16 Sep 2009

The letters of Beatrice Hill Tinsley: 1967-1968

From The Stars are Comforting, 7:00 pm on 16 September 2009

Cosmology in New York, motherhood, orchestra and mother's death

“Meanwhile there’s still time to practise regularly, and to do cosmology in the evenings or during Alan’s two to three hour naps after lunch. Last week I had a very interesting hour at the airport with a distinguished Swedish astronomer who was passing through. Brian came home to stay with Alan. That sort of thing helps me not to feel like a house-bound mother.”

Centre of the Lagoon Nebula

Centre of the Lagoon Nebula Photo: NASA, Public Domain

Music details

MOZART Marriage of Figaro, Ove (DECCA 421 125)

FAURE Romance Op 69 (ZigZag Territories 070602)

CHOPIN Prelude Op 45 (Argerich) (PHILIPS 456 703)

BRAHMS Symphony No 1, 4th mvt (TELARC CD 80463)

BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto 1st mvt (DG 477 6596)

TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto 3rd mvt (PHILIPS 456 958)

BACH Bist du bei mir (DELOS CD 3026)