The docks are stupendous buildings, but what impressed me most were the splendid arrangements for unloading vessels, which came close up to the quays, and disembarked their cargoes into the shops as it were.
The arrangement was splendid for the bird, his mates over the years and the more than 20 youngsters they produced.
Ted Chapin, artistic director of the evening, and Joseph Thalken, music director, did a splendid job of bringing fresh arrangements and original insights into the composer's life and work.
It culminates in the splendid marigold "Nuclei" of 1960-63, arrangementent of hanging squares and rectangles that form a porous maze (which originally people walked through).
Whatever one's take on these issues, it was a pleasure to hear the Oratorio Society's splendid performance of Mozart's beguiling arrangement under Mr. Tritle, in his seventh season as music director.
A walk in the park The Botanic Gardens at the southern tip of the CBD between Alice Street and Main Drive were once the convict-era Government Gardens, and now combine lily ponds, formal flower arrangements and rainforest plants with rather splendid river views (bit.ly/ BrisbaneBotanic; admission free).
For seven years Katherine lived neglected in London, her splendid title of Dowager Princess of Wales disguising her frugal housekeeping arrangements and dwindling hopes.
In The Tip Sheet, Jonathan King labelled it a "glorious, splendid album," celebrating Meat Loaf's "operatically gorgeous" voice and Steinman's "superb" songs, arrangements and production.
