23 Sep 2009

The letters of Beatrice Hill Tinsley: 1968

From The Stars are Comforting, 7:00 pm on 23 September 2009

Two children, chamber music, orchestra, and a little astrophysics

“I spent two whole days and several halves downtown at the astrophysics meeting, talking to lots of interesting people and old friends and hearing some very interesting papers. Brian did hours of baby-sitting, and finally Terry realised she’d have to take her food from someone other than me – she’s got much more dependent than Alan did because I haven’t tried to do so much away now there are two of them. So that was my year’s effort at astrophysics.”

Beatriceand Children
Beatrice and her children, Alan and Terry, 1970.

Music details

HAYDN String Quartet Op 64/4 3rd mvt (EMI 397717)

HAYDN String Quartet Op 64/4 2rd mvt (EMI 397717)

Arr MATHES The Star Spangled Banner (Naxos 8.570716)

DARIN Splish, splash (ABC 836 863)

MOZART Oboe Quartet K370, 1st mvt (PICKWICK PCD 810)

BACH Violin Sonata BWV 1001, 4th mvt (CEDILLE CDR 9000078)

MOZART Don Giovanni Overture (SONY CLASSICAL SBK 62830)

DEBUSSY Menuets antiques, no 4 (DG 427 259)

OFFENBACH Orpheus in Underworld Overture (EMI 5 56725)

HAYDN String Quartet Op 64/4 1st mvt (EMI 397717)

TORMÉ Christmas Song (SONY SK 48235)

MARTIN Have yourself a merry little Christmas (SONY SK 48235)