MBE for Nicole Cooke

I was very pleased today to read that Nicole Cooke, our Olympic and World Champion road racing cyclist from South Wales received the MBE from HRH Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace.  A well-deserved award indeed.

Desert Island MP3s revised

Since my post entitled Desert Island MP3s of a few months ago, I have made one alteration to my list of music…    …which is another way of saying that I have since discovered some more brilliant clips on YouTube which I would like to share with anyone who has not yet found them. They are by Anne-Sophie Mutter, who is considered by many to be possibly the greatest living violinist, playing Beethoven’s Violin Concerto in D major, opus 61. For my stay on the  desert island I insist on having the entire performance and it goes to the top of my list. On YouTube the concerto is divided into six or seven clips and they are all easy enough to find  (via Google Video as well – just search for “mutter beethoven” without the inverted commas).
If you enjoy this type of music but have not yet discovered these clips, you have a treat in store.