wanted to ✨dance✨ so I made them ✨dance✨

[sgtpeppers]

That was... wonderful... to just hear it done for real, after... what? Four years of thinking about it? Wondering whether it would work, wondering if I'd written bits too fast, or too slow, or... to actually sort of... hear it done by real, professional people and the singers. It's... there isn't a word for it, actually.

Standing Stone, by Paul McCartney

Royal Albert Hall Performance (x)

Making Of Documentary (x)

Standing Stone is a 74 minute long classical piece of music, which Paul worked on for four years. It premiered at the Royal Albert Hall on 14 October 1997 with the London Symphony Orchestra and London Symphony Chorus, conducted by Lawrence Foster.

After his success with his first classical piece, The Liverpool Oratorio, Paul was commissioned to create some music to celebrate EMI's centenary. He came up with the idea of exploring "the way a Celtic man might have wondered about the origins of life and the mystery of human existence" and tied this in the with standing stones which to him symbolised something mystical and long lasting.

Photos by Linda McCartney, included on the album.

Paul wrote a poem to assist in getting the story he was trying to convey straight in his head, and it was printed in the booklet of the album. However, Paul wanted the music to work without the listener necessarily knowing the story, for the music to speak for itself, and so wanted to create a piece that "relies entirely on colours and effects drawn from orchestral and choral forces".

He also created two paintings to go alongside it:

I really recommend watching the documentary, Paul is absolutely delightful throughout the whole thing. It's the first time he'd used a computer and software to help him compose and he seems so excited to talk about it (and he has a Wallace & Gromit mouse mat!).

What's also interesting is how the rest of the team spoke about him. They all make a point that this was Paul's creation, and although David Matthews, John Harle, and Richard Rodney Bennet were brought in to assist with the composition, they all talk about Paul's talent, hard work, and the freshness of approach he brought. (The words 'benevolent dictator' may get used at some point, but they also speak of his kindness and generosity.)

It amazes me that someone with no formal music training could make a leap for pop/rock to classical. Composing for an entire 80 piece orchestra and 120 member choir is a completely different skillset to writing a song for the radio (and I'm not saying that's a lesser thing to be able to do, just different). The fact Paul was not only willing to take on the challenge and push himself, but created something so magical speaks to the sheer creative force that he is.

[paupelou]

[surreal-duck]

@midoyuzuweek day 6 | angst / ghosts

ghostic au yet again !! trying to figure out the lil ghost effect was a bit of a hassle but i like how it came out :]

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