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Aural Delight From Start To Finish, David C. Vance
Aural Delight From Start To Finish, David C. Vance
Faculty of Creative Arts - Papers (Archive)
A review of the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra City Recital Hall, May 1, 2012
"Start Of Spring: Fish Swim Upstream And Break The Ice", Jo Law
"Start Of Spring: Fish Swim Upstream And Break The Ice", Jo Law
Faculty of Creative Arts - Papers (Archive)
On a cheerfully sunny morning, Hollis and I visited the Botanical Gardens in Wollongong. Upon entry we were greeted by two roosters and a hen, free-ranging on the grass. As Hollis tried to make friends with the birds, I was drawn to inspect the impressive vegetable patch nearby. Bordered by bright marigolds and flanked by colourful rainbow chards and silverbeets, the extensive bed was offering full and round purple and white cabbages; in between fresh pale green broad beans were well on their way to offer up some pods.
"Start Of Spring: Dormant Creatures Twitch", Jo Law
"Start Of Spring: Dormant Creatures Twitch", Jo Law
Faculty of Creative Arts - Papers (Archive)
One may interpret seasonal changes through a number of avenues: temperature fluctuations, hours of sunlight, precipitation and other weather events. Behaviour of living things contribute to the experience of spring. As budding new shoots make their appearance through the soil or on bare branches, those higher on the food web may sense that the time of plenty is drawing near. 'Dormant creatures twitch'; some may come to the conclusion that it is a good time to breed. Thus, for many species, the reproduction cycle begins.
"Start Of Spring: East Wind Melts Ice", Jo Law
"Start Of Spring: East Wind Melts Ice", Jo Law
Faculty of Creative Arts - Papers (Archive)
Yes, it is spring, according to the Chinese Almanac. The almanac uses astronomical calculations to reckon the seasons, where four positions of the sun on the ecliptic serve as reference points. These quarter points, as they are known, are the solstices and equinoxes. On the solstices, the sun observed from Earth to be directly overhead at the tropics (of Capricorn 23° 26′ 16″S or Cancer 23° 26′ 16″N). At these points, the sun ‘stands still’, it will go no further but instead ‘reverses’ direction. Allowing for a delay in the heating and cooling of earth’s air temperature (known as ‘season …