Is somebody trying to tell us something? Yet more Canadian coincidences, courtesy of the BBC.
Last night, in the space between the end of the live concert on Radio 3 & the beginning of Night Waves, the announcer gave a plug to tonight’s concert which will include – Benjamin Britten’s Canadian Carnival. And then, by way of a taster, played us a recording of Britten’s Young Apollo which was commissioned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and was first performed in that country in 1939. The composer was the soloist.
The announcer told us how this work was inspired by a line from Keats Hyperion:
"He stands before us - the new, dazzling Sun-god, quivering with radiant vitality."
That seems OTT, even though great things are expected of Mark Carney as the next Governor of the Bank of England.
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