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Bright Wings
Wairarapa, New Zealand
Wairarapa-based wordsmith and information professional.
Interests: In my spare time - when I'm not blogging - I'm a pianist and organist and occasionally direct choirs.
I always have my camera with me and love cooking and reading recipe books.
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Rural broadband unnecessarily bad
Posted Jan 23, 2014 at Bright Wings
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Christopher Hainsworth to play Organ Proms in Masterton
Posted Jan 17, 2013 at Music at St Matthew's
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Colin Walsh plays The Dambusters' March
To mark of Wings over Wairarapa, being held in Masterton from Friday, 18 January to Sunday, 20 January, 2013, which features many World War 2 aircraft, here's Colin Walsh, on the organ of Lincoln Cathedral, playing his arrangement of The Dambusters' March, by Eric Coates. Continue reading
Posted Jan 17, 2013 at Music at St Matthew's
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Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C Major BWV 564
Hans-André Stamm plays Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C Major, BWV 564, by J. S. Bach, on the Trost-Organ in Waltershausen, Germany. Continue reading
Posted Jan 15, 2013 at Music at St Matthew's
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Hi Sean,
Thanks for your comments.
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Brain fitness and Alzheimers
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Petrol tax rise - another blow for struggling households
Posted Dec 17, 2012 at Bright Wings
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Wairarapa: where darkness illuminates
Defending the Dark from Jason Davis on Vimeo. One of the amazing discoveries I made when I moved from Wellington to the Wairarapa 25 years ago was the night sky. Thousands and thousands of stars in every direction. Satellites blinking... Continue reading
Posted Dec 10, 2012 at Bright Wings
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Recital: Richard Apperley's students off to fine start
Posted Sep 22, 2012 at Music at St Matthew's
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Rainy Sunday evening in Masterton
Posted Aug 19, 2012 at Bright Wings
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RIP Carlo Curley
The inimitable Carlo Curley passed away on Saturday, 11 August 2012. One of the world's finest Organists, he made organ concerts fun and enjoyable to a far wider audience than the typical organ concert crowd. Organists - and others about to perform - normally tuck themselves away in their dressing... Continue reading
Posted Aug 12, 2012 at Music at St Matthew's
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Little Books triumph
Posted Apr 19, 2012 at Bright Wings
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The Big Snow
> Snow in Masterton, Monday, 15 August 2011 Continue reading
Posted Aug 14, 2011 at Bright Wings
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Draw on sweet night: singing on the Trinity Backs
A traditional feature of Cambridge University's May Week is Singing on the River, a concert of choral music sung on the Cam River from punts lashed together and lit with lanterns. Continue reading
Posted Jun 10, 2011 at Bright Wings
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Young Glenn Gould practising
The teenage Glenn Gould practising Bach's Partita No. 2. A fascinating glimpse into a rehearsal of a great pianist. Continue reading
Posted Jun 6, 2011 at Bright Wings
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Go Gran!
Posted May 27, 2011 at Bright Wings
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Wairarapa South Coast
The southern Wairarapa coast in the late afternoon in winter. Continue reading
Posted May 27, 2011 at Bright Wings
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Bright Wings is now following The Womens Room
May 15, 2011
Martinborough chic and vintage
Posted May 15, 2011 at Bright Wings
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NZSO anniversary: a poignant tale of a thwarted career
Posted Mar 6, 2011 at Bright Wings
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Prison system helps grow future criminals
Putting parents in prison - and resulting family dysfunction - is contributing to the future prison population. American policy analyst and prison chaplain Samuel K. Aitchison, writing for Patheos, sees the figures speak for themselves. That the criminal justice system... Continue reading
Posted Mar 2, 2011 at Bright Wings
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The dog as all-round musician
Schnoodle accompanies its own singing at the piano Continue reading
Posted Jan 16, 2011 at Bright Wings
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Roy Tankersley MNZM
Posted Dec 30, 2010 at Bright Wings
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Roy Tankersley MNZM
Posted Dec 30, 2010 at Music at St Matthew's
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Santa flies in
Posted Dec 23, 2010 at Bright Wings
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Christmas cards 1880s style
Posted Dec 22, 2010 at Bright Wings
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