I watched some shallow BBC thing about 20th century music. I despised most of the guests they had on talking, George Benjamin especially, the academic goon of a composeur (although honestly, I don't know his stuff. He just strikes me as a contemptible human being). They had fairly big sections on Shoenberg, Stravinsky and the likes, but for some reason just glossed over Varese. Typical of the BBC to waste your time with watered-down homogenised renderings of events.
On an unrelated note, my cousin stayed with us for a couple of days, and it's come to light that she's taken to those Chinese cartoons that WoF and a couple of other folk like. Those five minutes spent in that spare room were my most extensive experience with such media, and I don't think I will ever see the appeal, if I'm honest.
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