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- Aural Advent: Day 2 10:35pm Dec 1
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Once In Royal David’s City has been the opening carol of the Nine Lessons And Carols Service at King’s College, Cambridge for 90 years, and, since here at the OM we adore men and boys choirs, the annual OM Aural Advent Calendar does likewise. As it was and is and ever shall be. Wo...
Day 1 was all about restraint and tradition. On Day 2, Miss Mussel is kicking off her boots and enjoying the holiday season with a side of go-go dancers...
The annual OM calendar is back in full force. It seems it was so successful last year that now all the other cool kids are doing one. A great bivalve once said that a man who is tired of carols is tired of life. In case that is you, one or more of the following might give you the boost you need...
A tweet by @jessicaduchen noting that it gets dark in London by 4:30 at this time of year put Miss Mussel in mind of her favourite time of year in Manchester...
Today is the first Sunday of Advent and also the first day of a new ecclesiastical year. Miss Mussel is not a cradle Anglican and is still learning the ropes, so the rhythm of the church year and the rituals that attend its various festivals are objects of endless fascination...
In today’s Waterloo Region Record Thanks to Toronto concert presenter Soundstreams, The Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music Society and a Canada Council grant, a top-drawer string orchestra came to town Wednesday night. ...
Black Friday doesn’t exist in Canada, so the idea of getting queuing up at 5:30 to take advantage of MEGA SUPER SALES is very strange. Buying Christmas presents so far ahead of the day is also a foreign concept here at OM headquarters but that is neither here nor there. ...
If you lost the race to the couch and are stuck on an upright soft surface, fear not. Miss Mussel is here to make your descent into a deeply satisfying semi-consciousness that much more enjoyable. Here are some things she has found floating around the interwebs...
This just in: Classical music will survive – Anne Midgette gets out her Magic 8 ball on NPR Tim Rutten spares a thought for the ghost in Sarah Palin’s Going Rogue For...
Poking around Youtube for the Near/Far Sesame Street clip from Thursday got Miss Mussel thinking about what other televisions shows she liked as a child. Here’s a list of ten for your Sunday morning ration of televisual delights. ...
These were meant to be posted on Monday in honour of the Berliner Mauerfall commemoration. Celebration doesn’t seem like quite the right word, particularly since even now, 20 years on, not all Berliners are convinced that this modern day Jericho moment was really for the best. ...
A good friend has recently turned Miss Mussel on to the genius of Carl W. Stalling – the man behind the music of Looney Tunes. Several hours have been lost in a Youtube black hole but it’s been worth it. P...
In today’s Record The immensely popular Back To Baroque Series presented by the Kitchener Waterloo Symphony had its first concert Wednesday evening at First United Church in Kitchener. ...
Just in case you’ve been under a rock these last few days here’s an OM FYI Bulletin: Sesame Street is 40 this year. Its interaction with classical music has been well-documented elsewhere, so all that’s left to do is to say that this is the best sketch ever. Wat...
