Listing Bookmarks

List of Bookmarks

  1. Public Bookmark 7

    The trees they grow so high by

    20th Century CE RPF, Classical Music RPF
    Summary

    On the eve of World War I, Benjamin Britten is a new boy at boarding school. He is assigned to fag for Peter Pears, a prefect and a tenor in the school choir. A friendship develops between the two of them, but are Britten's feelings more than simple hero-worship?

    Amidst the patriotic fervour of wartime, Britten has to stand by Pears when the older boy's pacifist convictions make him unpopular with the rest of the school. After Pears leaves school they lose touch until, at the end of the war, a tragedy brings them back together...

    Last bookmarked by Catana

    8 Jan 2012

  2. Public Bookmark 1

    La Rue by

    Classical Music RPF
    Summary

    This is Chopin, this is the world, this is Paris, this is God, this is the soul.

    Last bookmarked by scissorphishe

    5 Jan 2012

  3. Rec 1

    Heroic by

    chopin
    Summary

    Fredric Chopin and George Sand, they never completely got along, but they understood each other.

    Last bookmarked by crankyoldman

    28 Sep 2011

  4. Rec 5

    Everyone in England worth saving by

    Cambridge Spies, Cambridge Five RPF, 20th Century CE Political RPF, Classical Music RPF
    Summary

    In 1963 Peter Pears and Benjamin Britten are on their first concert tour of the USSR. Their visit to exiled spy Guy Burgess is not such a triumphant success.

    Last bookmarked by Tibby

    9 Jan 2011

    Notes

    A bleak but touching and all-round wonderful story about an imaginary meeting between Peter Pears, Benjamin Britten and Guy Burgess.

    "Remember me to Anthony..."

  5. Public Bookmark 1

    Queen Hilda by

    Hilda Tablet and Others - Henry Reed, Classical Music RPF, 20th Century CE RPF
    Summary

    It's time for Hilda's next project, "Mapp and Lucia: the opera." Or should that be "Lucia and Mapp"?

    Last bookmarked by twtd

    29 Sep 2010

  6. Rec 2

    Buck up, it's Baroque by

    Classical Music RPF, Hilda Tablet and Others - Henry Reed, 20th Century CE RPF
    Summary

    Roll over, Beethoven and move over, Benjamin Britten… it's Hilda Tablet, the "eminent twelve-tone composeress." When Hilda and her muse, soprano Elsa Strauss, are special guests at the Aldeburgh Festival, they leave havoc, romantic entanglements and modern music in their wake.

    Last bookmarked by twtd

    14 Sep 2010

  7. Public Bookmark 5

    Piano e forte by

    Benjamin Britten - Classical Composer
    Summary

    Reunited in London after more than a month apart, Ben has a special Christmas surprise for Peter.

    Last bookmarked by Fish_Echo

    29 Dec 2009

    Tags
    Notes

    from starlady: Britten/Pears, terribly realistic and sweeter for it.

  8. Public Bookmark 9

    Clap, damn you by

    20th Century CE RPF, Classical Music RPF
    Summary

    1953. A grand opera for the Coronation. What could go wrong?

    Last bookmarked by FairestCat

    28 Dec 2009

    Tags
    Notes

    witty and humorous and very authentic-feeling.

  9. Rec 17

    Totentanz by

    RPF - Classical Composers
    Summary

    You decide before the waltz is over that you hate Frederick Chopin.

    Last bookmarked by La Reine Noire (lareinenoire)

    27 Dec 2009

    Tags
    Notes

    A gorgeous, emotional piece that matches perfectly the repertoire of both Liszt and Chopin.

  10. Rec 2

    A Quarter For Your Shoe by

    Magnificent Seven (TV)
    Summary

    All Ezra wants for Christmas is his mother.

    Last bookmarked by sfulton229

    22 Nov 2009

    Tags
    Notes

    Very sweet story; nice alternative background for Ezra. Great use of OC