Jessica Cottis - Opera, Old Masters, and Lepidopterology

We're on our tenth episode! Blimey that's flown. To celebrate, out big guest chat of the ep is with the award winning Australian-British conductor Jessica Cottis who has, among others, performed with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, and the BBC Concert Orchestra, and has been described as “cool, contained, super-articulate and engaging” - given that the first three at least are the opposite of us, she seemed like the perfect guest.

The early morning recording (read 11:30am) also sent us somewhat giddy, so expect our most consistently lewd recommendations chat yet, complete with inappropriate underwear and EE Cummings - don't worry though, we're not quite as randy as Bernadine Evaristo. If that's not ringing any bells, well you'll just have to listen to the show, won't you?

Links:

E. E. Cummings poem - https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/fieldnotesandfootnotes.wordpress.com/2011/10/20/e-e-cummings-being-cheeky/amp/

Bernardine Evaristo: ‘How often do I have sex? Eight times a day’ - 

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/books/2020/jul/25/bernardine-evaristo-how-often-have-sex-eight-times-a-day

Angie Wickenden ceramics - https://instagram.com/angiewickenden?igshid=7aawybicnszt

Sarah Cooper Twitter - https://twitter.com/sarahcpr?s=21

Outlander - https://www.channel4.com/programmes/outlander

Jurassic Park Updates - https://twitter.com/JurassicPark2go?s=21

Will Hislop Twitter - https://twitter.com/WillDHislop?s=21

Marie-Claire Alain - https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/mar/04/marie-claire-alain

Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D7abQTy71I

Vladimir Ashkenazy - http://www.vladimirashkenazy.com/

Sir Colin Davis - https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/apr/14/sir-colin-davis-obituary

Peacock butterflies - https://butterfly-conservation.org/butterflies/peacock

Vladimir Nabokov, Butterfly Illustrator - https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/vladimir-nabokov-butterfly-illustrator#:~:text=A%20drawing%20by%20Vladimir%20Nabokov,at%20the%20age%20of%20seven.&text=Petersburg%20for%20Crimea%2C%20where%20he,seven%20species%20of%20Crimean%20butterflies.

Irkanda 1 by Peter Sculthorpe - https://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/workversion/sculthorpe-peter-irkanda-i/2207

The Monstrous Child - https://www.roh.org.uk/productions/the-monstrous-child-by-timothy-sheader#:~:text=Background,her%20own%20darkly%20humorous%20novel.

BBC Philharmonic Orchestra do David Bowie's 'Sound and Vision' -

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=otTiodsb-sU

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