Life, the universe and … Stephen Fry

Life, the universe and … Stephen Fry

Daily Comfort Zone

norman lebrecht

May 25, 2024

The British actor narrates a cosmic new work by Sibelius descendant Lauri Porra.

The composer’s wife conducts.

You may well have heard it here first.

Comments

  • John Borstlap says:
    May 25, 2024 at 9:26 am

    This Mr Porra is not a serious composer but a pop musician, and this work is the usual poppish/commercial abomination, meant for the masses, dressed-up with a pretentious text.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauri_Porra

    Millions and millions of years of evolution, and ages of high art, and yet something like this emerges from the soup.

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  • Sam says:
    May 25, 2024 at 3:23 pm

    More silly ignorance. The work will pass away when the composer does. Sad.

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  • Bilge says:
    May 26, 2024 at 11:08 am

    For all those who enjoy their music ‘au gratin’.

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  • JB says:
    May 26, 2024 at 2:34 pm

    Superficial and tedious – Fry is admirably suited to this dreck

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