Out and about on Sunday

This weekend started out looking like rara avis, a free Sunday.  But things often happen to keep that particular bird well-caged; this time it was a locum organist having a gardening accident, bringing about the need to find a locum for the locum.  Which is where I come in.

This week I'll be playing at St Stephen's, Richmond.  Here's the organ music I've cobbled together at relatively short notice.

Larghetto and Andante con moto -- A.P.F. Boëly
Praeludium [BuxWV 139] -- Dietrich Buxtehude

Think about how lucky we are

Out and about on Sunday

This week I will be at St Aloysius, Caulfield.  Here is the organ music I have planned.

Cantique -- Edward Elgar
Molto tranquillo -- Guy Ropartz
Intermezzo from Sonata VIII (Op 132) -- Josef Rheinberger
Agnus Dei -- Frank Martin

Out and about on Sunday

This week I will be playing at St Aloysius, Caulfield.  Here is the organ music I have planned.

Gloria tibi Trinitas -- Samuel Scheidt
La Rejoissance -- G.F. Handel
Senza rigore -- Charles Tournemire
Sortie -- Louis Lefébure-Wely

Out and about on Sunday

This week I will be playing for High Mass at St Aloysius, Caulfield.  Here's the organ music I have planned.

Andante -- Alexandre Pierre François BoëlyVeni Creator -- Samuel Scheidt
Komm, heiliger Geist, Herre Gott [BuxWV 199] -- Dietrich Buxtehude
March -- Louis Lefébure-Wely

Christopher Pyne is a dangerous fantasist

Mr Pyne told Insiders universities who hit students with excessive fees would be priced out of the market. “If universities think they can get away with charging exorbitant fees I think you’ll find that they’ll face very intense competition,” he said. “For example in Melbourne, if Melbourne University thinks they can charge ‘x amount’ for a university degree, Monash, Latrobe, [or] Deakin - others will compete with them on price, forcing prices down.” Mr Pyne said it was too early to be speculating about specific fee changes. [ABC]

Christopher Pyne has been one of the loudest voices in federal government since last September. His sound is by turns triumphalist and neurotic. As with certain other members of the cabinet it is now clear that the official title of his portfolio is a shabby misrepresentation. He shouldn’t simply resign. He should be tarred and feathered by his own constituents, dragged through the streets of Adelaide and dumped from a great height into the deepest bend of the Torrens at low tide. Then a very patient person from any university should sit with him and explain the tortuous process involved for getting a research grant in this country, including all the political dodging one must do to ensure the likes of Pyne don’t get all uppity at the notion of research projects that might challenge his very narrow worldview. If he understands before the tide rises, then he can be released, otherwise he can test his market principles according to the method of King Canute.

If anyone in Canberra geniunely believes the neoliberal fantasy that universities will compete on price, then I have a bridge to sell. Dead cheap.