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Walking Group One 25th April 2024
Five hardy souls collected today at Happy Valley for the first Hill Walk of the year .The temperature was cool with a North Easterly wind blowing and a hint of rain on arrival.
Off we set heading towards Russadale Quarry, spotting a Buzzard on the way.Turning into the footpath we remained sheltered from the wind all the way to the top of the hill.
The sun was out at the Quarry and a Greenshank was feeding at the edge of the Lochan. Then it was up the Peat road to the summit with spectacular views across Stenness and Harray Lochs, plus a view of the Closed Road beyond the Watch Stone. On the other side we looked over the Flow and down towards the Oil Platform and South Ronaldsay
Then it was back down after a stop for a snack and finally a walk around Happy Valley itself. The Daffodils planted by James and others were looking lovely and the Bluebells are days away from opening. Then it was on to a well deserved lunch at the Pier Cafe, having walked 4 miles and gone up 800 feet (and down again )
The next walk will be on Friday 24th May and hopefully more hills and views.
Keep moving.
Music Appreciation Group One
by Glenys - 21:05 on 27 February 2022
The current full complement of Music Appreciation Group One met for the first time since Covid lockdowns were introduced in 2020 on Monday, 7th February. The meeting was held at Glenys’s house, and it was a delight being able to enjoy each other’s company and, once again, listen to wonderful music as a group. The theme of “Composers, musicians or compositions beginning with the letter ‘R’, resulted in the following selections:
Jean-Philippe RAMEAU, “Les sauvages, Forêts paisibles/Les Indes galantes”, Les Arts Florrisants conducted by William Christie;
ROMEO and Juliet, “Soundtrack of the film”;
Josef Gabriel RHEINBURGER, “String quartet No 2 in F major, Op 147– Adagio”, Camerata Quartet;
RUSSELL Watson, “Panis Angelicus”;
Maurice RAVEL, “Sonatine – Animé, pianist Artur Pizarro;
Sergei RACHMANINOV, “14 Romances, Op.34; 14, Vocalise”, Daniel Hope (violin) and Christoph Israel (piano);
Sviatoslav RICHTER, Cesar Franck’s “Piano Quintet in F”, played by the Borodin Quartet;
Artur RUBINSTEIN, Chopin’s “Piano Concerto No 1 – Romance”;
Maurice RAVEL “Kaddish”, played by Daniel Hope (violin), Philip Dukes (viola) and Paul Watkins (cello);
John RUTTER, “Distant Land”, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra;
Sergei RACHMANINOV, “Symphony No 2 in E minor, Op.27”, BBC Philharmonic conducted by Edward Downes:
Nikolai RIMSKY-KORSAKOV, “Procession of the Nobles” from “Mlada”, played by the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Richard Hayman.
The next meeting, to be held on Monday, 7th March, will again be at Glenys’s house, and the theme will be: Composers, or compositions, beginning with the letter ‘S’.
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