Barking Trees and Mad Curses

After a hippo moment in the changing rooms at David Jones recently, I’ve been walking with a lot more enthusiasm and energy this year! Yesterday I took a detour through the national park near our home that extends right up to my usual walking track around the oval. The majestic Sydney red gums have finished…

Beautiful choral concert at St Pats

Wonderful choral concert in the atmospheric Cardinal Cerretti Memorial Chapel at St Patricks in Manly on Sunday, listening to Sydney Philharmonia Chamber Singers with a programme including Durufle, Frank Martin, Einojuhani Rautavaara, and ending with the sublime Song for Athene by John Tavener. That long-drawn out Alleluia at the beginning of each line is haunting…