Life, the universe and … Stephen Fry
Daily Comfort ZoneThe 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.
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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.
More silly ignorance. The work will pass away when the composer does. Sad.
For all those who enjoy their music ‘au gratin’.
Superficial and tedious – Fry is admirably suited to this dreck