Transported to another plane

I've said it before* and I'll say it again** BBC radio 4 is a National Treasure...

So I was having a sleepy Sunday morning, err afternoon - weeell, I'd had the lurgy so what do you expect? - well anyway, the most superb 15 minute program came on the wireless radiogram: Composers in the Countryside presented by Simon Halsey.

Nothing too amazing about that, but the piece he was describing, Fantasia On A Theme By Thomas Tallis, was one of the more evocative I've heard in a long time. Soaring themes with the most graceful undertones, the piece was designed to describe the majestic beauty of Gloucester Cathedral and by 'eck does it succeed!

Not only that but the way the music and the narrator's description of the history of the music intertwine it's almost like they embrace each other.

If you can, plug your PC into your Hi Fi. If not, no worries. But for the next seven days you can have another listen...

Do it and your brain-cells will love you forever.

*err, might've

**and not the last time