Edward Elgar, Britain's Musical Icon, Turns 150

[bunrab]

That was a headline in the arts section of my Yahoo page this evening. Um, I think he would be famous for more than his music if he is turning 150 now. They might want to rephrase that...

We watched the Branagh Henry V on DVD this evening. I had, believe it or not, never seen it, though I know every note of the music, of course; that is a beautiful score. But I hadn't seen any production of Henry V in oh, 30 years. Since long before I met angevin2. Before Lea and her studies, I had always thought, well, I understand a bit more Shakespeare than the average physics major or average accountant. Now I sit there nudging squirrel_magnet and saying "pay attention to the homosexual subtext" and snickering every time leeks are mentioned. Lea, you are a bad influence.

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[angevin2.livejournal.com]

*giggles*

That's what I do. Yay for Shakespearean homoeroticism!

[elfbiter.livejournal.com]

I though the Bard's sonnets were supposedly bi-erotic or something like that...

[momily.livejournal.com]

I *love* that movie. I even love Much Ado About Nothing, in which he is Benedick (sp?).