Oh! Carol

Just when I thought Classic FM had forgotten all about me, I got another play for "January Waltz" from Katie Breathwick. Yay.

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This week I saw a BAFTA Scotland preview of "Carol", directed by Todd Haynes, scored by Carter Burwell. For some reason I particularly loved it. Cate Blanchette was particularly great, in my humble opinion. Ho many more times can I use type 'particularly'?

And here's the piece - inspiringly called "piece 6" - which I curated for You Can't Get There From Here at Sound Festival (thanks, BBC Scotland) - performed by Ensemble Thing.

And just to lower the tone before I go - my favourite extract from Tom Shield's Dairy...