Jonathan Steffen

The Cherry Tree

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Raw sky, thin grass, a naked cherry bough
Foretell the blossom that I hope to see –
Another springtime of this dying tree
Whose untold fruits have dropped where I stand now.

Mandolin Maestros Pay Tribute to Pink Floyd in UK Premiere

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Three maestros of the Neapolitan mandolin are to pay tribute to Pink Floyd’s legendary album The Dark Side of the Moon in a concert to be held in Cambridge on Saturday 7 December.

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Songs for Cecilia, Great St Mary’s Church, Cambridge, 22 November 2019

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Jonathan will be joined by Roland Gallery and Evelyn Nallen for “Songs for Cecilia” – a lunchtime recital at Great St Mary’s, the Cambridge University Church.

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Graham Greene Film Review Prize Launched at 2019 International Festival

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Graham Greene is primarily known today as the novelist who penned such classics as Brighton Rock and Our Man in Havana.

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Graham Greene International Festival 2019: ‘Reflections on Greene’

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The 21st Graham Greene International Festival will be held in Berkhamsted from Thursday 19th to Sunday 22nd September this year.

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The Fox

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My soul is a fox with a hen in its maw
And the tingle of blood in its tooth and its claw

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The Moonlight Mandolin Orchestra with Daniela Rossi

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Festival Theatre, Cambridge Buddhist Centre, Saturday 23rd March 2019, doors open 7:30 p.m., concert starts at 8:00 p.m.

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Graham Greene International Festival to celebrate 20th anniversary

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The Graham Greene International Festival is to celebrate its 20th anniversary on September 20‒23 this year.

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Scott Walker and Frank Sinatra

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I have been listening to Scott Walker recently, having strayed across some of his recordings of Jacques Brel’s songs. His voice seems to come from the depths ‒ literally, from somewhere beneath the surface of existence.

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Boccaccio and Dante: The miracle of free speech

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One of the many wonderful aspects of Boccaccio’s genius is his relationship with Dante. Bocaccio greatly admired Dante: he knew him, he wrote a biography of him, and he lectured on The Divine Comedy – becoming in the process the first person in the late Middle Ages to lecture formally on a contemporary author.

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