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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.
u3a Music Appreciation Group One - Feb 2023
by Glenys - 15:37 on 18 February 2023
Music Appreciation Group One – February 2023
Members of Music Appreciation Group One met on Monday, February 6 th , for a morning of French
music. It was a pleasure to see Bev Henderson returning to the group. The following interesting
selection was played:
Ernest Chausson: Vadim Repin (violin), playing ‘Poeme for violin and orchestra’;
Massenet: ‘Thais – Méditation’ – conducted by Maxim Vengerov;
Canteloube - ‘Chants’ d’Auvergne’ – ‘Baïlèro’ – sung by Kiri te Kanawa;
Louise Farrenc: ‘Symphony No 3’ – ‘Adagio cantabile’ (ROCO);
Ravel: The Enso Quartet playing his ‘String Quartet’: II. ‘Assez vif. Très rhythme’;
Fauré: ‘Dolly Suite, Op 56’ – for piano duet – 1.’Berceuse’
Georges Brassens, ‘The 25 Best Songs’, GR 069/16;
Saint-Saëns: ‘Cellokonzert’ – Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Philippe and Christoph
Eschenbach;
Maurice Ravel – ‘Boléro’ (choreographed by Maurice Béjart) with Nicolas Le Riche (ballet dancer);
and two pieces by Berlioz:
‘La Spectre de la Rose’ – sung by Janet Baker, with John Barbirolli conducting the New
Philharmonia Orchestra;
and ‘Dies Irae’ – from his ‘Messe di Mort’ – Ensemble Wroclaw and the Gabrieli Consort.
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The group will meet next on Monday, March 6 th , to enjoy a morning of music composed by English
composers.
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