http://standpointmag.co.uk Welcome to the Standpoint magazine, the culture and politics monthly en /node/1987 <!--paging_filter--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,29,0" width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/levBftQ4Jzo&hl=en&fs=1&" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="menu" value="false" /><param name="wmode" value="" /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/levBftQ4Jzo&hl=en&fs=1&" wmode="" quality="high" menu="false" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="560" height="340"></embed></object>es/contrib/tinymce/tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/themes/advanced/images/spacer.gif" title="http://www.youtube.com/v/levBftQ4Jzo&hl=en&fs=1&" <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p>I'm back from the <a href="http://www.verbierfestival.com/index.php?page=home_en">Verbier Festival</a>, where I've been basking in mountain sunshine, pine-filled Alpine air and inspirational music-making from morning to night. Yesterday I spent two hours writing a long, ecstatic diary blogpost about it. Then I pressed the wrong button and lost the lot. This one will therefore be a little shorter and possibly less ecstatic (especially after the rude awakening I experienced at Covent Garden last night, but that's another story), but I'll put in some pictures this time...<p><a href="/node/1987"><span>read more</span></a></p> /node/1987#comments Verbier Festival Sat, 01 Aug 2009 09:03:00 +0000 Jessica Duchen 1987 at http://standpointmag.co.uk