Viva la Musica!

Viva Vivaldi. An all Vivaldi concert presented recently at the Lionel Wendt Theatre, where the great Italian Baroque composer was celebrated by featuring his iconic ‘Four Seasons’ and the rare concerti for Bassoon. The Chamber Music Society of Colombo once again, raised the bar for western classical music presentation and performance in Sri Lanka,

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Encounters

Raymond Williams through Sri Lankan eyes

[Part 10]

In today's column I would like to discuss what I think is one of the most important critical books written by Raymond Williams - The Country and the City (1973). It is a book that has stood the test of time and is cited even today with approbation by literary scholars. The Country and the City is significant in its own right; in addition, it seems to me, that it contains important insights that are relevant to our own literary-critical endeavors in Sri Lanka.

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Cultural Scene

Haiku poetry marks brevity of expression

In this column, we examine, briefly, Japanese Haiku poetry and how it has become extremely popular even in foreign languages although Haiku poetry could not be written and appreciated only in Japanese. What adapted in foreign tongues is the structure of Haiku and its brevity of expression.

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