A nice bit of layout work

You've got to appreciate the irony: in today's Guardian Ian Jack's rather good piece on the media's reaction Mandela's death and problem of being told what to think & feel & for how long was placed immediately above a special offer advert for the Graun's three DVD set entitled Nelson Mandela: From Freedom to History.

Bach's Kommt, eilet...

Although it's Advent and not Whitsuntide, I can't resist the joy and delight of the tenor aria Kommt, eilet, stimmet Sait und Lieder from JS Bach's Cantata 74 Wer mich liebet, der wird mein Wort halten. Here's Masaaki Suzuki and Bach Collegium Japan with Makoto Sakurada taking the solo part:

Suzuki's upbeat approach feels more satisfactory, I think, than the slower version recorded by Leonhardt and Kurt Equiluz in late 70s...