Curiosity

A key presence in Glasgow’s musical life as composer and teacher, Oliver Iredale Searle is revealed in this first album devoted to his work as a poet of place and of sensation. Three works for wind ensembles vividly evoke journeys and their destinations, in a panoply of sights and sounds stretching from (and sometimes forging unexpected connections between) Chicago to Italy, the Baltic and Southeast Asia.The wind principals of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra provide performances of exceptional calibre, while Carla Rees’s passionate commitment to building a contemporary repertoire for Baroque flute shines through in a solo piece that she commissioned and premiered.

A key presence in Glasgow’s musical life as composer and teacher, Oliver Iredale Searle is revealed in this first album devoted to his work as a poet of place and of sensation. Three works for wind ensembles vividly evoke journeys and their destinations, in a panoply of sights and sounds stretching from (and sometimes forging unexpected connections between) Chicago to Italy, the Baltic and Southeast Asia.

Barcelone, 1913. La jeune Max Prado rentre de sa pension en Belgique pour assister à l’enterrement de son père, riche industriel du textile mort dans des circonstances restées mystérieuses. Dans la vieille maison de famille, elle découvre des objets laissés par son père à son attention : le roman de Dickens Old Curiosity Shop, une clé et une lettre envoyée de Madrid contenant un cryptogramme.

Use the power of curiosity to transform challenging conversations into productive, meaningful, relationship-building experiences at work, home, or school.

Professor of Entrepreneurship at Bayes Business School provides his masterclass on how accomplished individuals use their curiosity to reach challenging goals and provides nine common practices to push boundaries and make new discoveries.