Wish-mas and Birthday lists

If you’re short of ideas about pressies (and you’re kind enough to want to give us a little something), here are some of our ideas for what we’d like to receive …

(Updated after Christmas 2009)

For Emma:

• Vouchers for clothes buying (at TopShop) or money
• Vouchers for music buying (HMV or iTunes)

For Simon:

• Music vouchers: from HMV or Virgin
• Money to put to guitar-y things

For Jonathan:

• Vouchers for Coffee Beans from Has Bean
• Jonathan’s Books wishlist – look for ones with ‘J-want‘ tags
• LumaLoop highly-available camera strap – $60 from the makers
• Jonathan’s Music wishlist (or just give iTunes vouchers, or Tesco music download vouchers):
  • Bryn Haworth – Simply … Bryn Haworth [2006] – (3 CDs. Includes Live)
  • Isaac Guillory – Easy [1988] – Instrumental. Details at http://www.isaacguillory.com/personalcds.html. Available from http://www.guitarcds.net/store/allProductsExec.asp?idCategory=0&idSupplier=41&supplierName=Isaac%20Guillory&priceUntil=99999&priceFrom=0&keyWord=&Submit=Search+&
  • Bob Dylan – Infidels [?] – Guardian
  • Bruce Cockburn – High Winds White Sky [1971] – on ‘rare’ tape only. Album details http://cockburnproject.net/albums/highwindswhitesky.html
  • Phil Keaggy – Philly Live! [2004] – Read reviews on his site. Actually a DVD.
  • Phil Keaggy & Jeff Johnson – Frio Suite [2009]
  • Avishai Cohen – Colors [2000] – Highly rec. on Amazon
  • Bobo Stenson – Goodbye – Heard ‘Send in the Clowns’ on R3
  • Brad Mehldau – Art of the Trio Vol.4: Back at the Vanguard [live] [1999]
  • Colin Steele Quintet – Through the Waves [2004] – Heard ‘Five for Jimmy Deuchar’ on R3 jazz
  • Dave Newton – Portrait of a Woman [2007] – Gentle piano jazz Heard on R3. Also H ‘Victim of Circumstance’ from 1990
  • E.S.T. – Seven Days Of Falling [2003] – Heard ‘In my Garage’ on R3 Jazz

For Martha: (in priority order)

• “I would be grateful for donations towards my Parish Nursing, which in turn will save us money. If you decide to do that, please make cheque payable to: St Michael’s Church Cheltenham (Parish Nurse). Thanks.”
• Money for Clothes – vouchers from Marks and Spencer
• for once, not books!
• Martha’s Music wishlist:
  • Barber Adagio, Violin Concerto – Heard voice-only ‘Agnus Dei’ version on Classic FM. Only at HMV #CFMFW004.
  • Tchaikovsky Ballets – “Swan Lake” and “Sleeping Beauty” by Andre Previn. Recommended on Classic FM.
  • Classic FM at the Movies – Jonathan likely to get this
  • Dvorak: Slavonic Dances – M heard on Classic FM
  • Bach – inc. Keyboard Concerto in F minor – M heard on Classic FM
  • Einaudi – Una Mattina [2004] – Heard live – particularly good with cello
  • Francisco Mignone – Cucumbizinho – M heard on Classic FM
  • Haydn – Keyboard Concerto in D – M heard on Classic FM
  • Lang Lang – Chopin: The Piano Concertos [2008] – With Zubin Mehta. Heard bits in Toronto store
  • Mendelssohn – Violin Concerto in F minor – M heard on Classic FM
  • Brian Ferry – (recent Best Of hits) [~2003]
  • Eva Cassidy – Somewhere [2008]
  • Thomas Newman – Road to Perdition – Liked film music

For Jonathan + Martha jointly:

• proxy presents (eg, Christian Aids Present Aid, Practical Action, Oxfam, Send a Cow) that help others, not us
• theatre vouchers
• vouchers for online music downloads – as above

Note to self: Just Cards Direct for South African-made Charity cards.