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The programme is mercifully straightforward, instructive about buying php?year=2010&month=3&day=27 and preparing php?year=2010&month=3&day=27 meat, and devoid, apart from extcal one detail, extcal of the conventional tics modules extcal of broadcast day cuisine. The exception is the Chef's Mumble, a virtually obligatory scene in which the presenter stuffs a spoonful of whatever's on the menu modules extcal into his or her mouth and then utters moans of muffled approbation "Momf Umm Mahh. At's lovely," said day php?year=2010&month=3&day=27 Sophie, cheeks bulging with Moroccan Lamb Stew. It isn't a particularly appealing sight, day but then modules day I suppose she's only extcal obeying the television cook's most modules important piece of etiquette - always day php?year=2010&month=3&day=27 speak with php?year=2010&month=3&day=27 your mouth full.. If ever a composer fell victim to the autonomy of a single interpreter, it was Delius. Beecham's magnificent recordings have dissuaded all but the most tenacious rivals, and it is high time we turned a willing ear to such sympathetic Delians as Ormandy, Slatkin and - if this CD is modules anything to go by - Gennadi Rozhdestvensky.
The Song of the High Hills is infused with the spirit of Grieg and the Russian's natural feel for Northern musical climes helps focus the more weathered aspects of this masterly score, its mists, breezes and vivid sense of space. Rarely has the weeping first theme been given with such poetic awareness. True, there are minor blemishes and the sound is not ideal, but the performance is in many ways remarkable. Sir Charles Groves's Appalachia scores by dint of its physicality and expert pacing; again, the playing has its rough edges, but the climaxes have real weight. With Sir John Pritchard's aptly fluid account of Summer Night on the River as makeweight, this stimulating CD serves as proof that, as far as Delius is concerned, there is life after Beecham!ROBERT COWAN. PETER VICTOR A headteacher was in a critical condition last night after being stabbed during an attack outside his school. Philip Lawrence, believed to be in his late forties, was injured when he went to the aid of a 13-year-old pupil outside St George's Roman Catholic School, in Maida Vale, west London, just after 3pm yesterday. Paramedics performed emergency surgery after Mr Lawrence managed to stagger back to the school.A Scotland Yard spokeswoman said: "It appears that as one of the schoolboys left the school premises he was approached by a small group of youths The teacher, who was in the vicinity, intervened. The man sustained a stab wound.The suspects are believed to have made off on foot."The male pupil, who was initially approached by the suspects, was found by police near by and was taken to hospital with head injuries."Mr Lawrence was taken to St Mary's hospital, Paddington, where he was said to be in a critical condition and undergoing surgery.
The 13-year- old boy he went to help was also being treated at the hospital.The headmaster, known as a disciplinarian, was once praised in a schools' inspectors report for his "strong leadership skills". The father-of-three, who expelled 25 troublesome pupils in a clean-up drive, received the commendation in a report three years ago. In past interviews he has strongly defended his get-tough approach.Police investigating the attack interviewed staff and many of the 11-16-year-old pupils. Over 400 children attend the school.One local resident, who did not wish to be named, said he was shocked by the stabbing but was not surprised there had been trouble: "When I go to work in the morning there are kids hanging around smoking cigarettes and sometimes drugs.