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a non uniform location linked to a British orchestra person and piece, that in turn is linked to photo of a man on mars taken on this day in history by some viking.
Top clue :)
Viking 1 took a picture of the Cydonia region of Mars on 25-07-76, including what appeared to be the 'old-man-on-mars'.
British orchestra person was the hardest. There aren't many really famous composers but it still took me ages trawling their wikipedia pages for links to Mars, Vikings, Cydonia or even 'Old men' :)
Finally clocked The Planets suite with Holst and it was fairly straightforward from there to St. Paul's Girls School where he composed The Planets and held the musical directorship. -
Top clue :)
Viking 1 took a picture of the Cydonia region of Mars on 25-07-76, including what appeared to be the 'old-man-on-mars'.
British orchestra person was the hardest. There aren't many really famous composers but it still took me ages trawling their wikipedia pages for links to Mars, Vikings, Cydonia or even 'Old men' :)
Finally clocked The Planets suite with Holst and it was fairly straightforward from there to St. Paul's Girls School where he composed The Planets and held the musical directorship.Bravo Chung, that's some top notch Wikipediaing!
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Good work Chung, in addition to your sleuthing factoids, the non uniform reference is because the school is one of the few in the country that does not have a school uniform.
And the link to Skully's tag was CV Stanford, who was a composer, conductor, teacher and one of the founding professors of the Royal College of Music. In 1897 he wrote a piece called 'Requiem' in memory of his recently deceased friend Lord Frederick Leighton, the original owner of Leighton House Museum. And Gustav Holst was one of Standford's pupils.
I did'nt know any of that prior to getting Skully tag, honestly this thread should be on the curriculum for London schools, its taught me more than a lot of my old school teachers.
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That's a bit of a stretch Bluefleet, there are plenty of schools that don't have uniforms, though they are becoming increasingly rare IMO. Perhaps St Paul's girls is more rare in this respect among fee-paying schools. I went to a state school without uniform (Stantonbury) as did my beloved Ms Skully (Camden SFG). I think uniforms are horrible and I'm really unhappy that my kid will have to wear a uniform when he goes to secondary, since ghere seems to be a dearth of 'liberal' schools in SE London.
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Wow, brilliant knowledge^! Thanks for posting this factoid.
The part of the building under the dome I photo'd is Amazing with a capital A, cool and dark on a hot day. I have never been in before, my surname is Leighton (no relation) so I felt I ought to go inside - so my tag cost me a fiver. I skipped lunch. The oriental tiles & decoration 'Lord' Frederic Leighton collected is great, as are some arts & crafts furniture & fabric. As for his art, well I liked a few of the small works there of doorways, views down streets and other architectural minutiae. The neoclassical stuff sort of leaves me cold, if only cos I don't understand the classics so it's all a bit bewildering, though I could see some lustre in the eyes of his portrait subjects that was beguiling. At the moment in the next door gallery, and Frederic Leighton's studio, is a display of some nice Persian rugs. One in particular, with an iconic pattern that I don't know the name of, is utterly stunning.
The garden at the back is lovely, so I sat in there whilst I posted.
Thankyou bike tag, you opened my closed mind up a little.