Year: 2020

Piece of the Week – 28th February 2020

28th February 2020

Composed in 1929 for Austrian pianist Paul Wittgenstein, who lost his right arm during World War 1. The concerto had its premier in January 1932 with Wittgenstein performing with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra. Paul Wittgenstein plays Ravel – Piano Concerto For the Left Hand (Solo Excerpts)

Paul’s Puzzles 7th February 2020

7th February 2020

Paul’s EXTRA Puzzle this week ……. Watching Storm Ciara overwhelming the trees in our communal garden and howling around the scaffolding opposite my study window, I could not but ask… Can I really explain the origin of wind and the force of this storm? Can you…really? I also remembered the amazing poem by Ted Hughes….

Quiz night

7th February 2020

Thank you to everyone who turned up for our fundraising Quiz and Curry Night on Thursday, 6th February.  We all had a really enjoyable evening, with particular thanks going to Milly, Ed (our returning quizmaster), staff helpers and the catering team. It was lovely to see so many parents, from both the Junior and Senior…

A Bird’s Eye view of the Senior House

6th February 2020

For a different view of the Senior House, please follow this link With thanks to Paul Saliba, our Head of ICT.  

Piece of the Week – January 31st 2020

31st January 2020

The tortured chords at the opening of Elgar’s Cello Concerto sound as if they have to be excavated from the cello face; it would be a similar situation if Shakespeare had started Hamlet at ‘To be or not to be.’ Most concertos take a little time to come to the main point but Elgar was…

Bebras UK success

31st January 2020

One of our pupils, JB, was invited to the Department of Computer Science at the University of Oxford on Saturday 25 January as a finalist in a UK-wide competition – The UK Bebras Computational Thinking Challenge. Reaching the final of the Juniors (10–12) age group was an impressive achievement, as 79,986 students entered the first…

Holocaust Memorial Day

24th January 2020

We were delighted to welcome one of our past parents, Victoria Slotover, to the Junior House this morning. Victoria has spoken so sensitively to the boys in previous years about Holocaust Memorial Day, which falls on January 27th, and today was no exception. The boys were very attentive and we had an excellent discussion on…

Piece of the Week: Pachelbel’s Canon

17th January 2020

Pachelbel’s Canon is a musical work for three violins and ground bass by German composer Johann Pachelbel, admired for its serene but joyful character. It is Pachelbel’s best-known work and one of the most widely performed pieces of music from the Baroque Period. Although it was composed about 1680–90, the piece was not published until…

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