h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I am spending these days a lot of time tracing the music and life of Henry Purcell, who lived while Charles 2 was king in England.

From 1659 - 1695 to be exact. He didn't live very long.

I have seen now the movies at DVD "England, my England" and "Restoration". I'll see "Charles 2nd" the coming days as I have recorded it from the Beep.


The first few chapters I did not like at all.
Everything was way overdone = clothes, food, furniture, etc. etc.
It was pure quantity and little quality.
Maybe it was really so in these specific years. The word "restoration" suggests indeed something artificial in those days.

I cannot images all one gets to see in the first chapters was more the passion of the producer and not really connected with those days.

Indeed; restored jubilance can never reach the level of spirituality,
I suddenly write here

Anyhow, I got this way a deeper understand of the days that Purcell lived and worked as composer at the court.

The director of the movie also used music from Purcell's semi-opera's "King Arthur", "The fairy queen", "The Indian queen" and "Abdelazer".

I already had discovered some of that while watching and that gave me a pleasant feeling.

The last words of the movie (by the former doctor at the court who was expelled and returned later);" I met what came and I left behind my sorrows and I'm travelling still", while one can hear the tunes of "if love is sweet passion".